A Programme of Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust
Free ICSE Education K-10
Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust focuses on guaranteeing high quality ICSE education, to rural children at par with the best schools in the city.
This is achieved through the following steps:-
-Starting a free pre school in 2000
-Converting the free pre school into a Free English Montessori School in 1986
-Providing free continuing education for Pre School children in ICSE School in 2010
-Providing free ICSE education to 100 rural children 2013-14
Beginning of Free education at Madhuvan
Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust focuses on guaranteeing high quality ICSE education, to rural children at par with the best schools in the city.
This is achieved through the following steps:-
-Starting a free pre school in 2000
-Converting the free pre school into a Free English Montessori School in 1986
-Providing free continuing education for Pre School children in ICSE School in 2010
-Providing free ICSE education to 100 rural children 2013-14
Beginning of Free education at Madhuvan
with Sri Sathya Sai Sisuvikas Bhavan Free Montessori Pre School for rural children
The Sisuvikas Bhavan at Madhuvanam (headquarters) has been merged with the Kindergarten School for better monitoring and excellence. This has been done after studying the psychological aspects of the children later entering the common ICSE school. Now every year 15 children will be admitted to LKG along with other students from different strata of life. Thus a cosmopolitan atmosphere is created in the kindergarten. A voluntary Social Worker closely monitors the behavioural patterns of the children so as to bring them up in ideal conditions.
History of Sisuvikas Project
Sisuvikas Bhavan , the Centre for Development of rural children was the first project started in the parent Trust's Project for Rural Development named as Sathya Sai Grama Kalyan Yojana. This centre was inaugurated in February 2000. Since the formation of, Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust, a trust exclusively for educational programmes the Sisuvikas Bhavan is run by the latter.
Poet Neela Padmanabhan with Sisuvikas children
The Cause for starting
The State Government runs centres called ANGANAWADIS in villages under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). The trust earmarked areas which are not covered by such centres. These backward areas needed patronage for child development. The opening of Sisuvikas Bhavan at Madhuvan was an answer to this problem initially.
As a Multi Grade Learning Centre upto 2007-08
Until 2007-08,the methodology followed at Sisuvikas was that of an MGLC, the Multi Grade Learning Centre. This is the system followed at all Government run ANGANAWADIs. Children belonging to 21/2 -51/2 years age group were admitted. The medium of instruction was their mother tongue Malayalam. The Syllabus was adopted from the scheme prescribed for Govt. Sponsored Anganawadi Child centres.
Sisuvikas as a Multigrade Learning Centre initially
From 2008 a Montessori Kindergarten
The educational initiative, Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust took over the Sisuvikas project. From the academic year 2008-09, the curriculum has been radically reintegrated. The scheme of the ICDS was found inadequate for the following reasons:-
1. A Govt. sponsored "Anaganawadi" child centre had started in the year 2007-08 which duplicated the work which the Sisuvikas was doing. Since the trust's policy was not to duplicate any Governmental initiative but to complement, the scope for the current programme was lost.
2.The medium of instruction was only Malayalam. In fact the poor parents resorted to private tuitions etc to provide the children with English education.The local convent schools necessitated this and the poor partents had no other way than to teach them English paying fees.
3. The quality of English education they derived from such tuitions was low. The need for providing better education was felt.
4.Since the admission was not restricted to poor children only, many well-to-do parents found the Sisuvikas just as a day care to keep their children when there are no tuition classes.The Trust took this matter very seriously.
New Syllabus
Now the Sisuvikas follows the ICSE syllabus. English primers from Oxford University Press are introduced for study.Malayalam and Hindi will also be taught.
Restriction on Admissions
The admission has been restricted to 15 students coming from deserving families. The applications received in response to the publicity given among villagers about the school, will be scrutinised and a team shall visit their house to verify the need of our help. The following students are given preference:-
a. Children of widows.
b. Children of abandoned wives.
c. Children in the care of grand parents, where parents are in
remote places for livelihood
d. Children of parents who spend most of their income for
treatment of elders in the family.
e. Children of parents who do not hold landed property more
than 10 cents in the rural area.
It is also to be seen that parents are free from alcoholic and narcotic indulgence.
Supplementary Food everyday
The children under Sisuvikas project are provided at school every day the following diet as supplementary food free of cost:-
12.30 PM. Rice, Dhal, (pulses), Curd and Vegetable fry
03.00 PM Milk with nutritious snack
Apart from this lactating mothers are provided with milk and nutritious food as and when siblings are born to children of Sisuvikas.
Apart from this lactating mothers are provided with milk and nutritious food as and when siblings are born to children of Sisuvikas.
House Visit by Child Worker
The Child worker (trained Ayah) visits some houses of the children after the school closes at 3.30 PM. She is required to visit a mother at least once a month. This helps her to evaluate the circumstances of the child at home and to report on the same to the committee for managing the Sisuvikas Bhavan.
Mothers Meet every month
The mothers are required to meet at the Sisuvikas Bhavan every second Saturday in the afternoon. The Trust arranges classes by experts on health and hygiene , nutrition, kitchen gardening, handicrafts , etc.
Monthly Medical Check up
The Pediatric consultant at Madhuvanam Medical Centre checks up children every month and prescribes medication and nutritious additives which are supplied from the Madhuvanam Medical Centre free of cost. The parents also get free medical aid.
Every year children are taken to Trivandrum Zoo and made to make merriment in a different atmosphere with pleasantries and ice creams.
Future studies
The students of the Sisuvikas Bhavan obtains the oppertunity to continue thier studies in ICSE syllabus at Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram School, subject to the availability of sponsorships by organisation and individuals. Madhuvan Bhakta Seva Sangh, a charitable society formed by the functioanries of Madhuvanam sponsors a child now.
Pediatrician Dr Malati Damodaran during check up
Excursion to ZooEvery year children are taken to Trivandrum Zoo and made to make merriment in a different atmosphere with pleasantries and ice creams.
Future studies
The students of the Sisuvikas Bhavan obtains the oppertunity to continue thier studies in ICSE syllabus at Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram School, subject to the availability of sponsorships by organisation and individuals. Madhuvan Bhakta Seva Sangh, a charitable society formed by the functioanries of Madhuvanam sponsors a child now.
Sisuvikas children at Trivandrum Zoo
Balamela (Children's Festival)
A children's festival 'Balamela' used to be organised towards the closure of the academic year. Now it has been decided to hold it during Kerala festival Onam week. This comprises not only of talents and sports competitions for the children but also the sports and cultural meet for mothers. One whole day programme is scheduled for the purpose and our volunteers have lunch with the mothers and children on that day.This provides a feeling of togetherness for them. The distribution of prices are made on the same day if some dignitary visits the sisuvikas or at a public function held for the purpose.
Satellite Sisuvikas Programme
The Sisuvikas Bhavan at Madhuvanam (headquarters) has been merged with the Kindergarten School for better monitoring and excellence.This has been done after studying the psychological aspects of the children later entering the common ICSE school. Now every year 15 children will be admitted to LKG along with other students from different strata of life. Thus a cosmopolitan atmosphere is created in the kindergarten. A voluntary Social Worker closely monitors the behavioural patterns of the children so as to bring them up in ideal conditions.
The trust proposes to set up SISUVIKAS centres in surrounding hamlets also where free Montessori education can be imparted subject to availability of volunteers to teach.
Now
Musical Chair for children
Musical chair for their mothers
she is reluctant for a running race
Mothers too on race with lime N spoon
frog jump
Drawing competition
Group Singing
Toffies galore at last
Satellite Sisuvikas Programme
The Sisuvikas Bhavan at Madhuvanam (headquarters) has been merged with the Kindergarten School for better monitoring and excellence.This has been done after studying the psychological aspects of the children later entering the common ICSE school. Now every year 15 children will be admitted to LKG along with other students from different strata of life. Thus a cosmopolitan atmosphere is created in the kindergarten. A voluntary Social Worker closely monitors the behavioural patterns of the children so as to bring them up in ideal conditions.
The trust proposes to set up SISUVIKAS centres in surrounding hamlets also where free Montessori education can be imparted subject to availability of volunteers to teach.
Now
You can share your happy events like birthdays etc with the Sisuvikas
Children at Madhuvanam and other satellite SVBs by providing them food
and pleasantries.
Contact Mr .Rajesh Kumar, Accounts Officer , Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust
Phone 00919020366397 (office hours)
Fax 00914732378895
All donations to Madhuvan Sai Vidyashram Trust are excempted from Income Tax
under Section 80 G.
