Lets salute these Teachers Modifying India in their own style
Lets salute these teachers and hope their spirit will reach out to others in the field, so they too can use their skills to give children a learning experience that goes beyond books.
Pinalben B Dekavadiya
Pinalben is enthusiastic teacher who is helping her students implement solutions to the problems they see around them. For example, when students see a road with potholes, they have to get pebbles, etc., and repair it. This teacher from Shree Prangadh primary school, Prangadh, Vadhvaana, brainstorms with the students on different issues faced by them and guides them to possible solutions.
Deepak Kumar Patel
All teachers want their kids to perform well in class. But what should they do if the students don’t even show up at school?
This village teacher in Primary school, Dhanoli, Valsad, has come up with an interesting model of ‘street-wise’ monitoring of attendance by student leaders. He makes a chart of students from grade one to eight. Then he selects ‘street leaders’, who are students from these classes. These kids are given the responsibility of bringing students living on their streets to school on time. At the end of the month, the group leader who has brought the maximum number of kids to the school is given a reward.
This model not only inculcates leadership qualities in the students but also improves attendance in schools, thereby helping them learn better.
Kirankumar Agravat
This teacher from Shri. Jamdudhai primary school, Jamdudhai village, is leveraging the popularity of the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) TV show to develop a spirit of enquiry and higher-order thinking among his students.
Kirankumar designed a quiz on the lines of KBC, which has questions from various topics like social sciences, science and technology, etc. He also adds a virtual prize to each question. He uses Powerpoint to prepare the quiz with a main page that links to different categories of questions. Every student is given a chance to attempt the questions. The children also have three ‘lifelines’ in case they get stuck somewhere.
Raju Dabhi
What better way to learn than connect what we are taught with everyday life?
Raju from Shree Reva primary school, Reva K.V Shaala, is doing just that by linking geography lessons to the students’ daily lives. He is helping kids understand maps, for example, by showing them the milestones of their own village, followed by those of nearby villages. He helps them plot the lanes and bylanes of nearby villages. Students also make maps of their own classrooms.
Raju believes in linking geographic knowledge with the students’ own experience of places.
Akbar Multani
We do not realize this as kids but letter writing is one of the most crucial lessons that we learn in school. From applying for a job to seeking admission in college, we need proper letter writing skills at every age and every stage.
Akbar Multani from Khodiyaranagara is imparting these skills to students in a unique way, by guiding them to write letters to none other than the Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat. His idea is to not just develop their letter writing skills but to also develop a sense of civic responsibility and learn how things work in a democracy.
The teacher also writes a letter to the CM, explaining the reason behind these letters from the students, and requesting a reply. If a student receives a reply, it is read out in the school assembly and copies of it are distributed among all the students.
VipulMahendra Chauhan
This teacher from C.R.C. Boridra doesn’t just reach out to students in his own class but engages students across various schools to help them understand scientific concepts in a practical manner.
Vipul organises a science camp where students put up various stalls of different scientific equipment, models created by teachers and students, electronic equipment, and charts, models and puzzles. These science camps are not just restricted to students of one school but villagers and other schools are also invited to be a part of them. All the visitors can participate in experiments and ask questions about various science concepts.
Binduba Zala
Binduba, a teacher from Mari shaala, Rajpur, Vasana is helping students develop decision-making and collaboration skills. For this, she has started a newspaper which the students manage on their own. Students are given full freedom to collect information, create content, edit and finally come out with a publication. The newspaper is not just distributed in the school but is posted to various homes in the village for a wider reach.
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