This document outlines a program to identify and nurture gifted children in remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It notes the challenges of remoteness, difficult terrain, and lack of resources and awareness. The program will identify gifted students using informal and formal assessments, provide them training and experiences through workshops, and develop their skills in areas like mental ability, creativity, and problem solving. Mentors will be trained to continue the program between workshops. The goals are for students to succeed in academics and competitions, develop holistically, and become leaders representing their state. Challenges include remoteness, lack of awareness, overburdened mentors, and maintaining consistent contact.

1. JNANA PRABODHINI
Educational Activity Research Centre
in collaboration with
VIVEKANAND KENDRA VIDYALAYAS ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRUST
Nurturing gifts from the mountains

2. Why?
• Remoteness
• Difficult terrain
• Scarce resources
• Lack of
awareness
Will they be able to catch up with the rest of the ever-changing and
fast moving world?

3. How?
• Resource building
• Training
• Exposures
• Experiences
• Freedom to explore and choose
For the ones having high abilities and potentials

4. Identification
• Informal assessment by a teacher-made test having three
sections : GMAT, Maths, language (cut off 50%)
• Formal assessment using Standardized tests developed at
JP. (Mental ability, Creativity, Reading comprehension,
Multiple intelligence self rating scale)

5. Aspects
• A follow up program
• Talent nurture and
development of the
selected children
• Training selected teachers
as mentors
Execution
• 18 days inputs from JP resource
persons per class, per year.
• Workshops at 3 cluster centres :
Itanagar, Ziro, Roing
• Resources provided from JP to
the mentors to execute in the
intervals

6. Content
Skill based
• Observation
• Questioning
• Self study
• Communication
Cognitive
• General mental ability
• Higher order thinking skills (creativity, problem solving)
Affective
• Emotional
• Social
• Moral

7. Unique Features
• Community based target group : different cultural and social
aspects to be considered
• Student profiling
• Training and resource building for mentors
• Nurturing and resource sharing for specific talents
• Peer mentoring
• Multiple entry and exit points
• Resource rooms in the respective schools
• Institutionalization of the inputs given

8. Expected outcomes
• Success in Competitive Examinations at State, National and
International levels (Academic and extra curricular)
• Success in Project Competitions at national and international levels
• Performance at national level festivals, competitions in Performing
and Fine Arts, Crafts and similar cultural events.
• Holistic personality development
• Rapport and resource building with the resource persons
representing other states of the country
• Sustainable careers coming from aware choices
• Pioneers and leaders in varied fields representing the state
nationally and internationally

9. Challenges
• Remoteness
• Lack of awareness of the need for better education among
teachers and parents
• Overburdened teachers (mentors)
• Diverse needs for exposures evolving at each cluster centre
• Lack of consistent contact with the students and teachers
• Availability of need based resource persons willing to invest time
• Difficulties in taking a follow up
• Lose Parent-child-teacher- resource links