‘Padanaveedu’ centres to come up in capital
By Asha P.Nair
05th November 2009 12:51 AM
After touching the lives of children in the adivasi colonies of Wayanad and Kasargod, the ‘padanaveedu’ or students’ guidance centres initiated by the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are taking roots in the capital too. SSA is all set to open 60 padanaveedu centres in the district with 10 of them coming within the Corporation limits.
While bringing children closer to schools was the aim of the centres in Northern districts, the focus will be to encourage the process of learning when it reaches Thiruvananthapuram. In the last ten days, nearly 70 centres have been opened throughout the State with nearly five of them getting opened in Thiruvananthapuram this week. Interestingly, the only one centre in the State which will be run by SSA state office directly also falls in the city.
The centre to be opened at a public building in the Keezharanoor-Keezhemangatukonam area of Nedumcaud region in the city where a large population of SC/ST students study will be run by the State office of SSA to get a hands-on experience of the implementation of the concept. The other centres are run by the Block Resource Centres (BRCs). It was in 2006 that the concept of ‘padanaveedu’ was first launched in the state by SSA.
A centre - it may be an old library hall, a vacant room or a side corner of a large Government building in an area - where students belonging to SC/ST and minority sections, can gather and share what they have learned, after school hours. Not a tuition centre nor a parallel education system but, a process of making education easy through collaborative learning. In the adivasi colonies where parents’ having an eye for childrens’ education is almost next to nil, the concept had scripted success with the centre turning a parent, guiding the children and motivating them to go to school.
In Palakkad, where there are more than 300 such centres, it had become synonymous with the cultural and social development of a backward child. ‘’In Thiruvananthapuram, we have brought a little change to the idea. Bringing children to schools is not the biggest issue here but, making the learning process enjoyable and easy for every sect of children. So we have chosen such areas with a school kept as a central point.
Already facilitators have been given training, we are giving lectures to parents too on the positive sides of sending their children to such centres,’’ a State SSA official said.
So far, a centre has come up under Kaniyapuram BRC at Chellamangalam and one at Pothencode. Centres will be opened at Kattakkada, Kanjiramkulam, Nedumcaud and Athiyanoor in the coming days. The idea is to open at least four centres in each of the 14 BRCs in Thiruvananthapuram.
anil.asha@gmail.com
While bringing children closer to schools was the aim of the centres in Northern districts, the focus will be to encourage the process of learning when it reaches Thiruvananthapuram. In the last ten days, nearly 70 centres have been opened throughout the State with nearly five of them getting opened in Thiruvananthapuram this week. Interestingly, the only one centre in the State which will be run by SSA state office directly also falls in the city.
The centre to be opened at a public building in the Keezharanoor-Keezhemangatukonam area of Nedumcaud region in the city where a large population of SC/ST students study will be run by the State office of SSA to get a hands-on experience of the implementation of the concept. The other centres are run by the Block Resource Centres (BRCs). It was in 2006 that the concept of ‘padanaveedu’ was first launched in the state by SSA.
A centre - it may be an old library hall, a vacant room or a side corner of a large Government building in an area - where students belonging to SC/ST and minority sections, can gather and share what they have learned, after school hours. Not a tuition centre nor a parallel education system but, a process of making education easy through collaborative learning. In the adivasi colonies where parents’ having an eye for childrens’ education is almost next to nil, the concept had scripted success with the centre turning a parent, guiding the children and motivating them to go to school.
In Palakkad, where there are more than 300 such centres, it had become synonymous with the cultural and social development of a backward child. ‘’In Thiruvananthapuram, we have brought a little change to the idea. Bringing children to schools is not the biggest issue here but, making the learning process enjoyable and easy for every sect of children. So we have chosen such areas with a school kept as a central point.
Already facilitators have been given training, we are giving lectures to parents too on the positive sides of sending their children to such centres,’’ a State SSA official said.
So far, a centre has come up under Kaniyapuram BRC at Chellamangalam and one at Pothencode. Centres will be opened at Kattakkada, Kanjiramkulam, Nedumcaud and Athiyanoor in the coming days. The idea is to open at least four centres in each of the 14 BRCs in Thiruvananthapuram.
anil.asha@gmail.com
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