Education

Education

• As the Foundation of Sustainable Development

We at Nayantara believe that sustainable development has to have a strong foundation of Education, be it academic or vocational. Knowledge and awareness are the two pillars of true empowerment.

NMCT’s projects on Education:

• Supportive Education Program (SEP) through free tutorials is being conducted from Pre-Primary to class X tribal children through 7 Study Centres in around Chaupahari jungle of Illamabzar block in Birbhum district with emphasis on Math, English and Bengali learning
• Rajesh Krishnamoorthy Merit cum Means Scholarship Programhas been started to facilitate supportive education for girl students after class X
• Adult Literacy Program to spread literacy among people in the age group of 15 to 55
• E-Learning program of RILM to complement class teaching
• Computer Literacy Programs
• Food for Class
• Food for Class Program under GRABUU sponsorship ensures one extra hour of teaching in lieu of a meal benefits around 100 children from class VI to XII 6 days a week.
• Special Week End Classes for children from class VIII to X cover subjects OF Science and Humanities,
• Teachers’ Training
• Merit Scholarship for meritorious students from economically challenged families
• Education Action Lab/ Science Lab & Library
• Sahayika Sevika (Health Care Giver Program) for girls in Matri BHawan Hospital of Ramakrishna Sarda Mission, Kolkata &
• Vocational Training at Swami Vivekananda Vani Prachar Samity Durgapur

This is the flagship program of Nayantara. Since 2008, around 500 first generation tribal children from 12 remote villages have been coached in 9 village level study centres viz.,

Rangabandh	Laxmipur	Korapara
Panskura	Khayerdanga	Aamkhai
Bonsuli	Goplanagar	Daronda

            By exposing the tribal children to our SEP, we aim at

• Bridging their handicap and make them at par with the non-tribal students.
• Arrest school drop-outs and,
• Bring back the drop-outs to mainstream education.

We believe and preach that opportunity of education is never time barred. School drop-outs, victims of social evils and even early marriages are identified at the earliest and are re-directed to the right stream.  

• Adult Education

Our classes on Adult Education are in partnership with RotaryCalcutta Megacity. Its our pride that braving the initial stumbling blocks, many tribal adults have not only passed the Govt.’sNIOS examination but hold their unsatiated thirst to learn more.

Some brilliant success stories on Adult Education are show-cased in the ‘Success   Stories’ section!

• Enhanced Education

We enhance our students’ learning by Exposure Visits, Co-curricular activities and Competitions on reading, writing or recital. Improved methodsemployed in local arts, use of technology, computer literacy,handling modern gadgets like Tabsfor self-learning and TV for English learningare extensions of the educational programs.

• Vocational Trainings

Skilling is the need of the hour for empowering the those who have lag behind. Keeping this in mind Nayanatara has decided to open up a number of opportunities on Vocational Trainings for the rural youths. Some of these initiatives are:

Malaysian Batik	Care-Giver Sahayika Sevika	ScientificAgricultural Practices
Tailoring & Handicrafts	Electrician / AC Technician	Animal Husbandry
Motor Driving	Lab Technician	Food Processing etc.

• Teachers’ Trainings: 

Our teachers’ are subject to regular skill enhancement courses including soft skills, Seminars on Tribal education etc. Workshops for our ICDS workers are also regularly held.

Events and Celebration

Students of NMCT enjoy

Events and celebrations are part and parcel of our programs and our students really enjoy:

Bengali New Year	Netaji Jayanti	Republic Day	Panchayat Saptah
Rabindra Jayanti	Rakhi Bandhan	Teachers’ Day	AranyaSaptah Tree Plantation
Saraswati Puja	Independence Day	Children’s Day

Measurable Achievements in last 10 years.

School dropouts have been brought down from 100% to less than 20%.
40 students completed vocational training courses.
93 of 96(96%) students have passed Class X Board Exams.
85% students pursued education post Class X Board.Many school drop-outs resumed formal education.
121 adult ladies appeared for Govt.’s NIOS examunder the Adult Literacy Program.

Annual Sports & Cultural Meet

Nayantara’s Annual Sport & Cultural Meet is now a true festive in the entire area. Over 1000 villagers from more than 14 villages participate in high spirit. The event is a kind of recognition of their culture and prowess. It is in fact one of its kind and rare in the whole of rural Bengal. Many well-wishers from Kolkata make it a point to participate at this great event.

Our events include :

Track & Field events for children	Tug of War for Women	Inter Village Tug of War &
Saal Leaf Plate Making Race,	Archery	Inter Village Football for Men
Balance Race &	Track & Field	Inter village tribal dance competition etc.

The spot light of this Annual day is the tribal dance competition. In the perfect setting of  jungle when as many as 14 groups of Santhal dancers in their traditional dresses take the rhythmic footsteps synchronized with the carols and drum beats, it’s an experience unforgettable!

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY IN FIGURES OF CLASS X STUDENTS IN BOARD EXAMS
S NO	YEAR—->	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
1	NO OF CENTRES	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
2	NO OF SUB CENTRES	0	0	2	3	3	9	8	8	8
3	NO OF VILLAGES	4	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	13
4	STUDENTS ENROLLED			336	386	474	504	352	370	396
5	NO OF STUDENTS PROMOTED (in %)			82%	86%	87%	86%	88%	89%	89%
6	NO OF STUDENTS DROPED OUT (in %)			6.25%	5.96%	4%	3.90%	3.50%	3%	3.50%
7	AVERAGE ATTENDANCE	67	134	171	229	243	276	322	296	325
8	STUDENTS APPEARED FOR CLASS X BOARD EXAM	0	5	7	9	13	14	17	11	4
9	STUDENTS PASSED	0	4	7	9	10	14	16	10	4
10	SCORED I DIV MARKS	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
11	NO OF STUDENTS CONTINUED STUDIES AFTER X	0	4	5	8	10	14	14	9	4
12	NO OF STUDENTS PURSUING HS	0	3	3	6	8	14	10	7	4
13	NO OF STUDENTS PURSUING VOCATIONAL TRAINING	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	0