Rally in Cuttack launches the state-wide Summer Learning Camps as part of the Read Orissa Campaign
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PRATHAM Releases ASER 2007 report for Orissa at Kala Vikash Kendra in Cuttack
Summer Learning Camps as part of READ ORISSA campaign launched
Pratham, a well known non-governmental organization working in the field of primary education has released its Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2007) at a function held at the Kala Vikash Kendra Auditorium on 10th May 2007. The report measures learning levels of primary school children in the age group of 6-14 in the rural areas of the country. The survey is based on data collected from 30 villages randomly selected from each district. The survey among various other important findings, shows that more than 50% of primary school children are unable to read a Std II level text. The function was attended among others Smt. Laxmi Bilasini Biswal, Zilla Parishad Chairman - Cuttack, Sri Dharmesh Nayak, Corporator Ward II and Sri Biplab Kishore Nayak, a noted social worker. Smt. Biswal in her address appreciated the work being done by Pratham and pledged all help from her to make the campaign effective. Other speakers encouraged the gathered audience to become part of the campaign and help make Orissa free of illiteracy.
To address the depressing finding of ASER, Pratham has launched its 'Read Orissa' campaign with the aim of achieving substantial improvement in the basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills of all children in primary schools. This campaign is part of the larger READ INDIA campaign with the objective of ensuring that more than 80% of our children are able read fluently by end of the year 2009.
Pratham is partnering with the Orissa Primary Education Program Authority (OPEPA), education department, district and block level officials, teachers, PRI members, NGOs and large number of grass root level volunteers to achieve its objective. The process will involve teacher's training, creation of new teaching-learning material specific to local context yet based on existing curriculum, use of accelerated learning methodologies developed by Pratham and rigorous testing and monitoring. Pratham is planning a number of activities this year in a campaign mode to try and reach every child in a government run primary school and those out of school in rural areas of Orissa.
Pratham intends to make its Accelerated Learning Programme accessible to every child in rural Orissa through a one month summer camp starting around 15th May 2008. Towards this goal, volunteers, teachers, PRI members and others will be mobilized in all rural areas and at last one volunteer will be identified in each of Orissa's 51000 villages who will conduct the summer camps in the local government school.
The summer campaign was flagged off in Cuttack at a rally that started at College square and went to Samaj office to pay respect to Gopabandhu's statue in presence of Smt. Annapurna Maharana who implored the 200 strong youth activists of Pratham to follow in the footsteps of Gopabandhu and Madhu babu and help build the Orissa of their dreams.
For more details contact:
Ms. Puspa Parida, State Coordinator, Ph. 9861442167
Dr. Dhanada Kanta Mishra, State Advisor, Ph. 9437513080
Summer Learning Camps as part of READ ORISSA campaign launched
Pratham, a well known non-governmental organization working in the field of primary education has released its Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2007) at a function held at the Kala Vikash Kendra Auditorium on 10th May 2007. The report measures learning levels of primary school children in the age group of 6-14 in the rural areas of the country. The survey is based on data collected from 30 villages randomly selected from each district. The survey among various other important findings, shows that more than 50% of primary school children are unable to read a Std II level text. The function was attended among others Smt. Laxmi Bilasini Biswal, Zilla Parishad Chairman - Cuttack, Sri Dharmesh Nayak, Corporator Ward II and Sri Biplab Kishore Nayak, a noted social worker. Smt. Biswal in her address appreciated the work being done by Pratham and pledged all help from her to make the campaign effective. Other speakers encouraged the gathered audience to become part of the campaign and help make Orissa free of illiteracy.
To address the depressing finding of ASER, Pratham has launched its 'Read Orissa' campaign with the aim of achieving substantial improvement in the basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills of all children in primary schools. This campaign is part of the larger READ INDIA campaign with the objective of ensuring that more than 80% of our children are able read fluently by end of the year 2009.
Pratham is partnering with the Orissa Primary Education Program Authority (OPEPA), education department, district and block level officials, teachers, PRI members, NGOs and large number of grass root level volunteers to achieve its objective. The process will involve teacher's training, creation of new teaching-learning material specific to local context yet based on existing curriculum, use of accelerated learning methodologies developed by Pratham and rigorous testing and monitoring. Pratham is planning a number of activities this year in a campaign mode to try and reach every child in a government run primary school and those out of school in rural areas of Orissa.
Pratham intends to make its Accelerated Learning Programme accessible to every child in rural Orissa through a one month summer camp starting around 15th May 2008. Towards this goal, volunteers, teachers, PRI members and others will be mobilized in all rural areas and at last one volunteer will be identified in each of Orissa's 51000 villages who will conduct the summer camps in the local government school.
The summer campaign was flagged off in Cuttack at a rally that started at College square and went to Samaj office to pay respect to Gopabandhu's statue in presence of Smt. Annapurna Maharana who implored the 200 strong youth activists of Pratham to follow in the footsteps of Gopabandhu and Madhu babu and help build the Orissa of their dreams.
For more details contact:
Ms. Puspa Parida, State Coordinator, Ph. 9861442167
Dr. Dhanada Kanta Mishra, State Advisor, Ph. 9437513080
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