Jan 2009 report on Nanubhai Project

Posted Sun, 2009-01-11 12:00 by vijay.nagarajan

As we step into the New Year, we are happy to publish our progress report on the Nanubhai Project. The grant from Anand Charity is aimed at empowering underprivileged students (from Standards 4 through 12) through English and IT enrichment programs. The preliminary benefits of both these programs have been evaluated and are summarized below.

After five weeks of the IT enrichment program, the school recently conducted a survey among 9th standard students on their computer usage and interest. The goal was to assess the benefits of the IT enrichment program. The students were of two groups – those who are part of the IT program, and those who are not part of the program.

The results (shown below) are encouraging and positively support the IT program. We need to probably work on improving the internet usage comfort levels among these students. Based on these preliminary results, the plan is to extend the program to the entire 9th standard class from the next academic year.

 

% of students from IT program

% of students outside the program

Confident on being very good at using computers

39%

17%

Interest to use computers outside of school

100%

78%

Comfortable writing a letter in English/ using the internet to find an article

12%

8%

Interested in learning more about computers in school

100%

80%
Shown below is the comparative data on the effectiveness of the English program covering all six divisions of the 9th standard. The table compares the academic year of 2007 (prior to the English program) and 2008 (after beginning the English program).  As is evident, almost all divisions have a reasonably good increase in test scores from 2007 to 2008. The reasons for the plunge in the results of division A are currently being investigated.
Division Year 2007 Year 2008
A 34% 26%
B 56% 78%
C 38% 57%
D 39% 45%
E 41% 87%
Anand Charity thanks all donors for their contributions. You have played an active part in helping Nanubhai achieve these positive results.

To help us follow through with the project, we request the generosity of more donors. To contribute to Anand Charity, please visit our Donations page here.

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