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Report of the month of Oct. 2006 Rush

Project code: Ark/ed/Gov-02
Activities of the cef Puri Dist during the month of October 2006.


Short-term closing and inclusion through out.
The short-term bridge camp is over. But the teachers are still in the process. We thought it is the pending salary of the last two-month that makes short-term teacher work properly. But the story is different, teacher’s like Sida Mahammad, Susma Barik, Purna Nayak, Manini Jena, are emotionally attached with children and parents are demanding them to continue. We are already shifted them to the upcoming vacancies in long term with adequate training.
The OSA CAMP OF SHORT TERM is running from 7 to 9 A.M assisting and preparing children attending their schools where the short term teachers are running classes during the whole session in the school now the tern for the VEC, MTA, PTA to join the campaign with education volunteers.
Rally:
Dated 24, 25, and 27th of Sep 06. the teachers conducted rally in the village Arakhkuda and Jadupur with placards on OSA education governance. The VEC committees were included in the rally to empower the new education volunteers coming for a change. The slogan on education was previously prepared by the short and long term teachers.

Day’s observation:
02/10/06 on the eve of the local mela the team organized a signature campaign on the thematic area of primary school education. The posters, banners, handouts were exhibited in the village fare. There were at least 20000 pilgrims visited the stall during the two day fare.

Visit of OSA Project Mgt. team from the state level.
On dated 06/10/06 at the cyclone shelter an evaluation team from the state chapter have conducted a meeting with the teachers and the local partners. The team was headed by Dr. Binita Behera and a group of Mgt. Intern scholars who intervened some sample initiative during the day’s program. The public, VEC and the parents were interviewed about the return of the program initiated by OSA through the team.
Staff Meeting

Dated 06, 28 and 29th of Sep 06.
Place Sanpatna regarding the compatibility of action plan and activities. The progress reports from individual teachers were discussed and comparative decision was taken for the future strategy. VEC, MTA and PTA meetings were planned out for the future, changes in the monthly report format of the teachers were the area of concern.





Signature campaign:
On dated 30/10/06 a signature campaign was initiated at the hari sahadev temple. The aim and objective of OSA was discussed with the local visitors.
On dated 15 and 16th of Sep 06 the whole team was given a capacity building and refresher on the long-term education. The refresher proved to be beneficial for the teachers.


Case study of Durga Behera:
Bhagabat Sahi sanjogi sikhya Kendra Arakhkuda
Teacher: kaminee Behera
Durga Behera is a one Out of 32 camp children attending the center. His fater is Sitaram Behera and Kamala Behera is his mother. He has 4 sisters and 3 brothers. The eldest Malaa is married and rest three Garee Uree and Mamata are already in domestic work. The eldest boy Abhi helps his father in fishing; the second one Durga has already dropped out from school. The youngest one Ranjan is in Anganbadi. Durga after a number of attempts made to mobiles his parents attending the center then he was admitted in the school. He is a punctual student what others observed from Durga’s activities. Since his readmission was done we could not mark any day absent in Durga’s call register. As the family of Durga is too big it makes a lot of toil to arrange the daily livelihood by the parents. But Durga become so attached that he does not like to remain idle in his home. As a teacher I hope that if Durga will be supported he can change the destiny of his illiterate family. Hence the family members are cooperating Durga all the time. Durga is now in class one, even there is a delay in his learning process he possesses good memory. I expect a good outcome for the extra care given to Durga.

Case study of Surya kanta Behera
Teacher: Rinamani Behera
Surakanta’s father is a chronic patient who is unproductive; his elder brother is now a fisherman in Chilka Lake who provides food for the entire family by fishing. It is most logical whether the family should manage with daily bread or to invest in educating the young chap. Surya and his sister remain absent in school most of the days due to lack of garments or education material. Even then Surya was able to get student’s scholarship and Nabodaya and in std 3 he was able get scholarship. Now he was mobilized to join the classes in the camp and school. In the class sixth std he stands first. It needs to go deep into the issues relating to livelihood that influences children’s education so much. We have no answer to cater these deals till day.

Problems:

A refreshers training to the existing staff is needed along with provisions to train new staff who will join after a vacancy due to resignation of a staff. In the coming days there may be some vacancies to be occurred due to posting of the staff as SSS under the Govt. education department.

Mid Day Meal
Mid day meal and egg are now under control of the OSA teachers. The past drunkard members of the local committee are unable to get these for the feast every evening.
Meetings

Cluster meetings
09/10/2006, 21/10/06, 14/10/06/ and 25/10/2006
Place: Osa office Arkahkuda, Sanpatna, Seabeach Arakhkuda.
Regarding the action plan and activity, OSA working days.
Progress report of the activity of concerned teachers were discussed, where family visits, delay in salary, mass mobilization and functioning of the VEC was the thematic area of discussion.

Core group meeting:
Dated 25/10/06
OSA office Arakhkuda
Monthly coordination meeting, Progress reports submitted to the coordinator and advisors by the teachers. Alternatives for the communication was also discussed.

Meeting with the VEC members

Dated: 07, 10, 13, 14, 18, 20th /10//06
Arakhkuda, Gopinathpur and Sanpatna. Village and Lagoon area
Next action plan, Awareness drive for the parents regarding OSA camp and schooling process. Agreement of the presents to facilitate the OSA education process.

Parents meeting:
Dated 12, 25, 26th Oct 06
Arakhkuda and Gopinathpur
Mobilization of parents who are not intending to admit children in the corresponding schools. Presence of children in the camp school, role of parents in children’s education,

Mass mobilization
17, 20, 23, 27th 10/06
arakhkuda and Gopinathpur
Aim of OSA, Improvising the OSA strategy for next few years. People’s participation in OSA was emphasized.

MTA
Dated: 18, 21. 23, 24th of Oct 2006
Mobilization camp for the mothers was conducted in the Arakhkuda, Gopinathpur. Their involvement in the education mater can change the situation what they convinced the Mothers association in the above days.







Trainings
Dated: 15, 16th Oct 2006
A refresher’s training was initiated by Sikhya Sandhan in the Jatri Nibas, Bhubaneswar for the teachers.

Visitors
Dr. Binita Behera
Debasis Rath
And a team of intern scholars from state hqs of Osa to intervene the process at the base.
Place: Arakhkuda village.

Requirements observed:
Chalks and notebooks and mapping of OSA project area.

Logistics supplied: chalks for the program

Records verified: camp records, VEC records,

Place: Arakhkuda OSA Office
Date: 05/11/06 sd- GP
coordinator


Seen



OSA HQS office Puri. Seal signature.