Education a man, you educate a
person, but you educate a woman and you educate a whole
civilization- Mahatma Gandhi
Introduction
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope, says Kofi Annan, adding
to him, its a basic human right, the road to human progress and the
means through which every man, and woman and child can realize his
or her full potential. That is what the ALP stands out make the
learners specially the women aware of their right to education.
The ALP is not directed just learning reading and writing letters
but putting them down to act to not to get enslaved to malpractices
of the society. So ALP at Manvi Taluk has tried to reach its
learners and helped them to bring out their potentiality in
learning.
Goal of the Programme:
To improve functional literacy among the most marginalized
communities of Manvi Tq., Raichur Dist. Karnataka.
Objectives:
1. To reach 8,000 learners in Manvi Tq.
2. To make the individuals aware of the utility of the knowledge and
education through literacy programme.
3. To stable them to make and fight for their right of education
4. To enhance the confidence level of individuals and families,
enabling them access
and capitalize economic/livelihood opportunities
5. To improve awareness among rural households that enables them to
demand and
Access their rights and entitlements
Reach out of ALP, Manvi tq. Raichur Dist.
We have reached 50 villages getting the benefits of ALP
The total number of the learner here is 8295,
Those appeared for NIOS exams are 3013
Activities
We have two supervisors to monitor ALP
We made best use of the Saksharath Bharath officers
Through their hold we have reached 50 villages
We have met the local leaders, made them aware of ALP and built
ALP-committees
We have selected the best facilitators through ALP-committees
We have given 2 days training for facilitators on reaching out the
ALP effectively
Review meetings were held every month
We have built learners club for every quarter level
We have distributed newspapers to each project-villages
Challenges faced
At the beginning there was difficult to start ALP in 50
villages immediately without much preparation.
People had mixed response to get the benefit of ALP in the
beginning
Since ALP was for free and they had mind that they get nothing if
they spend time for ALP
The villages are very far from Vimukti, the Partner Organization
More often we faced problems with Notepad and get them repaired
There was gap in building up new learners when some of them left
from the group for various reasons like caste, distance et all
ALP selection of members as Facilitators
The facilitators were included of various sections of people
which included:
Visiting teachers,
ASHA workers,
Saksharath animators,
College students,
Housewives,
MNREG leaders,
Handicap
Widows
Visitors to ALP
There were visits by volunteers to vimukti and to the ALP learners
more than five times. We had Mr. Abhilash, Mr. Babu, Mr. Karthik,
Miss Namratha team and Project Head Mr. Thomas Paul and coordinator
Mr. Immanual. This was a good move and motivating and encouraging to
the ALP learners. The learners were supported and were thankful for
the ALP.
Achievements
We have reached 50 villages and beneficiaries are
approximately 8,000
NIOS exams are conducted in the project-villages out of 4000
learners 3013 have appeared for this exam.
