Hi friends here I want to share some work, which we did in our project. I request you all after reading this please tell me your opinion about the project.
In “Rural Edge project” we had program called “Village reach”. We conducted this program with some great intentions. Our intentions of this program were to share the information about our project with our candidates’ families and with their village people. Sharing information, sharing training experience with villagers was the main purpose of this training. Your village son and daughter came to the BPO training and what they learnt in the training showing to village people was our program purpose.
For pilot project of “Village reach”, from “E” class we selected Chilakamuki village. It is 23km from Koppal. We have 3 candidates from this village. To pilot project we sent 4 girls from “E” class, their names are Basamma, Shobha, Savita, Ganga and Basavaraj from “A” class. These 5 candidates got selected to do Village reach pilot project in Chilakamuki. We did orientation program on 7th April 2010.
Candidates Experience in Village Reach program:
First day candidates approached primary school head master for the room of the training. Starting head master told to them that he will not give permission to conduct training in the School. After our candidates requested to him for the room and they explained him what is the purpose of this training. After listening to our candidates headmaster gave permission to them. First day they cleaned the room which head master gave to them. They invited village people for the “Gram Sabha”. Nearly 100 villagers attended the Grama Sabha. They were very interesting to see their village students speaking in English. They dint ask more questions. They asked questions only related the Village Reach program.
In the training 45 students of Chilakamuki attended the village Reach program. For 3 days our candidates thought English according to our curriculum package. In this our candidates divided class in to 2 classes, one is 1st standard to 4th standard and one is 4th standard to 7th standard. They handle class smartly. Students asked many questions to our candidates and learnt. Within 3 days they learnt to speak some sentences in English, like did you have breakfast? When will you come back? How are you? Etc.
According to our candidates within 3dyas village students learnt so many things. We could not think that they can learn these many things within 3 days. In villages there are many talented students they just need one chance to show their talent. Our candidate Shobha expressed to us that, becoming teacher was her dream; by doing this project she full filled her dream, which she was thinking was not possible in her life. They proved that ill literate can become the best teachers in the word.
Savita our candidate expressed, it was my pleaser to speak in front of village people, which I used think that impossible in my life. Here she got courage to speak with village people and answer their questions. She was very proud about herself for speaking in front of so many people.
Basamma our candidate expressed, that, it was great opportunity to tell my village people and my family members that education is very important in our life. By this program my parents understood the importance of education and they decided to send my sisters to school and college.
Ganga our candidate expressed her opinion; this was great opportunity in my life to teach to village students. I am dropout. Now I came to your village and I thought English to your village children. I am very happy. I also came out of my stage fear. I am very thank full to this project.
Our village reach program candidates also expressed that, now they are very confident to speak with people. They also said that we leant how to speak with people in the mass. They realized that they are capable to take any challenges and handle it very well. They felt that they can take the responsibility of their own village for development.
Villagers’ opinion:
Village people were very happy by seeing their village students learning English and their own village students that is also dropout from school teaching English in their village. Some opinions of the villagers as follow.
Shankargouda Patil-
He expressed his opinion to our candidates as follow. First day when you people came to chilakamuki I thought what you people will teach to our village students. You people are very young, how can you teach someone else. I thought like this, but you people spoke with all Panchayat members, school head master and you did all the arrangements yourself. I am politician, but still many times I feel fear to speak with others. You people are very confident you spoke with all leaders and did all the arrangements yourself. I am proud about you all. You people did great work in our village.
Huligemma (School student, 9th standard)-
You people are teaching very well. We don’t understand what our sirs and madams teach in our schools. They don’t bother about whether we understood or not. They just try to finish their syllabus. You people are younger than our teachers, but you thought many things in English to our village students we are proud of you all and happy to see you all in this position. Even I would like learn like you all.
Parents of our candidates- You all are our children. Today you all are teaching to our village students, we are very happy to see you all. You people are very young, but you people are teaching to our village students. Our village students don’t listen to us in our homes, but they are listening to you all and they are following you all wherever you all go. That is really shows that your class in really interesting to them. Our village students properly don’t go to school, but they are coming and sitting in your class that is really great. You all are very young, in this young age you all are doing great work in our village. We are proud about you all. Please continue you great work.
Prakash and Vithal (Primary school teachers) - In these teachers opinion our training was magic. We are amazing to see our own village students, who were dropout from the school. Today those dropouts only are teaching to our village students. We are really happy to see this and we proud about these students. When we spoke with these teachers they asked us that are you doing any black magic in your training center. How can you train these students within 6 months and make them to speak, read and write in English. They also said to us that, in this “Village reach” 3days program class half of the students are dropout from the school. They don’t come to school, but today they are attending your candidates’ class and learning English. Within 3 days our village students learnt to speak little in English, they are singing and asking some questions in English. We are really happy to see this. Your 3 days training is making our teaching easy. You please extend this program to 15 days to 1 month, it will really give result. They also insisted to conduct training to teachers about English.
This is some feeling of villagers. These are some impact of “Village reach program”. I am very happy to share with you all that drop out from the school, are now teaching to their village children. I feel this is the first time in the world one drop out from the school teaching to others, that is also English and computer this is really great. I really happy to tell you that, I am part of this great work, I feel proud that my candidates are teaching to others. These are some others great work which we are doing in our project in BPO project. Now our candidates are confident, they are able to handle the issues and programs.
