" LABORATORY PROJECT OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN INDIA ".

Name of the project “A project to fulfill the essential laboratory needs of 5 high schools and 5 higher secondary schools in remote rural & tribal villages to make teaching and learning easy both for the teachers, as well as for the students”. About the Target Area: The target area falls in Tiruvannamalai District and block of Tamil Nadu, India.

The district is the identified the most backward district at national level. The target area is one of the most backward areas of the district. The literacy rate is about 28%. The targeted students are first generation school goers. The village is adjacent to forest and hill area. The target community is ‘ Dalt / Tribal community ’ and their parents are belongs to bonded labors. Background of the Beneficiaries: As we have already said the target students are girls and first generation of school goers. They are studying in the grades of 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. They have lost almost 18 months of education. Even though the classes were conducted online they cannot afford to buy even an ordinary non-smart phone. So they have lost total education. But they were promoted to higher grades, resulting in lack of capacity to cope with the syllabus due to non learning of some basic concepts. But for joining in any professional courses.

Outcomes of the project

• Increased ability of the teachers in giving students first-hand experiences.
• Improved motivation of the teachers to involve students making use of laboratory equipments and make of their teaching interesting for the students;
• Children’s learning becomes based on concrete, direct, first-hand experience and not based on abstract thinking.
• Involvement of the Parents & Teachers Association in project activities & create a Maintenance Fund to make replacements to laboratory materials.