Bodh Shiksha Samiti

Bodh Shiksha Samiti is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working on the education of the marginalized children for over 30 years Area of Intervention Education quality improvement in government schools Key Geography Hindi speaking states in India

Need for the initiative

Problem • Sub-standard quality of education in government schools • Gaps in terms of technical know - how and systemic framework for evolving and implementing quality focused initiatives at scale’ • Low learning outcomes among students • Lack of appropriately designed materials for teachers and students to facilitate active learning

Situation Before Lack of quality education teaching and learning methods among government schools was a major challenge

Intervention Overview

A comprehensive program, introduced to upscale present teaching-learning methods, assessment processes and development of teachers’ capacity Steps • Adoption of NCF-05 teaching-learning processes focusing on Child-Centered Pedagogy (CCP) and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)

‘Phased introduction/implementation gradually developing as a state – wide program for need – based instructions for the student with different learning levels’ Evolving frame, processes and methods of teaching -learning-assessment and capacity building at all levels to ensure effective systemic support

Resources • Support by UNICEF and MSDF to deploy the required human resource for implementation of the program • Support from the State government for instruction, training modules,multi-media materials for capacity building’ manuals and other reading material • Financial support from Good Earth

Foundation’ National Stock Exchange, Tata Trusts, Save the Children and Plan India

Impact and Key Learning Achieved so far

Reform in the concerned education system and procedures Mean average of learning levels of the students in the primary grades is around 60% Enrolment in government schools is increasing during past few years

Key Learning Rather than running parallel programs that focus on one aspect of improvement in school education, civil society organizations/ NGOs should focus on an evolving comprehensive quality improvement program with the government