Our Experience with Children at the Special Children Observation Center, Yeravada.

We aim to reach out to children from various backgrounds to give them education and good values. Here is an account of our classes taken for children undergoing legal proceedings.

A reading program was conducted at the Special Children Observation Center, Yeravada on March 7, 2022. Study sessions were conducted under the Nurturing and Networking Program for children going through legal proceedings.

As scheduled, after 3 months, an on the spot reading program was taken according to the children's reading abilities.

With the purpose of boosting the children's confidence and assessing their progress, the program was conducted in the presence of the institute's director Mr. Padgham.

Children read well. One 10th pass student read out a story book and told its summary. The book was titled 'Education Never Stops'. While telling the summary, the child said that an individual continues learning throughout life. The kids were enjoying this reading program. 

Children who have never attended school and those who have learned in English medium are present in this institute. They are studying with sincerity. A teacher Sheetal Shelar said that these kids are very good, they are helpful and open in communication. She said she was doubtful how these children would be, would they trouble teachers and should she work with them. However, she found that the kids are really good and her experience working with them was very good.

Mr. Padgham was thankful to the team taking reading classes for these kids, said that they take interest in reading and that their reading classes should be continued. He also told the kids a story about guru-shishya (teacher-disciple).

We generally think that these children may have negative thoughts or may be thinking about violence or crime but that's not true. Many of them are here due to a mistake committed unintentionally. If seeds of education can be sown in their minds, we will consider ourselves successful. This class is special to us, as it aims at changing the perspective of looking towards these children. The society looks at them wrongly and holds a bias against them. In our experience these children have the potential to learn, grow and deserve to earn happiness and success in life.