SPANDAN PROJECT I

REPORT

TEAM: NURTURING MINDS

SDG: QUALITY EDUCATION

SDG : Quality Education

Project Name: Nurturing Minds
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 Team Details:
PRN Name Role of the team Attendance (Present - Yes/No/Exemption)
member 13 23 16 30 5
Nov’19 Dec’19 Jan’20 Jan’20 Feb’20
19020741021 UTKARSHA SPOC-Strategy & Present Present Present Present Present
KHADKE teaching
19020741041 SANDIP Execution & Present Present PLC Present Present
TRIPATHY teaching Exmptn
19020741054 SURAJ KUMAR Technical Present Present Present Present Present
TIWARY assistance &
teaching
19020741067 ADIL HUSSAIN Strategy & Present Present Present Present Present
teaching
19020741072 ASHISH Execution & Present Present Present Present Present
RANJAN teaching
19020741075 AYAN BHUNIA Strategy & Present Present Present Present Present
teaching
19020741129 VIVEK Strategy & Present Present Present Present Present
SHEGOANKAR teaching
19020741035 RINI C JOY SPANDAN SPOC- Present Present Present Present Present
Planning/Teaching

Contact details of the SPOC: UtkarshaKhadke || khadke.utkarsha@siom.in || +91 9503892088

Spandan SPOC assigned: Rini C Joy || rini.joy@siom.in ||+91 9000979847

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 1. Project Name: Nurturing Minds || Quality Education
2. Name of the Collaborator/NGO/Village/Institution:ThakkarbappaPrathamic Ashram Shala,
Ambegaon, Nashik
3. Address and contacts details of the above: Mr. Sawant
School Head Master, +91 9921667435
ThakkarbappaPrathamic Ashram Shala,
Ambegaon, Nashik

4. Details of the SDG your project is linked to:Quality Education- This SDG ensures that all girls and
boys complete free primary and secondary schooling by 2030. It also aims to provide equal access
to affordable vocational training, and to eliminate gender and wealth disparities with the aim of
achieving universal access to a quality higher education.

5. Details of the Goals set for the project:

-Provide basic education for students in Ashram schools
-Conduct different sessions teaching English, mathematics, communication skills and career guidance
-Make children aware about the different career options available post to 10th /12th standard
-To gauge the skill set of children and to make them come forward with their goals/ambitions
-Give them details about the pre requisite/tests/eligibility criteria for their career ambitions
-To reduce the stage fear of children and make them ready to come forward and present
-Engage them in different activities that help them in understanding importance of better
communication and team work.

6. Activities undertaken during the social project days:

Student in-
Dates List of Activities undertaken
charge
-Prepared materials for reference which will be used by us 7th Standard:
Rini C Joy
-Had initial introduction to students
Day 1:
-Called each student to come forward and introduce themselves 8th Standard:
13th Nov
-Asked basic questions from all important subjects like English, maths, UtkarshaKhadke
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science, etc
-Gauged the potential of batch through different levels of interactions
-Asked students to write multiplication tables, odd/even digits
-Taught English-words, sentence formation. Students were asked to 7th Standard:
come forward and read English lessons aloud and tell the meaning AyanBhunia
-Correct way of pronouncing English words was demonstrated and
students were asked to spell certain often used words
Day 2: -Demonstrated to students how to give a basic introduction about
23rd Dec themselves in a few sentences
2019 -Taught division of numbers with decimals and how to write it as mixed
fraction
-Conducted activities in class engaging children in team bonding 8th Standard:
Suraj Tiwary
For Std 8th
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 - We conducted an English lecture on Essay writing
- Taught the concept of ratios and proportion and asked students to
come forward and solve some questions
- We gave a brief introduction about the Career opportunities after 10 th
and 12th
- Conducted certain team building activities to boost up their confidence
- We drafted a daily routine for improving vocabulary until the next visit

-Taught the geography of India-directions, different states, capital, 7th Standard:

locations, etc with the help of map Ashish Ranjan
-Students were called randomly and asked to spot different
states/locations from the map
-Taught how to solve mixed fractions and percentages. Gave multiple
questions to solve and evaluated the same
-Taught how to write paragraph about themselves. Mainly 5 sentences
about themselves and called students to come forward and read out
loudly
-Conducted activities dividing entire class into different groups focusing
on communication and interpretation
Day 3:
16th Jan
For Std 8th 8th Standard:
2020
- We conducted an English lecture on Nouns Adil Hussain
- Revised the concepts of Ratio and proportion and started with
percentages
- We explained the significance of various subjects for choosing career
paths
- Conducted certain team building activities
- Drafted daily routine which included a list of words for improving
vocabulary until the next visit
- We conducted a class on static general knowledge

-Taught percentages and proportions in 7th standard and students were 7th Standard:
called randomly to solve problems on the board Vivek Shegoakar
-Gave introduction to computer, parts of computer, usage, and
arranged to stick a poster on the same (computer & parts) in the class
-Showed different videos related to different profession-doctor,
engineer, Military services to aware the students about different career
options
-Told students to make a career goal/ambition for themselves
Day 4:
-Gave assignment to write and get 5 queries they have related to
30th Jan
anything that they want to know and explore more
2020
For Std 8th 8th Standard:
-We conducted mathematics session on multiplication for Std 4th and 5th Sandip Tripathy
2. Conducted English session on drafting their own introduction
3. Conducted team building activities
-Taught how to solve mixed fractions and percentages. Gave multiple
questions to solve and evaluated the same
-Taught how to write paragraph about themselves. Mainly 5 sentences
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 about themselves and called students to come forward and read out
loudly
-Conducted activities dividing entire class into different groups focusing
on communication and interpretation
-Checked the assignment given in previous session and called students 7th Standard:
to come forward and read what they wrote (ambition) AyanBhunia
-Revised all topics taught in previous 4 sessions
- Sensitised students about various exams and criteria to get into their
desired career paths.
-Shared information and cleared doubts about various options available
Day 5: 5th to them for higher education as well as government sponsored school 8th Standard:
Feb 2020 programmes such as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya etc UtkarshaKhadke
-Conducted MCQ test in 7th and 8th standard in proper MCQ exam Adil Hussain
pattern including all subjects covered in different sessions
-Evaluated answer sheets and top 3 students from each class was
congratulated and given gifts
-Arranged video screening session for clarifying their queries on higher
education and career options

7. What were the benefits of your project to the beneficiaries (What is the impact created)? How did
the project improve the conditions of the organization/community?
-Students were unaware of the basic general knowledge so we helped them in acknowledging on some
static GK
-We demonstrated with the help of videos as well as explanations about the scientific knowhow of
certain processes and elements that students encounter in daily life to inculcate scientific
temperament amongst them
-We taught them basic communication skills like how to introduce themselves
-We are helping them with building self-confidence but encouraging them for public speaking and
overcoming the fear of speaking in English.
- We are indulging them in activities of their interest like drawing, singing, dancing, etc. We have set up
regular schedules for them which will in turn make them familiar to the concepts andwill help them
retain the knowledge.
-We also taught them basic arithmetic like multiplication, division, percentage and ratio.
- We also conducted career counselling session where we were able to guide them about the
preparation for respecting profession.
- These are the initial steps that will instil an enthusiasm in the students to opt for the profession they
are interested. These will help them to blossom in the society.
-Kids who come to this particular school are from tribal and rural areas. Their parents are not educated
and their family conditions are critical. These kids have immense potential and they need someone to
show them the right career path as per their capabilities. Once they understand the actual importance
of education, they’ll in turn guide others and it will help the society as a whole in becoming aware
about the impact of education and various career paths.

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8. Project Goals Achieved as against the goals set

SN Goal Status How

Provide basic education for
1 Achieved
students in Ashram schools
Conduct different sessions teaching
English, mathematics,
2 Achieved
communication skills and career
guidance
Make children aware about the
3 different career options available
post to 10th /12th standard
To gauge the skill set of children
4 and to make them come forward
with their goals/ambitions
Give them details about the pre
5 requisite/tests/eligibility criteria for
their career ambitions
To reduce the stage fear of children
6 and make them ready to come
forward and present
Engage them in different activities
7 that help them in understanding
importance of better
through multiple sessions
sessions were conducted on each
subject multiple times/day
2 sessions were conducted. Showed
videos of different career, the
Achieved responsibilities, advantages, growth
possibilities and asked them to make
their career goal
Students were given assignment to
write their ambition/why that goal/ and
Achieved
all their doubts related to the same
were cleared
Gave them all details about different
Achieved options available after 10th, 12th and
even in 8th (Navodaya entrance exam)
In all the sessions students were
randomly called to come forward and
Achieved
talk/present/read out loud in front of
all students
conducted multiple (at least 1 every
Achieved
session) activities engaging children

9. How many people were impacted by your project

Directly benefited: 55 students (7th standard)
70 students (8th standard)

10. How is technology being used in the project

-We used laptops and speakers in all sessions to show videos and related images/articles
-Posters and videos were made using different applications available online
-online material/images/videos were very useful in covering syllabus
-We are also providing them with basic computer education using these laptops to make them
more computer friendly and give them access to the internet to search for topics of their
interests.

11. Key Challenges faced during and the solutions adopted to overcome

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 Date Challenges Solutions Adopted
-Difficulty in communicating with -Volunteers who knows Marathiwere selected to
students in local language(Marathi) communicate with children and started talking
-Difficulty in getting attention of all both in Marathiand Hindi
Day 1: students -Conducted different ice breaking sessions in
13th Nov between to grab their attention
2019 -Conducted team building activities and sports for
students to make them comfortable.
-Learnt a few terms in Marathi by taking help of
their teachers
Day 2: Students were reluctant to taking Showed them some videos of working women
23rd Dec initiative especially the girl and made them comfortable by rewarding
2019 students them even when they made mistakes
Day 3: Some students were not Explained them the bigger picture and how
16th Jan completing the daily assigned this particular activity will help them in future
2020 work
Day 4: Students of Std 8th had their Instead we conducted sessions for Std 4th,5th
30th Jan exams so couldn’t conduct and 6th
2020 sessions
Difficulty in getting class due to conducted session in 4th, 5thand 6th standard
Day 5: 5th ongoing class tests. during class test hours.
Feb 2020 th th
Students of Std 7 and 8 were a little We motivated them to give their best and
afraid of being evaluated rewarded the students who performed well

12. Key Takeaways from the project.

a. Contribution to ones’ self.
We realized the importance of being grateful for all the amenities which we have. Despite taking
education all these years, we realized the importance of it when we interacted with these
children. Getting a way out of every problem is possible we just need a will to do so. These
children have inspired us to think in these directions.
b. How would this project help in enhancing your career goals?
Completing this project in a small time frame is a big challenge so we drafted it accordingly which
helped us plan the available resources accordingly. Making the most out of what we have helped
us learn optimization of the resources. We ourselves had to brush up our skills before teaching the
kids. It made us think of the innovative activities to help the students interact. We as a team had
different opinions as individuals so this made us accept of our differences and helped us reach to a
common goal and taught us team work.

c. Views on how this project contributes to the welfare of the society?

Children from the rural area will be aware of the career opportunities and will gain some
additional knowledge apart from their designed curriculum. They will not settle for low income
jobs and work towards making the most of their potential by choosing a career path of their
choice and not something which was forced due to lack of knowledge. This will help them grow
personally along with their families and they can then contribute to others from their area in the
similar way.
13. Any other information you wish to share

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 This particular project will help them gain the understanding of the career opportunities and the
skills required for those but there needs some efforts to convince their parents to help these kids in
choosing more education instead of settling for low income jobs.

In the whole process we came across some really talented students who were quick in grasping the
concepts discussed as well as possess some extra-curricular skills which if honed properly will
hugely benefit them in progressing in life.

14. Plans for the next semester

-To select potential students from High school and make them prepare for different competitive
exams
-Continue to work in building the confidence among the students and creating awareness in
academics
-To include different sports activities
-Conduct different sport activity and find good candidates and train them for different sports
-To impart hands on training on how to use a computer in day to day life.

List of Annexures
Annexure 1 – Photographs with captions (At least 2 for each social project day depicting the
activity conducted)
Annexure 2 – Links to the videos created on the social media or other platforms
Annexure 3 – Other Documentary Evidence
Annexure 4 – Beneficiary feedback/endorsements/newspaper clippings
Annexure 5 – Expenses Incurred towards - material, travel, and other expenses (mention)
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