PROJECT NEEV
Project NEEV (नींव) as the name suggests, is our intervention to lay a solid foundation of concept-based learning outcomes at the elementary school level.
It has the following five interrelated components to ensure smooth operations on the ground:
1. FBTM® Content;
2. Continuous training & skill development for teachers;
3. Equipment (TV/Computers);
4. Solar Power to run it where power is inadequate or unavailable;
5. An online tracking and monitoring system.
government
Government of Madhya Pradesh through Rajya Shiksha Kendra (RSK), Bhopal has signed an MOU with Bharat Learn in October 2016 under which a pilot of 100 primary schools in Singrauli district have been chosen for implementing NEEV (नींव)-MP.
The baseline survey has been done and current learning levels of students of classes 1 to 5 have been mapped. Impact goals based on baseline have been articulated in consultation with officials of Singrauli Zila Shiksha Kendra, which will be continuously monitored in a periodic and systematic manner over the two years of project period.
The initial program is being supported by Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) – a unit of Coal India Ltd and NTPC Ltd through their CSR.
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
Bharat Learn works hand-in-hand with the State Govt. & the district administration. We bring high quality video-based, multi-modal content, mapped to school curriculum to these Govt. schools in the following modules – Student videos, Teacher videos, Tutorial videos, Practice sheets, and even Comics! Classrooms get fitted out with a Solar powered 40” Smart TV, computer & printer, and the schools are supported with teacher training & monitoring software.
We uniquely combine both software and hardware of education to transform the reality of our classrooms. We create a space where our teachers and students can both win together, because therein lies the victory of our education.
FBTM®
Film Based Teaching Methodology (FBTM®), is the end result of vigorous usage of Film Based content in teaching and training context with path breaking results.
The FBTM® approach has a proven potential to transform content and pedagogy, both. It is produced by a highly competent team, and ensures following for the beneficiaries:
For Students: Entertaining and engaging student videos gets amazing acceptance with students; higher attendance in the classrooms; improved learning outcomes;
For Teachers: Easy to run; reduces workload; non-restrictive and non-prescriptive approach, does not demean but enhances her dignity; does not instruct but empowers her; and ensures that she succeeds and that success becomes her motivator.
Keeping in mind the complexities in the Indian education, the FBTM® content is powered by 5M design principle, i.e. Multi lingual, Multi-modal, Modular, Motivating and Moral/values aligned.
TEACHER EMPOWERMENT
Our aim is to enable teachers to provide the best quality education in all government schools. Our FBTM® content is not a substitute for teachers in the classroom. In stead, it is a tool to aid them in their job as educators. We are on a mission to restore the dignity of teachers by empowering them because in our opinion, there is no job as important as that of a teacher. By making interactive educational content, we increase the student engagement in class and impact student learning outcomes in a tangible way.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
We carry out various programs to engage the community such as Swachhta Program. We also engage in meetings with local panchayat leaders and conduct meetings with the parents of schoolchildren in Singrauli, MP. Recently, we also organised a self-defence workshop in Singrauli.
