Ek Prayaas: Making learning easy

Anirudh Gupta

Ferozepur, November 22

The district administration has started the “Ek Prayaas” project under which regular remedial classes are being held in 121 government schools of the border district for strengthening the fundamentals of various subjects of students.

While talking to The Tribune, Ramvir, Deputy Commissioner, said, “To begin with, we are focusing on English and maths, for which daily revision and periodic assessment have been made an integral part of the learning process. There are daily two-hour special classes of English and maths, one hour before and one hour after regular school timings for which resource persons have been appointed to conduct the remedial classes.”

Ramvir added that the resource persons were selected from the local area as far as possible to ensure punctuality and regularity.

“The selection of resource teachers is done by the principal of the school with active involvement of the parent-teacher association,” he added.

Vineet Kumar, ADC, who is the coordinator of the project, said the teachers were also being imparted periodic training for the subject matter as well as about best teaching practices.

“The funding is being met through donors, both individual as well as institutional,” he said, adding that the programme also envisaged a voluntary contribution scheme which was locally funded and not reliant on any outside financial support. The project started with 50 schools in June this year and had been extended to all the 121 higher and senior secondary schools this month with a monthly expenditure of Rs 4 lakh.

“We also ensure regular parent-teacher meeting to discuss on each child’s learning outcomes,” said the ADC.

Interestingly, the state government has now also launched somewhat similar plan for over 45,000 Class X students all over the state to improve their performance in science and math.