Adopt A School
The objective of Adopt A School program is to strengthen Government schools that are providing formal education in rural areas in India. These schools provide full time schooling for children with the syllabus prescribed by the government. The formal schools being supported by Manasvi are the schools that have been neglected by local communities and government officials. The children attending these schools pay little or no fees and come from low socio-economic backgrounds. The goal of this program is to increase the student enrolment & retention rate, incorporate good teaching and learning techniques in government schools and ensure that the education that the children receive is effective.
Under this program donor can adopt a public school in remote villages in India to provide basic facilities like drinking water, sports equipment, lab equipment, teaching/learning material, school building infrastructure, additional teachers, restrooms (toilets), uniforms or books to the students. Extra teachers will be hired to teach the slow learners in the class who constitute almost 20 to 25% of the class strength. Special English language intervention, called Magic English, to teach English more effectively will be sponsored in each school. It takes minimum of US$1500 to adopt a school. This amount may be higher depending on the current status of the school and its requirements. A donor can sponsor entire project by donating US$1500. The donor may donate any amount as they like; in that case their donations will be pooled with other donations to fund a project. Manasvi surveys schools and fulfill their requirements in the order of their priority. Projects are implemented in the name of donor and all the details will be available online.