Aseema-22 Aug
Aseema
A COMMON VISION
Making high quality & value-based education accessible to children of all backgrounds, with a holistic approach to child development.
WHat THEY DO
Aseema operates under two models – adopting low-income municipal schools in Mumbai and Bal Shaikshanik Kendra in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
Aseema set up Bal Shaikshanik Kendra with a view to providing education for tribal children from the neighbouring areas. The school boasts facilities like a library, indoor & outdoor sports premises, a multipurpose hall, a dining hall and medical room.
They provide healthy meals that are made at the school kitchen to tackle the issue of malnutrition amongst their students. Vocational training and counselling are available to the students on campus. Aseema also set up a Community Work Cell to engage with the children’s families, to understand the challenges faced by them, to encourage them to keep the children in school, to involve parents in their progress, and to deal with health and medical requirements.
Dance and drama
Classical music
Arithmetic in practice
Experimenting with science
CORNERSTONES
Aseema’s education program and teaching methods are influenced by the Montessori approach to help the children learn independently and experientially on the principles of curiosity, awareness/observation, exploration & action. The pre-primary class, Jal, has children aged 2.5 to 6 years so that young children are not measured against narrow age-specific development markers.
They look at child development from all sides – education, nutrition, health & well-being, future livelihoods and their communities – thereby giving their students a strong foundation from which they can achieve a better quality of life.
Developing with your body
Harnessing your senses
Understanding concepts, instead of mugging
Learning with colour
Using the mind and body in unison
Being organised and methodical
A balanced and nutritious diet
Happiness is the key ingredient
Independent & self-reliant from an early age
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
- Aseema has worked closely with the communities to increase enrolments and to retain these first-generation learners. They have achieved an average attendance of 72% over a five year period.
- Over these five years, about 210 tribal children were educated at Jal, where they enrol 35-45 new students a year.
HIGHLIGHTS
Aseema’s campus in Igatpuri, Maharashtra; is a first of its kind, this state-of-the-art facility was stated in 2014
