Free Digital Class room in Semmambadi Village Government Mideal School in Thiruvannamalai District Nearly 46 students benefited this Digital Class Room . 2016-2017 .

SWADD is a voluntary, non-profit, Society For Women And Downtrodden Development rural youth development organization, committed for the empowerment and emancipation of youth , women, children, aged and needy rural masses. SWADD longstanding desire is to support the under privileged and disadvantaged members of the society. Awareness and education bring empowerment and empowerment leads to sustainability through Technology in veppampattu village in Thiruvannamalai district tamil nadu last 25 years .

eVidyaloka Trust shall offer Educational Services to the Children of Govt School, of the Semmambadi Village in thiruvnnamalai district in tamil nadu . Academic, in subjects –Science, Mathematics and Basic English, based on Local State board curriculum. This will be with the support of Teacher Volunteers through set up of Digital Class room & through SKYPE online teaching for Classes V to VIII Class Children.

Roles & Responsibilities:

SWADD will work closely with the school administration and will be the local sponsor of the project, supporting the activities like availability and safety of children, physical infrastructure upkeep, local utilities like Electricity, Water and Internet maintenance and any other local logistics support required for the project.

eVidyaloka will be responsible for all the Remote management activities ranging from Sourcing and managing the Teachers, Class schedules, Content management, Operations governance, evaluations, managing feedbacks etc.

Infrastructure Donated by eVidyaloka Trust.

Digital Class room setup

A typical eVidyaloka digital class room consist of the following:

1. Computer (CPU)

2. 40 ” LCD TV

3. Webcam (with in-built Microphone)

4. Cables to connect

5. Internet Modem

6. Electrical utilities and Inverter systems

7. Furniture’s and Interiors

SWADD will work with the concerned school administration, to identify the Class room, the essential furniture; recommended interiors for the Class Room, along with the Inverter for power back up.

eVidyaloka Trust has provided the CPU, LED TV, WEBCAM for set up for the Digital Class room and these assets will be tracked in the books of eVidyaloka Trust.

SWADD will ensure the assets to be in working condition & maintain safe upkeep for the purpose of classroom and will inform eVidyaloka Trust for disruptions due to any reason beyond control of SWADD.

SWADD-eVidyaloka will use the Digital Classroom for only intended purpose and not for any other activities unless agreed by both the parties.

Operations

Hours of Operations

eVidyaloka Trust will work with the assigned coordinator from the school to schedule the Skype classes in consultation with the team of SWADD who will work with the Children & School authorities to get minimum of 2 hours every day to schedule 2 classes per subject per week.

eVidyaloka classes typical hours of operation could be as following, through the week.

In School : 9 am to 5 pm

Near School: 5pm to 8 pm

eVidyaloka classes will not be scheduled during approved holidays, Local festival, unless explicitly requested by the local administration / partner. Classes may be adjusted due to System / Power outages, Local emergency situations.

Academic Calendar

eVidyaloka Trust will follow the Academic Calendar of June 15^{th 2016} to March 31^{st 2017}to schedule classes and the months may change based on local considerations.

eVidyaloka classes will not be scheduled during exams & compensatory classes may be scheduled during weekend prior or post examination.

No of Children

SWADD-eVidyaloka eclassroom is planned for an optimum size of 15-20 children per classroom for 5^th6^th, 7^th and 8^th Grade. In case there are not enough children in any of the Grades to meet minimum criteria of 15 Children the same may be taken up for discussion and agreed on case to case basis and necessary exceptions. eVidyaloka Trust in order to sustain the program will be offering this to minimum of 45 to 85 children on overall basis.

Curriculum

Local State board approved syllabus will be followed. eVidyaloka will offer the curriculum for 5^thto 8^th Grade – Science, Mathematics & Basic English.

eVidyaloka will support online teachers with content repository to include (Lesson plan, Transliteration of key words for topic in Tamil, Videos & Pictures to show to children, Worksheets for the class)

eVidyaloka will publish Quarterly Curriculum to be covered to SWADD team in the month of June, October & January for a typical Academic year

eVidyaloka Trust will take inputs and Feedbacks to customize curriculum where possible

Class Coordinator – SWADD, Semmambadi Village in Thiruvannamalai District Tamil Nadu

SWADD will work with the local administrator to assign a Class Coordinator to work with the eVidyaloka Team and will require the following support

a. Will have access to Email, Skype and a contact phone (preferably a Mobile number)

b. Work with eVidyaloka Class Administrator in Finalizing Class Schedule

c. Enroll children to the program and provide names to eVidyaloka Team

d. Class coordinator need to be trained to operate Computer, LCD TV and should be trained to send email & report in excel sheet.

e. Ensure children attend classes regularly & take attendance. The attendance need to reported weekly in excel sheet by a mail ( Format will be provided by eVidyaloka Trust

f. Upkeep of class neatness and discipline of children during the class

g. SWADD Coordinator will do Children supervision and take care of local safety. In case a child is not feeling well, will ensure the children take adequate rest and not attend classes.

h. Engage with eVidyaloka Class Administrator on weekly basis to share feedback about the program and agree to work on action plans for continuous improvement.

i. Maintain eVidyaloka Trust assets and report for any issues proactively.

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