More subject specialisation in the evening

The work has begun to expand the school that is run in the evening from being a centre for Remedial Instruction to becoming a full school that consolidates information into learning using inquiry as a technique.

The Individual Education Plans of the students attending the school in the evening are being re-visited. Class timings have been extended to one hour per subject, taught by subject experts. The number of subjects on offer to the students has increased as the existing skeletal staff has been reinforced with more time and more people have been hired.

English, Science, Social Studies, Computers, Hindi, Business Studies, Typing, Short Hand and Math is on offer for all children. Classes start from 3PM and run through to 9.30PM. Admission criteria remains the same for the Support classes as they have been for the GNFS (Girls Non Formal School) which is that all learners who do not have the option to study elsewhere are granted admission to the school.

Worries have been in terms of the amount of time that a child now spends in school, if he does so sincerely. It would be 6 hours in school from 8AM-1PM and the another 4 or 5 hours at Hope for support and supplementary classes. That is a really long day for the child at work. However, the feedback received is that parents are glad their children are off the streets and engaged in something constructive, away from anti-social elements or rough company and drug pushers and addicts in the community.

No comments: