On the eve of 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚 , we visited GMPS - Sathanuru and donated 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 to about 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 and an 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 for the School.
On the special occasion, we felicitated the 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐌𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚 & 𝐌𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚, who have championed the implementation of 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐩 in their school resulting in 𝟐𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 from 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟕𝐭𝐡, completing the 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 & 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 courses within a span of just 1 month. The top performers were given 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.
Watch this brief video about the origins of the App, appropriately titled "𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡" (𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭), which also means "𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺" or "𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞". Sulabh App was launched on 15th May 2024 at Govt. Higher Primary School-Cheeluru village (Kanakapura)
In this video, Arvind Kamath of Sharada Educational Trust discusses the background of the "𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭" developed by Swiss students from the BFH University, Bern (Switzerland).
𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐩 went 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 at 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 - 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐮 💐 💐 About 𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 from 𝐒𝐭𝐝 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐝 𝟕𝐭𝐡 and 𝟒 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 logged in to the 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐩 and started their learning journey with 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲. A story was narrated on 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 about the importance of 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, followed by donation of books on 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.
Sulabh App was launched at GHPS – Cheeluru village on 15th May 2024 by Prof Ken Ritley and the Swiss students from BFH University and Arvind Kamath of Sharada Educational Trust. The event was attended by the Block Education Officer (BEO), the Cluster Resource Person (CRP), dignitaries from the State Education Ministry, Govt School Teachers and Govt school students.
Empower a Govt. School Teacher and the entire School benefits. With this mission, on the special occasion of Teacher’s Day, “MargaDarshak Program” for Govt School Teachers was launched.
This unique program aims to provide training not only in soft skills, communications, but we also expose our Mentees to People, Culture & Education systems of other countries, as part of “Cultural Awareness” series.
The inaugural session of 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡 was attended by 𝟓 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 from 𝟒 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, located in Bidar, Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru & Ramanagara districts of Karnataka. We have partnered with Right To Live (NGO), to empower the 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, through the "𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞" of learning - 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 course complemented by the 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐀𝐩𝐩. The Project will impact 100s of 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐭. 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 👍
The Inaugural session of "Spoken English" Online course from Sharada Academy targeted at Government School Teachers, was held on Friday 19th April 2024. The session was attended by 9 Teachers from Ramanagara, Tumakuru & Belagavi districts of Karnataka. By actively participating in the "Spoken English" course, the Teachers wish to bring change not just in themselves but in the lives of their students, as well.
MargaDarshak Program (MDP) was kicked off on Wed 6th Dec with the 1st session on "Preparing a CV" - an essential need for college students. This is a unique Mentorship program for under-privileged College going girl students hailing from semi-urban and rural areas. The Program covers various topics related to Communication, Soft skills etc. delivered by a team of Expert Mentors.
The inaugural batch of our "𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡" online course for under-privileged college students concluded on 1st September 2023. The batch was attended by a cohort of 12 girl students, pursuing their degree from colleges located in Chikkaballapur and Bangalore Rural districts. Certificates were issued to the students and Cash awards given to the toppers.
Sharada Academy was launched on the occasion of Sharada Educational Trust completing 1 year. The inaugural session on Spoken English online course was attended by 15 Teachers/Staff members of Punyatma Trust’s Residential School for Disabled Children at Igatpuri in Nashik district. The Teachers have to teach 150 students upon completion of the course
Session on “Netherlands - People, Culture & Education system", was delivered by Ms Ritika Gupta on 20th Sept 2024, as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 for Govt. School Teachers
Session on “USA - People, Culture & Education system", was delivered by Dr Ken Ritley on Teacher's Day (05/09/2024), as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 for Govt. School Teachers
Session on “Russia - People, Culture & Education system", was delivered by Ms Surbhi Joshi on 20/03/2024, as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, targeted at 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭s
Session on “Australia - People, Culture & Education system", was delivered by Mr Ishwar Madhyastha on 21/02/2024, as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, targeted at 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭s
Session on “UAE - People, Culture & Education system", was delivered by Ms Saina Anand on 07/02/2024, as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, targeted at 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭s
“𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞” - a “Cultural Awareness” session by Dr Ken Ritley, was organised on 20/12/2023, as part of the 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤 (𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩) 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, targeted at 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭s
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐜 session, organised by The Takshashila Institution, on the topic- "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐏𝐏 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 & 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚" was delivered by Arvind Kamath on 15/03/2024
Webinar on 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 was conducted for a cohort of 20 senior professionals from Swiss Learning Exchange, who are undergoing certification programs in the field of Sustainability on Wednesday 25th October 2023.
International Literacy Day is observed on 8th September, to raise awareness about literacy and importance of education. On Teacher's Day, Ms Shwetha - Teacher at Govt Primary School - Sathanuru read out stories from the Money Series books published by Pratham Books, to 50+ students from Std 5th to 7th.
On our 2nd Anniversary - 18th April 2024, a “Financial Literacy” program was organised in collaboration with “Samudayik Shikshan Abhiyan” - Thane (Maharashtra), attended by 150+ under-privileged kids from the slum areas of Thane and about 15 Lady Volunteers. The program started with a Story telling session by the Volunteers followed by Drama Competition & Quiz.
Just as summer vacation commenced, 𝟔𝟓 students from 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 - 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 received the 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 - a 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 kit from consisting of 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬. The children also received 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐬 with drawing material.
𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 was organised by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 in partnership with 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 at 𝐆𝐇𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢 on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 🌱🌱 The event was attended by 90 students from Classes 6th to 7th.
“Financial Literacy” program, was organised in partnership with Madilu Trust. 50 rural kids belonging to tribal families attended along with their Parents. The event started with story-telling followed by Drama competition on the theme of “Financial Literacy”. The event concluded with a Quiz show followed by Lunch.
𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐭. 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐣𝐢 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐢 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐭. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 - 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐝 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭🌳 🌳
75 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 from 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 5𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 7𝐭𝐡 participated in the event that started with an educational session on 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, followed by planting of 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠s in the school premises. A set of 4 Notebooks was donated to the students alongwith a fruit sapling, post the event.
Sharada Educational Trust partnered with Gramaantara Trust, to donate Computers and Library-In-Classroom Kit consisting of 100+ books sourced from Pratham Books, to 40+ students of Govt. Lower Primary School - Ragimakalahalli (80 kms from BLR)
Workshop to create awareness of various Govt. schemes related to zero balance account, insurance schemes for nominal premium, collateral free loans at low interest rate, pension schemes etc., was conducted for about 40 under-served women from Sidlaghatta town (70 kms from BLR)
40 students from Class 5th to 7th participated in the event that commenced with an educational session on environmental awareness followed by - planting a sapling in the school premises - gifting of fruit saplings to the kids - pledge to take care of the saplings and to plant more trees.
An event to spread "Financial Literacy" among the rural kids was successfully conducted on Sat 15th April 2023 at JnanaShala Community Centre - Cheeluru village (Kanakapura taluk). The event consisting of storytelling, puppetry and drama competition was attended by 110 kids from 4 villages
Sharada Academy was launched on Tuesday 18th April 2023 with the inaugural session on Spoken English course, attended by the Teachers and Staff members of Punyatma Trust's Residential School for Disabled Children at Igatpuri (near Nashik).
Library kits from Pratham Books donated to 3 Centres of Learning at Thane (Maharashtra), containing 300+ books in English, Hindi and Marathi on subjects like financial literacy, environment, history, geography, great leaders and moral stories. The centre caters to 500+ under-privilged students from Hindi and Marathi medium schools, residing in the slum areas of Thane.
Books were donated to the Library housed within the Panchayat Office at Cheemangala village, in the presence of the PDO - Mr Tanveer Ahmed and students from nearby Govt. Primary school
A session on “Financial Literacy” was organised in partnership with MoneyShiksha, SIDBI, KSWDC and Happy World Foundation on Sun 12th Feb at Basavanagudi-Bangalore. 60+ street-side vendors, hawkers, security guards and house-maids attended the session, that not just created “awareness” but also helped them with the critical “last mile” support.
School Sapling event focused on creating environmental awareness, was organised at Govt. School, Cheemangala village, Chikkaballapur dist., attended by 107 students. 10 tree saplings were planed in the school premises and each student was given 2 fruit saplings to plant near their Homes.
Event held at GHPS-Koira village, Devanahalli taluk, impacted 80+ students from Classes 5th to 7th. The program involved an educational session on environment, healthy life practices, moral values, followed by planting of 10 tree saplings in the school premises and every student was gifted 2 fruit saplings
On the occasion of Smt Anuradha Kamath's 80th Birthday, the event was held at a Residential School and Vocational centre for children and youth with "Intellectual disability" and Speech and Hearing related disability. The centre located at Igaturi in Nashik district, is managed by Punyatma Trust
The event held at a rural Govt. School near Pandavapura (130 kms from Bangalore) was attended by 150+ students studying in Std. 3rd to 10th. 10 tree saplings were planted in the school premises and students were given 2 fruit saplings each to plant near their Homes. The event was conducted in partnership with Happy World Foundation and GHVS Trust
The Inaugural Event of Sharada Educational Trust was held on 18th June 2022, at Shubham Karoti Maitreyi Gurukula near Bangalore. The event was attended by the Trustee - Shri Pramod Kamat and 100+ girl students, living and studying in the Gurukula
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