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The school’s physical infrastructure is the most obvious way of assessing the quality of education, especially for communities with low-literacy. Providing basic facilities like drinking water, toilets, books and classrooms attracts both the learner and the parent. By making these resources available in schools, schools can become safe spaces for learning and increase the motivation of learners.
The school’s physical infrastructure is the most obvious way of assessing the quality of education, especially for communities with low-literacy. Providing basic facilities like drinking water, toilets, books and classrooms attracts both the learner and the parent. By making these resources available in schools, schools can become safe spaces for learning and increase the motivation of learners.
Activities :
- Construction of the boundary wall
- Construction of toilets
- Making clean drinking water available
- Buying new plates for the Mid-Day Meal
- Wall painting in the school by children
- Providing fans and lights for the school
- Creating a garden in the school
- Purchasing resources for art and sports
- Creation of the Youth Resource Centre in the community
- Crowdsourcing resources from the community
- Construction of the new building
Approach :
- Creation of a monitoring committee from the community for overseeing the construction process
- Open bidding for the construction tender and selection of the best bid in a community meeting
- Crowdsourcing funds from the community for improving the infrastructure and purchasing resources for the school
Outcomes :
- Safer school created for children due to the construction of the boundary wall and the new building
- Provision of student needs like clean drinking water, toilets throughout the day
- Increased ownership of the community towards the school
- Increased ownership of the SMC towards the maintenance of the school and its resources
Challenges :
- Lack of ownership from the community towards the school
- Monitoring committee not performing their duties responsibly during the boundary wall construction
- The headmaster not taking ownership to lead the process due to which government money for construction was returned
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