“இனியொரு விதி செய்வோம் -- அதை
எந்த நாளும் காப்போம்” – Mahakavi Subramania Bharati
எந்த நாளும் காப்போம்” – Mahakavi Subramania Bharati
Maithri Educational Centre
Maithri
Educational Centre is a Maithri Educational and Charitable Trust’s students
initiative, mentored by Shri. R.Shreedhar, founder Trustee of Maithri
Trust. It has been a practice in Maithri
Trust, to monitor the scores of the students sponsored by the Trust. Students would provide a photocopy of the
marksheets whenever they used to visit Shri.Shreedhar, to collect their term
fees. Couple of years back
Shri.Shreedhar found that the scoring was low, even with bright students, this
prompted him to think of coaching students.
The 1st Step towards it was to get the students who were to
appear for Board Exams (Xth & XIIth),
to appear, write model exams which could expose them to the actual
pattern of Board Exams. The same was discussed with Maithri Trust senior
student’s undergoing their College studies, who readily helped in preparing the
Question papers, Answer sheets, which would resemble the examination
pattern. They took interest in designing
the Question papers with their recent experience of having undergone the Board
Exams. The prospective students were
made to appear for these model exams, and feedback was provided by the senior
students on areas of improvement, presentation during the Board exams including
all minor details.
Was this enough
for the students to score well in their Board Exams? Obviously this helped them to ease their
tension, made them knowledgeable of the practices & could prepare a few
important Questions, based on these efforts.
Shri.Shreedar
was also worried that there were many students sponsored by the trust who were
not able to cope up with the studies, few had social problems, could not
concentrate, few were slow learners, but the school teachers had no time for
individual attention to these kids. The
next step was tuitions on Sundays for selected lot of students, who were taught
by the Senior kids. This model then took
shape into regular daily classes for trust students who were located in nearby
locality & the senior students would
coach them after their College hours (in the evenings). There was no mandatory fees for coaching, but
based of affordability of the parents, they could contribute. The senior students were compensated from the
fees amount, which was seen as an earning potential by the Senior students,
ensuring their regular interests & not deviating into other activities
after college hours. This also brought
the pressure to perform with the Senior students all doing excellently well in
their academics.
Maithri
Education Centre, started 2 years back with around 11 students, 3 senior
students who came to teach. This year
the strength has grown to almost 60 students, with 13 Senior Students (5 of
them are able to spare time only on Sundays) to coach. Most of the students are from Socially weaker
class, they are very comfortable interacting the young people who coach them.
The seniors also monitor each & every student, discuss their strengths,
areas of improvement & even provide them with valuable advice in their
daily life. Even the Senior students are
confident about their livelihood after studies, as they develop Entrepreneurship
qualities.
Shri.Shreedar,
Founder Trustee of Maithri Trust himself loves to spend few hours teaching to the Kids at Maithri Educational Centre
Maithri Model Examination 2012-13
Maithri Model
Examination , conceptualized by Maithri Trust students at Maithri Educational
Centre, under the mentorship of Shri.R.Shreedhar, founder Trustee of Maithri
Trust, enters the 4th Year in 2012-13. These Model Examinations are
mainly conducted for the students who are preparing to appear for the Board
Examinations in Std 10th
& Std 12th , also Std 11th who will be facing
their common exams. The model exams are
designed in similar lines to the Board Exams, mock Question papers & Answer
sheets resembling the ones made available to them during the exams. These model
exams help the students to overcome the fear due to board exams, the
methodology of the exams themselves. These exams are conducted on Sundays three
months prior to the Board Exams. The students feedback about these exams is
that it has reduced their exam fear and manage time more efficiently. These
exams have been beneficial for the students to identify their areas of
improvement. The exams for the academic year 2012-2013 is scheduled from 23rd
of December. We wish to succeed this year also.
The Model Exams are for Maithri Trust & Maithri Educational Centre
students till this point of time.
Both the initiative’s
are “For the Students, By the Students, Of
The Students’
To know more about Shri. R.Shreedar, Founder Trustee, Matithri Trust & the activities. Pls. do visit www.maithricharity.org
View Maithri Trusts Annual Report here - Consolidated Annual Report 2009-2012Jai Bharat.....Vande Mataram
