The document proposes developing education in rural India by creating a network of volunteers from management colleges, NGOs, and village heads. The network would work to enhance teacher training, infrastructure, and learning methodologies. It outlines forming an association to recruit volunteers, conducting workshops, and addressing issues like absenteeism, teaching quality, and language barriers. A managing committee would oversee execution, with strategic and operational levels. Initial funding of ~3 crore rupees per year would come from NGOs and government. Challenges include government participation and infrastructure issues, but these can be mitigated through community engagement and sponsor funding.

1. Manthan topic- Stepping stones: Enhancing the quality
of primary education
A flawed system
An innovative catholicon to overcome the problem
Team Details
Team Coordinator
Mr. Manoj Kumar
Team Members
Mr. Prateek Kumar Sharma
Mr. Anoop Gautam
Mr. Deepak Gupta
Mr. BP Singh

2. Scope of the Problem…..
In India over 81.5 lakh children don’t go to school
•The 81.5 lakh children who are out of school constitute 4.22 per cent of kids in the six to 14-year-
old age bracket.
•The 2011 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), which tracks trends in rural education,
indicated that enrollment rates among primary-school-aged children were about 93%, with little
difference by gender.
Here are the some major factor which are demolishing the education system-
•Inadequate Teacher Qualification and support.
Reason- Teachers who are teaching in these primary schools are themselves studying in
colleges and were not good students at their times. And secondly, They are in the school not
because of their interest in teaching but they have no other options.
• High Absenteeism & low Teacher’s motivation.
Reason- Salaries don’t have any correlation with the absenteeism. Rather there are some other
reasons also-
Better infrastructure has 5-7.5 % effect, Remoteness of school has 4 % effect, and Inspections
also have significant impact over this issue.
Unannounced visits to 3700 primary schools in 20 states representing 98% population, 25%
absence – only 45% actively engaged in teaching (in some states only 25%)

3. Contd..
• Flawed Teaching Methodology.
Reason- Most of them are not B.Ed.’s. No arrangement is made for their trainings; no
arrangements for workshops are made to introduce them to pedagogy.
• Linguistic Diversity.
Reason- India's linguistic diversity creates unique challenges for the nation's education system.
The country's 22 official languages and hundreds of spoken dialects often differ considerably
from the official language of the state or region.
• Inadequate Basic Infrastructure Facilities.
Reason- For instance, DISE reported in 2012 that more than 91% of primary schools have
drinking-water facilities and 86% of schools built in the last 10 years have a school building.
However, there is still a long way to go: Only 52% of primary schools have a girls' toilet, and
just 32% are connected to the electricity grid.
• Null Interest of guardians for children’s education (Specifically for girl Childs).
Reason- Due to lack of awareness about education programs.

4. Developing Education by creating a network (Team)
from management colleges with Engaging the Head
Person (Mukhiya) of the village
Explanation of proposed solution
Know- How: an overview
• Form a association of students from various colleges by sending them invitation through
social media.
• Send invitation to some of the NGOs like Sshrishti, Bhoomi so that they can assist in
financial requirement.
• Make aware to the Head person (Mukhiya of the village) about the program.
Execution
Phase
• Volunteers will go to visit primary schools and they will conduct a meeting with
Mukhiya person and then they will start teachers training for latest pedagogy and teaching
methodologies by conducting the workshops.
•Students will be provided basic computer literacy by the professional team.
•A soft skills specialized team will motivate teachers as well as students so that the
problem of absenteeism can be overcome.
• Basic infrastructural problems will be taken care by a specialized cell by doing
continuous liasioning with NGOs and by other charity funds.
• Easily accessibility of the education will be our strength point.
• Steps taken by govt for awareness i.e. Mid day meal scheme (MDM), sarva shiksha
abhiyan. and huge financial aid.
Benefits out
of existing
system

5. We will establish a association of volunteers from the
college student and Head (Mukhiya) of the village
College Students NGOs Village Head
(Mukhiya)
Aptness for
choosing the
group
• Well aware about the latest pedagogy
and teaching methodologies.
• Highly enthusiastic to serve the nation.
And have sense of cooperation.
• Long experience in the
same field.
• Well aware about the
most of the problems.
• Have sufficient
resources.
• Easy to reach out the rural
public.
•Representative of the public.
• Help in handle the issues
regarding the infrastructure.
Number Approximate 1 lakh Management
students
Approximate 20 NGOs. From every village in working
area.
Contribution
of the group
• Basic computer literacy.
• Impart language training by creating
sound learning environment.
• Other facilities arrangements.
• Drafting the curriculum by keeping in
the mind the problems faced by student
in learning.
• Assist in financial
requirement.
• Expertise.
• Provide data.
• Creating relationship between
local government and
association.
• Assistance in conveying the
message.
• Acquire several equipments
for the workshops.

6. Volunteers will be recruited through social media and
direct approach Basis
• Students with high enthusiasm with leadership qualities will be preferred.
• A preliminary survey will be done through conversation with Mukhiya and the
Head teacher of the schools.
• Students will be preferred those have the social working background.
Criteria for skills
assessment
•Direct recruitment by creating Groups and Pages on social sites.
•Direct collaboration with NGOs/social organization.
•Telephonic recruitment.
•Reaching out the village Mukhiya.
Recruitment
•High promotion through social media.
•Campaign conduct by volunteers.
•Publicity through Word of mouth.Execution
Enrolment
Planning &
management
Execution

7. The Students network will be Managed and controlled
by a separate managing committee supported by lush
and modern amenities.
Modes of recruitment Training at village
level
Prominent Features
 Students will be
given assignments
as per his skills.
 All the equipments
i.e. Stationary &
other items will be
arranged by
managing &
controlling
committee.
 Students who have
any academic work
during the program
have right to leave
(temporarily) .
Planning & management
Management
colleges
NGOs
Village Head
Directly meet
Managing &
controlling
committee
Primary
schools
Campaign
at villages
Controlling committee for
smoother running of the
project and measure
the performance and form
the policies accordingly.

8. Major view of execution phase is to make it impactful and
measurable
 Training Period- 6
months after that first
performance appraisal
will be done than as per
the results further
decisions will be taken.
 Medium of Training-
Hindi and regional
language.
 Computers and
projectors will be used
for show them real
examples and to create
interest among students.
 In the future course of time
we have provision for tie-ups
with corporate we will obtain
some professional from
corporate also.
 For instance some corporate
like ITC & Aditya Birla Group
provide support so we will
approach them.
 We will be looking forward
to get the assistance from govt.
our Managing committee will be
doing regular liasioning with
government primary education
cell.
 Workshops Coverage- A holistic
curriculum will be design with the
help of latest syllabus of various
education board like NCERT,
CBSE, BMC (Bombay municipal
corporation), MCD (municipal
corporation of delhi) etc.
 Interactive class- Trainers will try
to make more interactive sessions
by creating friendly environment
and there will used projectors to
remove the theoretical
complexities.
 Language training- There will be
separate language training by
separate trainers.
Corporate Tie ups and
govt collaboration
Set of activitiesTraining methodology
Execution

9. We will have a organization team at Strategic level and
operational level
These both are top level
Strategic thinkers in hierarchy
responsible for policies formulation
& control.
FTE: 5 FTE: 4 FTE: 3 FTE: 3 FTE: 6 FTE: 4
One regional head will hold 125 districts for properly execution he will be supported by a centre
head, coordinator and trainees group and village Mukhiya.
Regional head State Head
Gram Panchayat
Head
District Head
Director
Co-
Ordination
Team
T&D
Team
IT Team
Board Members
Public
relations
Team
Finance
Team
Recruitment
Team

10. Initially the project will require around INR 3 cr of
funding from NGOs and government bodies per year
We will also acquire some sort of money from the corporate by indulging them into the project they will also
get benefitted out of it as a result of high publicity. So we can get sponsors hassle free.
TotalFunding
required
Projector & laptop buying cost
Volunteers Team.(25 FTE@2 lakh per
person.
Director (1FTE: 3 lakh )
Preliminary Expenses
Board of members (2FTEx5 lakh)
Transportation cost
Promotional cost
Technology cost
Organization cost
Logistics cost
Regional: (16 FTE@1 lakh 80 K per
person)
Internet Expenses
Advertisement cost
Communication Expenses
INR 91
lakh 80
thousand
INR 69
lakh 40
thousand
INR 69
lakh 40
thousand
INR 19
lakh 40
thousand

11. The Students leaded project will result in enhancing &
sustaining the high quality education system but it has
also certain key risks in its execution
Challenges and Risks
 Government usually don’t take
initiative in such projects.
 Passive participation of political
parties.
 People live in remote areas resist
themselves to cooperate for such
programs.
 Education sector is governed by state
bodies so changes in curriculum is
difficult.
 Lack of infrastructure facilities.
 Linguistic diversity problem arises
region to region.
Mitigation factors
 Procurement of fund from NGOs and
corporate sponsors.
 Creating awareness among the public via
direct approach the political party
representative.
 Creating the positive environment by
meetings with village Mukhiya and
Municipality Head.
 To make aware about the infrastructure
issues to the village Head and
Municipality Head.
 Recruit volunteers from across the
country.

12. Appendix
References:
 Annual report of ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT
(ASER)2012.
 Article from PRATHAM website (www.pratham.org) “Unaddressed issues in
education”.
 Data from Analytical reports from District information system for
education.(www.dise.in)
 Article Teachers absence in India: A Snapshot.
 Analytical table 2008-09 : Elementary education in India.
 Public private partnership primary education in India: a study by yash
aggrawal.
 'Needs Improvement': Despite Progress, India's Primary Education System Has
a Ways to Go a article This article was written by Archana Gelda, Vinay
Narayan, Meghana Mudiyam, Karan Raturi and Nikhil Seshan, members of
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