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4. What does A SEWAA Foundation do under its Informal education initiatives?

 

• It bridges the gap in education by skill development.

 

• It helps the learners to explore various skilling programs at primary, secondary, tertiary levels of education and thereafter at the workplace, working either formally or informally.

 

• It engages the learners with social entrepreneurial skills starting from secondary level of education.

 

• Its programs empower the learners by imparting knowledge through skill transfer.

 

5. Which programs does A SEWAA Foundation’s Informal School run?

 

• Subject-skills : Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Science,  Applied Sciences, English, Applied English, Economics, Applied Economics, Business Studies, Hindi, Social studies, etc.

 

• Support-Skills : Cognitive skills, Emotional skills, psychomotor skills etc.

 

• Personality-Skills :

Communication, critical thinking, problem solving, interpersonal, logical reasoning, Linguistic, Group tasks, Group discussions, Debates, Declamation, Personal Interview skills etc.

 

• Survival skills : Skilltopia 

For handling various career oriented situations like competitions etc. At-School or At-College or At-Work.

 

• Thrival Skills : YOUtopia

For handling any situation in life with the help of life sciences.

 

6. Which courses does A SEWAA Foundation’s Informal School offer?

 

• Courses offered at primary and secondary levels of school education are at par with the national education programs of the most of the developing economies in the world. 

 

• The course curriculum is in accordance with the national education policies of most of the known global economies in the world.

 

• Our informal education’ school-initiatives are Vidyarthi, Shastrarthi & Labharthi.

 

Vidyarthi is a course which : 

 

1. Engages those learners to complete studies of a particular grade who are either out of school.

 

1. Enables learners to pursue their schooling experience once again.

 

1. Empowers the learner to complete the studies of a particular grade within a desired period of time.

 

Shastrarthi is a course that :

 

1. Engages the learners before-school, at school and after school.

 

1. Enables learners to achieve their true potential.

 

1. Empowers the learner to complete the studies of a particular grade in at most one year in advance.

 

Labharthi is a course that :

 

1. Engages the learners at school informally.

 

1. Enables the learners to explore their true potential.

 

1. Empowers the learners to Complete Grade I-II in 1 yr., Grade III-V in 2 yrs. Grade VI-VIII in 2 yrs. Grade IX-X in 1.5 yrs., Grade XI-XII in 1.5 yrs.

 

7. How is A SEWAA Foundation’s school different from others ?

 

• Our school addresses the needs, wants & desires of a learner during three different but important stages of learning i.e.  Before School, At School and After School.

 

• We believe that every learner is unique and so are their requirements, which need to be understood, mapped and matched with the relevant skills required to accomplish holistically.

 

• We make the learners build the basics and the concepts of a topic from experimentation, through enjoyment to enlightenment.

 

• Our courses cover everything that is done at school in a much better manner  and also that is not done at school but is important for a holistic development of the learner.

 

• The learner prepares much better, performs even better in any format of assessments, administered world wide.

 

• The learner develops all those skills which make them become social entrepreneurs very early in their lifetime.

 

8. What is our School’s pedagogy ?

 

• Curriculum :

 

• Syllabus : Self developed for all topics by experts with a unique arrangement of the basics, concepts and their application in the correct order (different for every learner) of learning to make it more relevant, meaningful & enlightening.

 

• Content : Combination of self developed and existing ones adopted from all the school-boards prevalent in the world.

 

• Annotations : Handwritten & printable material

 

• Approach :

 

• Adaptable : Basic

 

• Comparative : Better

 

• Superlative : Best

 

• Case study

 

• Regular Quizzes, assignments, assessments etc.

 

• Methods :

 

• Conventional (for all learners)

 

• Comparative (for some learners)

 

• Creative (for few learners)

 

• Recourse

 

• Technology :

 

• ICE : Use of Intention, Commitment, Execution rubrics to pave the path of learning.

 

• Tools : Use of Preparation & Performance Matrix to measure the inputs, outputs and the gaps in learning, using Metrics of Productivity, Accuracy, Efficiency, Precision etc.

 

• Tips : 

 

1. Proof of concept

 

1. Focus on the Aptitude

 

1. Tab on the Attitude

 

• Techniques : Used on the learner with the learnings

 

1. To espouse Adaptive Learning

 

1. To promote Blended learning.

 

1. To engage them with different permutations and combinations of approach & methods.

 

1. To embolden them with a system of acquiring skills properly and simultaneously transferring skills to others in their ecosystem.

 

1. To Bridge the gaps in learning either at the same level or different levels.

 

1. To evaluate the quantity and quality of learning through a Tri party arrangement of learning ( learner, internal stakeholders and external stakeholders)

 

• Practices :

 

• Imparting Knowledge through skill-transfer.

 

• A complete scholastic and holistic experience through training, assessment, evaluation and certification of skills transferred.

 

• Updating & Upgrading skills regularly and consistently.

 

• Intra-Topical & Inter-Topical discussions, Intra-Subjectival, Inter-Subjectival adherence

 

• Real-time, weekly / fortnightly/ monthly / quarterly / half- yearly & yearly  Verbal Assessments.

 

• Prepare, practise, perform, peruse through periodic training and assessments.

 

1. How do these courses help the learner?

 

They help the learners to :

 

• Engage in the learning of the course through various programs offered either online or through physical / hybrid interactions.

 

• Enable Knowledge transfer easily through various skills at the convenience of their place, pace, time & routine.

 

• Empower the learners for school, any board & other competitive assessments, evaluations and certifications around the world.

 

1. How do you teach?

 

• The Learner is Trained, Assessed, Evaluated and Certified on all Academic and Non-Academic skills.

 

1. What is the teacher- learner engagement?

 

• We call our trainers as mentors who are not only multi-skilled and pass outs of top colleges of the world but they also carry a passion to teach and shape the careers of others.

 

• Our mentors write various national and international assessments / examinations every year, along with their students and set benchmarks before their students year after year.

 

• Generally at the front end only one pedagogue trains the learners but at the back end three equally competent trainers aid the learners in accordance with our pedagogy.

 

1. How do learners engage at a micro level?

 

• The learners choose a course in accordance with their streams / career inclinations / preferred destinations etc. with one or more skills addressing their needs, wants or desires.

 

• Devote any 3 to 5 days of a week to attend the informal school through a desired mode.

 

• The duration of these sessions will be of 60 minutes to 180 minutes one to one or 60 mins to 300 minutes one to many.

 

• The timeline of these sessions shall be from 6 am to 11pm.

 

• The learner can take holidays only on account of genuine reasons by intimating the Batch Mentor or the Team in the allocated WhatsApp group, at least a week in advance.

 

• The course timeline can accommodate the lost days / hours because of the learner's absence.

 

• Failing to intimate the absence shall result in marking the days as lost and counted.

 

• The learner is expected to pursue the learnings as advised / suggested by the batch mentor and be proactively involved in completing the given tasks on time.

 

• Every possible effort should be made by the learner to get their doubts cleared to eventually become self-sufficient, self-reliant etc.

 

• Every effort shall be made by the learner's ecosystem to help the learners engage effectively with their struggles, enable facilities to reduce their struggle and empower them with solutions.

 

1. The Dos for the learner and their ecosystem.

 

• Timely, proper, regular Attendance in sessions.

 

• Timely, proper, regular Completion of Tasks.

 

• Absolute trust in oneself and the stakeholders involved.

 

• Exhibition of basic cognitive skills of Thinking, Reasoning and some Psychometric skills like Responding while preparing and performing in various activities in life.