Unit of Science and Educational Development

A non-profit organization that is the brainchild of IIT Kanpur students, professors and eminent educationalists, UNISED works for making quality education available for children from weaker section of the society Area of Intervention Convalescence of quality education in Upper Primary (Class VI to VIII) government schools Key Geography Uttrakhand (all 13 districts), Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh (Auraiya, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat) and Puducherry Need for the initiative

Problem • Dearth of quality education in upper primary classes • Gap in curriculum from elementary level to secondary level • Drop out in govt schools and out of school children Situation Before • Very poor understanding of fundamental concepts among students • Lack of educational motivation in students • Teachers’ absenteeism one of the primary cause in students drop-out Intervention Overview UNISED is intervening to motivate and attract upper primary class students from poor socioeconomic background to improve their studies

Steps • Assistance to provide infrastructural requirement (solar operated smart classrooms, audio-visual lab, Math

Science corner, etc.) • Build teacher capacity through regular workshops and training • Development of monthly learning resource material 3 tier monitoring of the program Establishment of Rashtriya Avishkar Lab (RAL)

Resources • Professional manpower required for monitoring and implementation of the project • Financial support for program from government and industries • Bureaucratize support from administration

Impact and Key Learning Achieved so far • “Trained more than 1,500 teachers and impacted education of more than 50,000 students” due to project expansion in

Nagaland and Uttrakhand. • “Through RAA Auriya model and use of ICT and CAL; enrollment shifted form private schools and nearby govt schools to intervened govt school” • HRD ministry shared an office order on

“Three years Achievement of Department of School Education & Literacy”, in which our work has been recognized as one of the top two success stories in India Key Learning • Learning can be fun, involving and engaging by introduction of AV content and resource kits • Adequate support increases the probability of improvement in teachers • Proper infrastructure is necessary for good quality education • Regular periodic training of teachers is extremely crucial for effective results