Story of Change from Satya Bharti School, Sultangarh.

1. Design for Giving Contest
‘Education Drive’
Satya Bharti Government Primary School, Sultangarh,
Neemrana, Rajasthan
Bharti Foundation

2. Introduction
• Bharti Foundation
– Philanthropic arm of Bharti Group Companies.
– Set up to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their
potential.
• Satya Bharti School Program
– Flagship program of Bharti Foundation.
– It aims to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children, with special focus on
the girl child across rural India.
– Goal to establish 500 Primary and 50 Senior Schools reaching out to over 200,000
students
• Present Operational Status
– Number of Schools Operational : 236
– States of Operation: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh &
Tamil Nadu
– Number of Students Enrolled: 29,000+

3. About the Community
• Geographical Location:
– Sultangarh is located at 40 km from the NH-8
– The village comes under Khundroth Panchayat.
– Total House Hold – 33
– Total Population of Village - 200
– The village declared Below Poverty Line village
by State Govt. on efforts of Bharti Foundation
and today each family has a BPL Card.
- Satya Bharti Govt. Primary School is the only
School in the Village.
- Most of the population is migratory in nature and
they are working as a Snake Charmers.
- Transportation/ communication is not existing in
village .
- The nearest market for village is Mandhan which
is approx. 4-5 km form the village
- Hand pump is only the source of water but most
of the time it does not work so that they have to
fetch the water from sources at a distance of 1-
2km.
Sultangarh, Neemrana, Rajasthan
- Most of the families live either in tents and huts.

4. About the Community
• Cultural Background:
– Majority of the population belongs to
Hindu community -Nath Community
(Snake Charmer)
– Dominant Cast in Village is Sapera
(Snake Charmer)
– The community earn their bread &
butter by begging & snakes Shows
– The dressing style of community is
long Kurta & Dhoti for men and
women dressing style is Ghagra &
Odhni.
– The community does not believe in
family planning
– The community is migratory in nature
– They are the followers of Goga ji
Mahraj Snake Charmers (Sapera)

5. We ‘Felt’:
• There are lots of problem in
the village but illiteracy is one
of the major problem.
• No body is able to write their
name and they are using the
thumb impression while
signing any documents.
Women comprise a major section of the illiterate

6. We ‘Imagined’:
• The community is nomadic in
nature, hence, there are
immigrants and emigrants on a
frequent basis. They don't reside
any where for a long time.
Therefore the condition of hygiene
and sanitation is very poor.
• Illiteracy and ignorance is found as
the main cause.
• We decided to make a remarkable
change to initiate step against
illiteracy, in this community by
counselling individuals, groups
along with the nukad natak
planned by them.
We launched a signature drive to initiate
the move towards promoting literacy

7. We ‘Did’:
• Organized a meeting with
community people to make them
understand about the initiative of
Satya Bharti School.
• Organized the rally against
illiteracy in community.
• Make them aware about
importance of Education. Conducting the community walk through
& role play
• Daily we held classes for the
community and educated them in
small groups.
• Conducted Street play in different
location of community on
importance of Education.

8. Impact on Community:
• More than 50 community people are able
to write their name in Hindi.
• Make community people literate.
• People understand the importance of
education and its benefits in their life.
• They feel self dependent and confident.
• They are more curious to learn new
things, and they want to make their
children educated.
Women holding up their names

9. Impact on Us:
• Understood the felt need of community and
the steps involved in resolving the problem
gave us the confidence in catering to the
main needs of the community
• We felt proud to be a part of this campaign
and become the change agents in the
community.
• Staff members gained the confidence to
deal with community problems which is
totally different from daily class room
teaching.
• They are curious to do such activity in near
future and willing to do something different
from their daily routine work.
Note of Appreciation from community
members for the initiative taken by the students

10. Experience of Community Members & Teachers:
• It was a unique experience for the community. Never before had they picked up the
courage to write. Today more than 50 people have learnt to write their names and
more will learn through this movement.
• “ We were illiterate but now we are confident to read a few lines and even the price list in
shops….we can read prices and list of items in the shops in Mandhan Market…..we will
continue to learn more in the days to come…we are thankful to Bharti Foundation School
at Sultangarh”
Balla Nath (28 years)
Reshma Bai (46 years)
Babu Lal (52 years)

11. The Road Ahead…..(in the next 3 months)
• We will be in touch with community people and adopt the policy of each one teach one.
• We will monitor their progress on weekly basis and call them in Parents Teachers
meeting so that we can share experiences with each other.
• We will try to identify other community problem and prepare the action plan for the
same.

12. Students Participating in the Contest:
Name of Mentor Teacher: Om Prakash Yadav
No. of Students Name of
# State District School Class
Participating Student
SBGPS Raveena
10 V
Sultangarh Kumari
Poonam
V
Kumari
Praveen
V
Kumar
Lalit Kumar V
Rajas
Alwar Sonu V
than
Sachin V
Chiman Nath V
Uganta Bai V
Mukhbal V
Harish Kumar V

13. Thank you