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What is Sikshana all about?

Who are the people behind the program?

What is its field of operation now?

What are the unique features of Sikshana?

How can individuals participate in Sikshana?

How can corporate entities help the program?

How do I send my remittances to Sikshana?

What is the "Sikshana Promise" to you?
What is Sikshana all about?
Sikshana is all about improving the Quality of education in the State- run schools so as to provide an opportunity for children from the lower strata of the society to raise their living standards. In the process, we expect to make a dent on the negative image of the Public school system. The exercise is also aimed at developing a sustainable model which lends itself to replication at higher levels

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Who are the people behind the program?
We are a set of individuals committed to the cause of primary education in the Public Schools of the State of Karnataka. Our Program is being managed by Sivasri Foundation, a Trust formed for this purpose which raises the necessary resources through networking among like -minded persons and Organizations. It is being implemented in close co-ordination with the State Government and its agencies

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What is its field of operation now?
Presently Sikshana is working in a hybrid model of adopting schools in urban and rural areas. Out of the 49 total schools under the program 13 schools are in the urban category mainly in the Bangalore south. The remaining 36 schools are in the Kanakapura taluk spread across various villages in the taluk. We have plans to expand the area of operations in Kanakapura wherein we plan to adopt all the kannada medium upper primary schools in the taluk during next year.

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What are the unique features of Sikshana?
Our program is built around a few core concepts, which distinguishes it from various other attempts in the field. Our attempt is just not towards improving the state of a few schools or a few children studying therein. Rather it is aimed at evolving a sustainable model, which will lend itself to replication on a larger scale.

It focuses on the child as the sole beneficiary of all efforts; in cases where its interests clash with those of others around it, the former prevails.

We believe that the interest of the child can and should be served even if the Community and / or the parents are not adequately motivated towards this objective.

Mobilization and deployment of resources under our program is solely for the enhancement of the learning levels of the children. All proposals for expenditure are strictly judged against this criterion.

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How can individuals participate in Sikshana?
If you happen to live in Bangalore City, you can visit one of our schools for a few hours in a week and

- Assist in regular teaching / Conduct special
  classes

- Help in the development /deployment of
  advanced teaching aids

- Assist teachers in developing teaching skills

- Organize / assist in PC based education

- Have counseling sessions with children and
  parents

- Assist in improvement of the environment in
  schools

- Motivate kids, parents and teachers

- Organize co-curricular activities and
  extra-curricular events

- Involve in community efforts to improve the school

- Assist Sikshana in promoting specific causes and
  programs

If you have more to time to spare for the cause and would like to take up a challenging responsibility, you can even adopt a school under this program on your own in your neighborhood; Sikshana will lend all support to your efforts and help it grow.

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How can corporates help the program?
Corporate Organizations can donate funds to go to the various schemes in general under Sikshana. They can donate funds for specific causes such as


- to support a meritorious child

- to sponsor prizes and scholarships for good
  performance

- to sponsor c-curricular and extra-curricular events

- to buy PC's and Multimedia content

- to build class rooms or to improve infrastructure

- to provide learning materials and teaching aids
  and

- to support appointment of teachers.

[In such cases, Sikshana has built-in mechanisms to ensure that the funds are used only for the purposes for which they are intended]

A corporate entity can also help us in our efforts to promote specific public causes and programs. A typical instance is the development of suitable multimedia content in Kannada for use with the PC's being deployed in the Public School System.

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How do I send my remittances to Sikshana?
The remittances have to be sent only as checks drawn in favor of "Sivasri Charitable Trust". We have no provision to take online/ credit card payments at this stage. The donations qualify for 50% tax deduction under Section 80G of the IT Act in India.

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What is the "Sikshana Promise" to you?
- Every rupee is spent such that it benefits the child

- "All essentials/ no frills" check on each scheme
  adopted

- Half yearly un-audited accounts on 7 Sep and
  7 Apr of every year

- Audited accounts of every year within six weeks of
  book closure (15TH May)

- Dedicated funds are used for the specific purposes
  intended, with periodic feedbacks through the
  web site

- A constantly updated web site to keep you
  informed of the progress of Sikshana

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