Can anyone be a teacher? Can a student be a teacher? Yes, it needs only a little bit of empathy towards others that can propel the teacher within you!
Let me introduce you to a few teachers who are students.
Shashank who is
from Chintamani near Bangalore, is the Campus Ambasaddor at iCare Group and
Co-Founder at Sahasradeepa-‘YOU’th for a
brighter India. He is a student of Acharya Institute of Technology.
Shashank along
with his friends Shrinidhi, Ramya,
Surendra,Shrutika, Manohar and Naveen started what they call ‘smart classes’ (providing
education through presentations and videos) for students from the villages.
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| Shashank and team in action |
In the beginning of their fourth semester, they did a brain storming on how to bridge the gap between the standards of education of rural and urban students. They started with a small step. They loaded their laptops with all materials required for the students from the rural schools and started visiting each school. They conducted several sessions for students from class 1 to class 8. They focussed on following subjects/areas.
• Introduction to Computers.
• Introduction to typing, paint, MS Word.etc.
• Videos of rhymes
• Videos of cartoons.
• Videos on wild life.
• Videos on Science.
• Videos on image recognition.
• Videos on skill testing.
• Videos on memory testing.
• Videos of kids around the globe.
• Introduction to internet and its usage.
• Google earth.
• Realizing their hidden potential.
• Importance of education in their life.
• Counselling the girls(women empowerment).
• Rights of children.
• Introduction to Computers.
• Introduction to typing, paint, MS Word.etc.
• Videos of rhymes
• Videos of cartoons.
• Videos on wild life.
• Videos on Science.
• Videos on image recognition.
• Videos on skill testing.
• Videos on memory testing.
• Videos of kids around the globe.
• Introduction to internet and its usage.
• Google earth.
• Realizing their hidden potential.
• Importance of education in their life.
• Counselling the girls(women empowerment).
• Rights of children.
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| Student Nalini Reddy in the Sahasradeepa project |
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| Student Govardhan teaching students |
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| Student Hemika Reddy with her students |
They initiated to projects (Vidyadeepa and Sahasradeepa to impart quality education. They tied up
with govt schools in a bid to incorporate the smart class-room model in those
schools which are often deprived of basic teaching equipments.
Modern day tools
like laptops, internet etc will be used to give the kids a better visualisation
of their syllabus and more importantly, to bring the fun element back in learning.
(You can contact iCare Group at theicaregroup {gmail.com})
Kavya Atreya
See my interview with Ms Kavya Atreya, who taught students
from government schools while she herself was a college student:
Frankly I dont
know what my inspiration was. But I always loved children and spending time
with them. It started at home when I was teaching my brother who was 4 years
younger to me and I loved it. I got an opportunity and grabbed it with both my
hands.
2. Can you tell
about the nature of different teaching work undertook/ being undertaken by you?
I have taught
for 2 years being a part of a NGO called VSEI. First year at shivanhalli school teaching kids below
7th grade English through different interactive and playful activities and second
year in a government school near NR
Colony teaching kids art. We helped them to perform a play on Mahatma Gandhi
and showcased it to their parents and friends. Thanks to my aunt who introduced
me to these lovely children and it was a wonderful experience.
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3.According to
you, what is right or wrong with our present formal educational system?
I have studied
in India and completed BE and right now doing my masters in the USA. So have
seen how the education system is in both the countries. All I noticed was that
in India there is very unhealthy
competition among the students these days putting the children under lot of
pressure. Emphasis should be on learning than getting good marks.
4. Can you narrate
any incident (one or more) that delighted you while you were teaching children?
Best moment
would be the excitement on the children’s face whenever I had meetings with
them. They would be eagerly waiting for me to be with them on Saturdays. We
were so attached to those kids and the entire program was a wonderful
experience
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It is your turn now!
Views are personal © Sibichen K Mathew
Read other articles on the topic in this blog
Truly inspiring Sir! Thanks for sharing!
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