Monday 13 February 2012

VELLORE - ITS RURAL AND TRIBAL PALCES

GUYS WE HAVE BEEN ANALYZING VELLORE " THE FORT CITY " IN TAMILNADU, INDIA, FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE GOT LOTS N LOTS OF FUN FILLED DREADFUL EXPERIENCES. WE HAD THE HELP OF A FEW EXPERTISE FROM SEBS INDIA TO ASSIST US NAMELY MIC OSTIN A VERY COURAGEOUS AND OUTSTANDING GUY WHO WAS A VERY GOOD MOTIVATOR FOR US AND ANUP ALSO WAS MOTIVATING US A LOT.WE VISITED TWO SCHOOLS AND TWO HOMES HERE IN VELLORE. THE OBSERVATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS :

1) UNION GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, VELLORE

THE BUILDING WAS IN THE SHAPE OF A RECTANGLE OPEN AT ONE OF ITS BREATH. THE SCHOOL WAS ONLY ONE BUILDING WHICH HAD A GROUND FLOOR AND A FIRST.THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 12 ROOMS OF WHICH ONE WAS EMPTY ONE WAS HEAD MISTRESS ROOM AND THE REST 10 ROOMS WERE CLASS ROOMS FOR STUDENTS OF CLASSES 1 - 10.THERE WERE SIX TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL TOTALLY INCLUDING THE HEAD MISTRESS SO THERE WERE COMBINED CLASSES 1ST AND 2ND STANDARD KIDS WERE GROUPED UNDER ONE TEACHER THE REST OF THE CLASSES WERE ALSO BEING MANAGED BY THESE 6 TEACHERS ONLY.AS PER THE STUDENTS GENERAL REPORT 5 OF THESE 6 TEACHERS WERE EITHER TOO STRICT OR DIDNT KNOW TO TEACH PROPERLY ONLY ONE TEACHER WAS GOOD.THE RESULT OF THIS IS A 7TH CLASS GIRL RANI WAS NOT EVEN ABLE TO READ IN TAMIL(IT WAS HER MOTHER TONGUE AND WAS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOL) THE STUDENTS WERE AT ZERO LEVEL IN COMMON ENGLISH.THOSE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE GIVEN A LOT MORE CARE AND A MINIMUM OF 4 MORE TEACHERS HAVE TO BE PUT UP THERE.

2) KINGS MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL,KASAM,VELLORE

THIS SCHOOL WAS A LOT MORE BETTER THAN THE OTHER SCHOOL THEIR BASIC ENGLISH WAS GOOD AND THE STUDENTS HAD MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE.THE SCHOOL ALSO HAD A HOME FOR THE CHILDREN AND THESE KIDS WERE ALSO SEND TO THE SAME SCHOOL BUT THESE KIDS WERE SEEN WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOOK AS THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARENTS THAT WAS A VERY SAD PART OF THE SCHOOL.OTHER THAN THAT THE COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE WAS VERY BAD AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BASIC PAPER PRESENTATION SKILL'S.THEIR ENGLISH CAN ALSO BE IMPROVED A BIT.

3) ST.PETERS HOME,GUDIYATHAM,VELLORE


THIS WAS A HOME FOR 23 KIDS BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS 10 WERE STAYING THERE REST 13 WERE FROM NEARBY VILLAGES.THESE KIDS WERE GIVEN GOOD EDUCATION BY THE FOUNDER REV.BRO.SAMUEL.HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS AND THE KIDS WERE FROM 2ND TILL 9TH THIS WAS THE HARDEST PART SINCE WE WILL SURELY NOT BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE WHOLE SET OF STUDENTS AS THEY WERE RANGING BETWEEN A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS OF VERY LESSER STANDARDS THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE IS WE CAN DO MONETARY FUNDING'S AND TEACH THEM ENGLISH FOR NOW.ALSO IT IS A LONG TRAVEL TO THE PLACE SO WE ARE STILL IN A OSCILLATION ABOUT TAKING ANY DECISIONS YET.



4) GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, ASSANAMPET, VELLORE


THIS WAS MUCH MORE INTERIOR PART OF VELLORE IT TOO US 2 AND A HALF HOUR BY BUS.BUT THIS PLACE DRAW OUR MOST ATTENTION BECAUSE WE HAD THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS  AND EVEN THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WERE HAPPY AND THEY ARE READY TO DO ANYTHING IF WE ARE GOING THERE WEEKLY. THERE WE HAVE TO START FROM THE BASIC ENGLISH AS THEY ARE WEEK IN ENGLISH FULLY THEY ARE WELL MOTIVATED AND THEY WISH FOR LEARNING SOMETHING VALUABLE.THE SCHOOL AGREED TO PROVIDE A ROOM AND TO INFORM ABOUT OUR WISH IN THEIR PRAYER IF WE ARE SURE TO COME THERE EVERY WEEKENDS.

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