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Student‘s involvement in the project-

In order to create social awareness about the importance of education, the students prepared themselves
for street play (with script of their own) and performed in a very pleasing manner. They also participated
energetically in organizing awareness campaigns, prepared play cards under the assistance of their
teachers.

Stakeholders involved- Community groups and renowned members of the village (e.g. Retired teachers)
have always played a supporting role whenever their involvement was requested.

Visible Results of Transformation

Results of change

● The regular attendance of school has increased up to a remarkable extent (mainly after visiting
them personally and convincing them as well as their parents).

● The same parents who earlier hesitated to send their children to school, themselves came up to
receive their children‘s free text books on the book distribution day this year (2019).
● Many students began to open up about the difficulties they face while learning a particular subject
and accordingly ―individualized‖ attention is given to every student.

● Many students are now-a-days very much eager to consult with their teachers regarding a realistic
career plan.

Impact on students

The result of the adapted strategy has proved to create a positive impact on the students (mainly partial
dropouts) which is clearly reflected from the increase of their regular attendance. No instance of early
marriage of school students has also been found till date after organizing the awareness campaigns, but
this was a very common thing earlier. The students became sensible about the importance of education in
order to earn a good life in the future.

Further Areas for Change/Transformation

School Sanitary hygiene practices

Although there are separate toilets for girls and boys and proper running water facilities, the students fail
to maintain basic toilet hygiene (as they lack such practices at home) resulting in dirty and foul smelling
toilets. Poor hygiene practices and inadequate utilization of sanitation facilities are also major causes of
high incidence of diarrheal diseases among the students, which definitely affects their school attendance.
So, this is a major area in which the school staff is planning to focus on, not only at the school level, but
also at the household level.

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