1) A group of students from JUSCO SCHOOL in Jamshedpur, India discovered a nearby primary school that had become non-functional due to lack of funds and resources, with children in the local slum area going without schooling for two years.
2) The students developed a plan to renovate the school that included fundraising, getting support from their own school administration to help with repairs, and providing furniture and educational materials.
3) After implementing their plan, the school was reopened as a pre-primary school and their efforts were recognized by their school management who agreed to permanently adopt and support the school, as well as provide scholarships for top students to continue their education.
1. Jyoti – Gyan Ka Prakash
The story of design for change
from
JUSCO SCHOOL, SOUTH PARK
JAMSHEDPUR , JHARKHAND
Madhurima , Shania , K.Hari , Rishika , Sonali
Mentor Teacher: Mili Sinha
2. Problems are an inevitable part of life and this world . We, at
JUSCO SCHOOL , SOUTH PARK feel that quality education can
lead not only to solution of many problems but can also change life
of many people . But what if “education for all ” doesn’t reach the
masses due to resource crunch ?
So , the team set out in search of such areas in our own
Jamshedpur – one of the best industrial cities in India .
What we found was really shocking !!!!
3. An old primary school which had become non-functional for the
last two years due to lack of funds & resources. Children in this
slum area were not going to school for the last two years!!!
4. We managed to meet the school
principal . She told us the school
has become a “dead school ” due to
the lack of resources !!!
5. WeWe discusseddiscussed fund raising ideas with our mentorfund raising ideas with our mentor
teacher. Many ideas came out such as:teacher. Many ideas came out such as:
We discussed ideas to renovate the school with our mentor teacher
& finally zeroed down to a five pronged approach for the same :
Convert this dead school into a pre- primary school for the
children of the slum area around the school.
Raising funds through donations made by the students of our
school for the project “Gyan Ka Prakash”
Contacted the Jusco Authorities to help us paint the school
Designing visuals for a primary school
Painting the old benches and desks of our own school to provide
them with furniture .
6. Raising funds through donations made by the students
of our school for the project “Gyan Ka Prakash”
11. Putting up the visuals on the walls
We worked on Sundays too!!
12. Our school management recognized ourOur school management recognized our
efforts and has decided toefforts and has decided to
• Adopt the school permanentlyAdopt the school permanently
• 5 promising students of slum area from5 promising students of slum area from
this pre primary school will be admitted inthis pre primary school will be admitted in
each of our JUSCO School brancheseach of our JUSCO School branches
where they will be provided with freewhere they will be provided with free
education till Std. V.education till Std. V.
• The Principal & only teacher of the schoolThe Principal & only teacher of the school
will be trained by our kindergartenwill be trained by our kindergarten
teachers for nursery teaching methods.teachers for nursery teaching methods.
13. We were moved by the smile on the faces of the small students. WeWe were moved by the smile on the faces of the small students. We
realized thatrealized that “ joy of giving is bigger then the joy of getting something.”“ joy of giving is bigger then the joy of getting something.”
And we learnt that life is not a race of achieving aim , reward &And we learnt that life is not a race of achieving aim , reward &
recognition .recognition . It teaches us to be happy by making the others happy
too !!!.
Last but not the least , we agree that nothing is impossible if we are
really willing to do it.
