April Newsletter
Highlights of activities in March
- New Executive Committee of Shiksha Sopan formed. Mr Ranjan Upadhyay is our new President.
- Holi was celebrated amongst children.
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who work selflessly and without fear for the benefit of society was remembered. At each center after learning about his great life, children lit candles in his memory and conceived his image with closed eyes for a minute
- Four children of Pratibha Posha Yojana Junior have completed one year in the school.
- 12 students are chosen from the 19 Pratibha Posha Yojana (class 9) children for the Summer Camp. The Camp will be organized from 24thMay to 28thJune at IIT Kanpur. We have sponsors for 9 of these 12 and are still looking for three more sponsors (Rs12,000 per year for four years).
March Newsletter
Highlights of activities in FebruaryShiksha Sopan in Techkriti
About 25 Physics Experiments designed from everyday materials like plastic bottles, iron nails, Injection syringes, etc., were set up by children of Shiksha Sopan and Opportunity School.
Outreach to Champavat, Uttarakhand
Two of our volunteers Mr Amit Kumar Bajpai and Hanuman Prasad Gupta went with 20 Science Experiments to Champavat and shared Science excitement with about 300 children and their teachers
Games day at Barasirohi Evening Center
MrRaghavendra, a local youth studying in B.Sc., conducted Games day at BarasirohiCenter. About 40 children, mostly up to class 6, enjoyed the games. All the games were without any equipment and involved physical exercise like running fast, stretching the muscles and also mental alertness and thinking ability
Pratibha Poshan Yojana Receipients Meeting
All 19 students of class-9 selected from rural areas of 4 districts under PratibhaPoshanYojana, along with their parents were called for a face to face meeting on 24th February, 08. Dr. H.C.Verma discussed some issues informally with the students and gave advise on how to best utilize the study material sent by Shiksha Sopan regularly.
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February Newsletter
Highlights of activities in January- Celebration of new year
- Celebration of week long Annual Function which included activities like Craft, Quiz, Mehndi, Rangoli, Social Awareness Rally
- Celebration of Republic day with with songs, poetry reading, story telling etc all related to National Spirits and freedom struggle
- Participation at symposium called "Manthan" at Pantnagar with various other NGOs
- 2 hours Science show at SardarPatel Junior high School in Panaki
- 3rd part of the Study Material and question sets were sent to the 19 recipients of Pratibha Poshan Yojana
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January Newsletter
January newsletter gives an overview of activities we did in 2007.These include
- Addition of one new Evening Learning Center in the interior region of Barasirohi
- Addition of Library at the Shiksha Sopan Vidyalaya at Barasirohi school with 1500 books
- Celebration of Independence Day (15th August), Gandhi-Shashtri Jayanti (2nd October), and Children’s day (14th November),Vivekanand Jayanti (12th January)
- Summer Program for skill development to the children. These included Beautician’s Course and Computer Literacy Course
Adopting students for education
We also started a special initiative for adopting students for education from nearby rural areas. In the year 2007, Shiksha Sopan selected 4 students of class 6, Naresh, Eshant, Manaviya and Poonam, and undertook entire responsibility of their education up to class 12. This includes financial as well as academic assistance at all levels.
Pratibha Poshan Yojana
Shiksha Sopan selected 19 talented students in the villages at class 9 level who not only lack in financial capabilities but also in Information and Exposure. These are from the districts Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao in UP and Buxar in Bihar. The selection was made by conducting an examination at 5 centers where more than 200 children appeared and evaluating the performance.
Children's Science Training Programme
Shiksha Sopan conducted an extended 6-week Science Training Programme where children were collected for 2 hours in the afternoons and exposed to Science experiments with their most familiar commodities.
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