Building on Anandshala’s concept of the Enrichment Program - conducting activities in the school which help in social, emotional learning and add to the holistic development of the child.
Activities :
Activating the Bal Sansad and Meena Manch
Conducting sports and art based activities with students in the last period
Facilitating icebreakers, activities in the morning assembly
Exposure visits for students
Activating the School Management Committee
Empowering a changeleader at the school
Parent engagement
Approach :
Strengthening student bodies
Last class enrichment activities facilitating non-academic learning in the school
Leveraging the morning assembly to build language and social skills
Democratic elections of the Bal Sansad - increasing the ownership of student leaders to work collaboratively
Art based approach - school painting by children, community exhibitions
Outcomes :
Increased confidence and improved communication among students
Increased participation in last class art, craft, sports activities by students
Effective implementation of morning assembly where children participated in quiz competition, news etc.
Increased ownership by students of different school improvement activities
Challenges :
Lack of support from the parents and the community at large due to poor understanding of the importance of 21st century skills
Poor leadership at the school level
Prioritisation of department paperwork and academics over extra-curricular activities