In pursuit of reaching out to one million children!

Best Service Project - Round Table International 2006-07

Round Table India FTE+

FTE StatusPlan Status- 2006 Gap

Children 1 Million 500000~ 50%Schools 1500 1100 + 20%Investment USD 45 M~ USD 20M~ 60%

Gap AnalysisReasons for not achieving target headcount:

Teacher Student ratio – 1:70+ AverageUrban :: 1:30Rural :: 1:150~

Irregular Teacher availability at schoolsLack of Consistent Quality of Education due to:

Teachers’ competence in all subjects for all classesTeachers need to handle all classes from Std. I-VIILanguage teachers handling core subjects

Sarva Siksha Abhayan70% of schools are Single-Teacher

schoolsTeacher covers all classes and subjects

across Class I-VII54% of schools are Single-Room

schools- SSA statistics, 2001

E-Learning ExperienceKarnataka Govt. Experience in ~ 200

schools300% increase in Attendance in 2 years400% increase in pass percentage in 2-3

yearsWork with existing strength of teachersIncrease in Quality of Education results

in Increase in students in the subsequent years

Cognitive Learning Techniques

AdvantagesAudio-visual Interactive LearningHigher & Longer retention

FTE+ ObjectiveObjectives

To cover ONE Million children by 2008 as per FTE

Implement syllabus-oriented E-learning to supplement Teacher-training efforts

Qualitative improvement of education delivered

ResultsIncrease admissions in existing schools by

25% per year, at leastBetter utilization of resources

GoalsQualitative Improvement

Improve student scores by 20%Improve Pass percentage by 20%

Quantitative ImprovementImprove admissions to the school by 25% in

the subsequent year

Pilot implementation of FTE+ Coverage

Period : Nov 2006 Class VII Science - one chapterTests taken before and

after e-learning training

FTE+ Mobile Education PC

•Acer Projector•HCL CPU•APC UPS -1.5 hr backup•Class III- X•Subjects - Science, Math & Social Studies•Languages - Kannada & English•Supplementary subjects

◦ Spoken English◦ Digitally (Teacher training

module) ◦ EZPC (Computer Training

module)•Onsite support and training•Courseware in English and Kannada, Hindi and GurumukhiCommercials

◦ Cost per school : Rs 95000 + tax

◦ AMC : Rs 25000 from II year onwards

Case StudyGurudwara School, Ulsoor, Bangalore

Gurudwara SchoolImplemented in February 2007 at

Gurudwara School, Bangalore370 children from LKG to Class VIII

Economically challenged backgroundE-Learning provided to Class VI, VII and VIII,

twice a week in Feb-April 2007Subjects covered:

Science, Math and Social Studies in local language and English

Results Analysis for Exams conducted in April 2007

Scoring Pattern

Pass percentage

Class Avg score in 2005-06 - % Avg score in 2006-07 - % % ChangeVI 58 75 17VII 55 65 10VIII 40 55 15

Class Pass % in 2005-06 Pass % in 2006-07 % ChangeVI 89.5 96 +6.5VII 88 100 12VIII 100

Admissions 2007-08 Class 2006-07 2007-08 % ChangeVI 26 37 +42.3VII 19 30 +57.8VIII* 37 25 -48%

Due to the recent change in the Kannada Policy in state schools, Class VIII has seen a drop in strength as children left to join English medium schools!

SummaryAvg. improvement of SCORES

10-17%

Avg. improvement in PASS PERCENTAGE6-12%

AVERAGE INCREASE IN ADMISSIONS: 50%

Period of implementation: Feb –April 2007

Return on Investment Year No. of children Cost in USD

Return on Investment

One 370 USD 2470 USD 6.675Two 370 (assuming no increase

in numbers)USD 625 USD 1.7

Two 555 (assuming 50% increase in admissions in the next year)

USD 625 USD 1.12

ROI is the measure of educating a child using the system

Impact of FTE+RTI can add

500000 children in 3 years

For USD 3.5 Million

RTI can DOUBLE the number of children in FTE schools every 3 years, hence!

ReferencesRTI website

www.roundtableindia.orgFreedom through Education

www.freedomthrougheducation.orgEdurite Technologies

www.edurite.com Sarva Siksha Abhayan

http://ssa.nic.in District Information System for Education

http://www.dpepmis.org

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