PROJECT PHOENIX LAUNCHED
Come what may, education should not stop. This is the philosophy by which The Society for Door Step Schools (Door Step School/DSS), Pune has been planning all its projects and programs over the last 30+ years. The Covid-19 pandemic hit us and nothing remained the way it was. Each of us was directly affected by this. The most adverse impact was on young school-going children; the closure of schools led to complete loss of learning, especially for the underprivileged first generation learners who are our focus group.
To address
the problem of learning loss on a war footing, Door Step School, Pune launched
Project Phoenix on 25th October 2021. The idea is to work in communities,
in small groups -- following all Covid protocols -- to equip young children
with basic reading, writing and numeracy skills before schools reopen in June
2022.
As a buildup
to Project Phoenix, one team surveyed 6863 houses from 223 communities
and identified 1934 children in the age group of 6 years to 12 years who
were unable to read age appropriate text fluently. The children identified were
administered the Reading Ability Test to gauge their learning levels. The other
teams are in the process of surveying other communities across PMC, PCMC and
Pune Rural.
On 25th
October 2021, 45 classes were launched impacting 615 children
directly. All the identified children and more will be covered to achieve
foundational literacy and numeracy skills by April 2022. This will be achieved
by imparting the 120 hours engagement in online as well as offline modes.
HELP US REACH
AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE IN MAHARASHTRA
Project PHOENIX:
GOAL:
Lifelong Literacy And Numeracy for Every Child
TOTAL
HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT: 120 hours PER CHILD
LANGUAGE:
Marathi or Hindi
SCRIPT:
Devanagri
SPONSORSHIP PER CHILD: INR 1500/- ($20)
IMPACT
REPORT: Will be provided with learning outcomes per child at the end of 120
hours intervention
CONTACT DETAILS
Call: +91 7028014202 Write to: pune@doorstepschool.org
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