Sarthak Foundation

Project Yellow Room

Akash studies in class VI in Sarthak Gurukul model rural school in village Sonari in Sitapur. His father is a farmer and Akash helps in the farm every day.

Akash lives 15 km away and often rides his bicycle, with two of his younger sisters riding pillion, to school.

The practise oriented and inclusive pedagogy of Gurukul is transforming Akash’s understanding of gender and other social issues.

During Covid Akash practised the Sarthak ethos of paying it forward and ran free classes for the children in his village. He also used the Sarthak provided laptop to attend Sarthak’s online classes

Sarthak Gurukul is a free of cost primary school where quality education is provided to children of Sonari and nearby villages. The school offers marginalised children from poor rural backgrounds equitable, happy, gender-sensitive, well structured and digitally aided formal education at zero cost. The school is attended by 480 children from 32 villages.

Sarthak Gurukul has been envisioned in such a way that it obviates the need for post-school intervention and incorporates Yellow Room elements into formal schooling.

Gurukul objectives are: :

Provide marginalised children from poor rural backgrounds an equitable and quality education.
Maintain high attendance rate, ensuring that children (especially girls) do not drop out.
Strengthen foundational and like skills and children from rural areas.
Provide digital skills and literacy.
Provide gender equitable and gender sensitive environment
Provide instruction that breaks caste consciousness and caste barriers.
Ensure physical fitness, yoga and sports with equal participation of girls.
Provide practical life skills orientation

Changes that have been witnessed via Gurukul are:

A high attendance rate of 89%.
Regular PTMs with mother-participation growing from 10% to 90%.
Impact 3.
Breaking gender and caste stereotypes.
Awareness of parents and their involvement in education for both boys and girls.
Better hygiene and health standards in the community especially for girls.

Project Yellow Room

Gurukul objectives are: :

Changes that have been witnessed via Gurukul are:

Gurukul (picture gallery in the side)

Classroom session

Learning by doing

Sports

Yoga

Science Model

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Project- Gurukul

Project Yellow Room

Gurukul objectives are: :

Changes that have been witnessed via Gurukul are:

Gurukul (picture gallery in the side)

Classroom session

Learning by doing

Sports

Yoga

Science Model

Picture 6

Picture 7

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