General Activities
March 2023 Class Photo’s and Class 7 Graduation – Academic year 22-23 is drawing to a close in Mar’23. With the final exams being the last activity for this academic…
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INNOVATION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
World over, high quality government funded public education systems are a proven bedrock for societal progress. In India, the scale of the demand poses a challenge for most governments across the country. Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) was founded to try and bring an innovative approach to address this challenge. Our mission is to develop a scalable and sustainable solution to improving educational outcomes for students and alumni of publicly funded government schools through active local community participation.
Gubbalala Higher Primary School (GHPS – Bangalore South) is a typical kannada medium government school that faces the regular challenges of infrastructure, student-teacher ratio and other challenges. GHPS was formally adopted by Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) through an MoU signed with the Karnataka Dept of Education, to adopt the school under the “Shale Dattu Yojana” scheme in Jan 2011.
Over the past years, TCF has partnered with the school in various ways including infrastructure support (water supply, bathroom facilities, additional lighting, etc.), student support (uniforms, stationery, medical checkups, etc.), teaching & academic support (additional teacher-aides hiring & funding, sponsorship for participation in external exams, etc.) including direct academic intervention through volunteers from our apartment complex. In recent years, we have expanded our partnership to include support for all the alumni of GHPS in pursuit of their academic desires in high school and beyond.
As we go past the TENTH anniversary of the establishment of Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) and our work with GHPS, we decided to take a look back on the journey to-date and reflect on where we’ve come since that first step. In this short Youtube linked video, you will see some highlights from our initial days, all the way to today as we continue to work hard at our mission of “develop a scalable and sustainable solution to improving educational outcomes for students and alumni of publicly funded government schools through active local community participation”
Over the last ten years, we have come a long way…and we are eternally grateful to all of you – our patrons – who have walked every step of the way with us, encouraging and motivating us on this journey. Our accomplishments are your successes. Our volunteers, our teachers and most importantly our students are the real heroes of the TCF journey and we, the trustees, wish to salute and thank them for these accomplishments.
Highlights
Dear friends of TCF,
Academic Year 22-23 is about to draw to a close. At GHPS, final exams are being planned to start from Mar 13th and will be over by 18th. The government board exam for class 5 stands cancelled. The last working day for the academic year will be Apr 10th and the school is expected to re-open for next academic year on May 15th. Final exam papers will be corrected, marks entered into system and a PTM will be organized to inform parents about their child’s academic progress. It has been quite a hectic full year of academics after prior shortened Covid years. Enrollment in the school touched an all time high of about 240, which brought its own challenges to teaching methodologies. Class 7 graduating students will be tracked and counselled to join high school without any dropouts. Targetting for a few class 7 students to pursue high school in English medium and for a couple of others to get admission into the Navodhaya school system.
On the Alumni front, we have seen a significant impact that the tuition classes have brought in the academic outcome of students who were very diligent in attendance. We sure hope that they will come out with flying colors in their respective final exams as well. Class 10 and PUC-2 state level board exams have been announced and students are earnestly preparing for them. TCF tuition teachers have been quite helpful in providing extra help and classes for clearing any doubts that these students had. A few students are finishing their college studies and the Alumni Director will be guiding them to securing a job or pursuing higher studies based on the student’s interest.
Regards
TCF Trustees
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