Project Area

Kumarambheem Asifabad is one of the new districts formed after reorganization

of districts in Telangana in 2016 from the erstwhile Adilabad district in the
northern part of Telangana. It is termed as the most backward district with largest
notified Tribal agency area in the state and is identified as an Aspirational District
by the NITI Aayog, owing to the development challenges existing the district. It
has been ranked 110th among 115 Aspirational Districts in the baseline ranking
announced by the NITI Aayog1 after assessment of 81 data points in 49 indicators
explaining access to Health, Education, Agriculture, Skill Development, Financial
Inclusion and Basic Infrastructure, which are detrimental for measuring living
standards.
The population of the district is 5,15,8122 and the area of the district is 4878
sq.km., with the population density of xx and predominant population belonging
to Tribal and particularly vulnerable tribal groups.

Problem Statement
Owing to the seasonal nature of agriculture, the district witnesses a high rate of
migration to neighboring districts such as Mancherial/Karimnagar and cities such
as Mumbai and Hyderabad. The dropout rate among high school children xx%
(higher than the state average of xx%) and a huge gender divide among the male
and females in the district. Children dropout is quite high compared to other
districts of Telangana; retention of students is one of the key challenges.
Additionally, the classroom teacher ratio is lowest in the state with only xxx
number of teachers catering to xxxx. Access to decent sanitation infrastructure is
also a matter of concern as low hygiene environment leads to low attendance of
the students.

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Key issues
1. Lack of access to toilets in the schools
2. The ICT infrastructure provided was mostly non-functional due to:
● Lack of technical support from the vendors
● Inhibition shown by teachers in using technology aided teaching
methodology
● Lack of ownership of the infrastructure by school administration due to
vendor driven model
● Inconsistent of power supply has also led to non-functionality of
computer labs in schools.
3. Severe rate of Mal-nourishment among school going children
4. Lack of access to science labs, reducing students’ ability to better
understand the concepts
5. Lack of access to clean and safe drinking water.

Proposed Interventions

Therefore, to address the issues raised, following interventions are proposed to

be taken up;
1. Establish Science Labs in Schools
2. Establish Kitchen Garden is Schools
3. Establish Library in Schools
4. Construct Toilets
5. Establish Water Filters in the school
6. Establish Digital Classrooms
7. Learning enhancement trainings to Teachers

Objectives

1) To develop 20 model school across district (Infrastructure, Technology, and

Labs)
2) To build the capacity of teachers on latest technology use for teaching
3) To increase enrollment rate of girl child
Strategies
The intervention envisioned by the project is to create model schools with
science labs, kitchen garden, water filter, capacity building of teachers and
provide access to basic infrastructure, i.e., toilets. Each element of the project is
crucial in determining quality of education imparted in the District with largest
tribal population in the State. Access to Water Filters, Toilets and Kitchen Garden
provide students with the opportunity to maintain optimal health and nutrition,
an essential part for reducing drop-out rates in the District. Access to Digital
Classrooms engage students with interactive and immersive Audio-Video content
and increase learning ability of students. Library for inculcating learning habits,
Digital Classrooms and Science Labs can be equipped with vast variety of teaching
–learning material which can aid Teachers in teaching concepts to students.

Creating suitable education material: 50 schools will be equipped with suitable

education aids like Tablets, AV materials for Mathematics, Science and Social
Science subjects.

Create Digital Labs: All schools will be equipped with digital labs which will be
facilitated by school teacher and trained facilitator recruited by the project.
Facilitators will be trained by Kalike.

Create Science Labs: School science labs or mobile labs will be created based on
the space availability and students’ strength in the school.

No library No School: Every school will be having one library if there is no library
it will be created if it has a library will be strengthened.

Convergence: Allied departments will be brought under one umbrella through

creating a committee at district level. The committee will consist members from
Agriculture, Horticulture, Health and Nutrition, DRDA, RWS, and IT department.
The aim is to facilitate cooperation among the department for smooth
implementation of interventions in the identified schools.

Touch with life: Engaging the children in Kitchen-gardens, Planation of Saplings,

and water-harvesting activities. This proxy activity can improve nutritional level by
availing fresh vegetables in mid-day meal.
Overall support provided for students in 1st -10th class equips them to continue
their education and take up job oriented courses for future in their field of
interest being aware of their potentials. With adequate use of ICT in their
education at different levels suiting their academic needs students are made
efficient and have healthy competition with other private school/college students.

Technology primarily supplements and accelerates the students learning process.

There is a shift in their learning methodology from rote learning to conceptual
learning when students are exposed to this type of learning for a few years. Since
the students are exposed to experiential learning from basics (concepts covered
in 10th class) the impact is very high.

In addition to the above technology, the proposed project will engage with few
more related technology based interventions.

Tata Trusts – Clix –English language learning content was piloted in Yadgir with
few schools and the results were promising, children were able to converse in
English language, construct simple sentences, narrate story in English etc. The
learnings/experience will be taken to all the schools where the computer
infrastructure facilities are available and also on the “Kolibri” supported platform.

Mega Shala: The digital content developed by Mega Shala for the middle school
will be piloted in few schools where the infrastructure facilities are available.
Based on the outcome the intervention will be extended to other schools in
Yadgir District

Output

● Decrease in absence of school working days.

● Inculcating learning habits among students and increase their overall
personality.
 ● Resulting in water bill reduction and helping the next generation learn about
water, conservation and the importance of protecting our natural resource.
● Adoption of Technology aids to improve teaching and learning methodology
in schools
● Improvement of Distinction and First class in SSLC Board Exam in schools of
Intervention over a period of 3 years
● Increase in enrollment to professional courses
● Behavioral change among students in terms of Health and Hygiene, Learning
environment in school and retention rate of students.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Activity level monitoring: Regular monitoring happens at school level through

attendance tracking, identifying at risk students, conduct parents meeting,
data analysis of formative assessment and so on.
• Progress monitoring: The school managers/ academic committee review
progress of students across the academic year.
• Output monitoring: Pre-defined outputs for key program activities are
measured periodically (Quarterly/Half yearly).
• Compliance monitoring: Certain program outcomes are benchmarked for
measurement as per donor commitments and other compliance parameters
set by the organization. Project leads will monitor it quarterly.

Sustainability & Exit Strategy

It is essential to identify the necessity of the intervention and addressing the

challenges in the schools. Entry criteria are articulated, which assist us in
identifying the schools requiring the intervention and depth of intervention.
Defining the goals and outputs of the intervention helps to define an Ideal school
which no longer requires the continuity of the support.

In order to bring sustainability towards all our initiatives, we focus on stakeholder

management which includes parents, teachers, school management, students,
Corporate, Government bodies. The project will directly support the schools for 1
year. Teachers will be equipped on the usage of the technology and the content.
One of the teachers from each school will be trained on the technical/hardware,
so that they could address the onsite technical glitches.

Financial Outlay
The project estimated budget for implementing the program across 50 Schools of
KB Asifabad is Rs. xx crores for 1 years which comprises of costs pertaining to
program, program personnel costs, capital costs and overhead costs towards
implementation of the project. (detailed annexure is enclosed herewith).

Particulars Amount (in

Rs)
Program Personnel Rs.xx/-
Costs
Capital Costs Rs.xx/-
Program Costs Rs.xx/-
Overhead Costs Rs.xx/-
Total Rs.xx/-

The program will be implemented in 50 Govt. Schools and will be covering about
xx students in one year.