Day VII
March 22, 2017; Wednesday
Visit to Second Chance School
At 9:15 we departed RTDC hotel, Godvoi Talab, Jhalawar for
experiential learning visit to Second chance School or Ritinjali a branch of Delhi
based non-profit NGO headed by Mr. Arun Kapur is for school drop outs to train
themselves to become self reliant and contributive member of school. This
school is offering courses like on computer, tailoring, handloom, pluming, etc
at nominal charges of 25 rupees per month. Its interesting to know that tailors
prepare uniform for the Pallavan school which reflect my childhood school where
we have vocational training center for tailoring (uniforms were prepared by the
trainees), thangka painting and driving.
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| Lots to observe at Ritinjali-Second Chance School |
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Lets learn from the trainees at Ritinjali
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Visit to the Handloom cooperative
At 10:30 am, we reached handloom cooperative at Asnawar village of Sawariya Seth Hathkarga
foundation -
meaning Lord Krishna
handloom foundation. During farming season, handloom is not used by many women.
Once harvesting of crops is done, it is visited by many women. We had a cup of tea and departed the handloom cooperative.
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| Taking demo class of weaving cloth by a woman |
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| Observing the fiber to fabric by participants |
A session in the afternoon at Pallavan School
At around 2:00 pm, we reached Pallavan School after a good
lunch at RTDC, Jhalawar. Session in the afternoon about ‘Steps for developing a
leadership project’ was conducted by Mrs. Nitya and Dr. Saroj Thapa after five
minutes of games. With an introduction, a group discussion was done on a
specified area of exploration (Aesthetic, Environment, Communities, Evolution
of Societies, Livelihoods, Economy or phylosophy) by every group. The group
activity was conducted for twenty minutes and then representatives from each
group spoke about the assigned area of exploration which in a way we the
participants learnt about all these area. For better understanding, discussed
concepts were written on the white board wile discussion is proceeding. Later,
we had individualized activity on 'Arriving at my area of exploration' for
allocating project groups. It worked like a psychological tool for allocating
groups based on similar approach to the areas of exploration.
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Afternoon session on steps for developing a leadership project
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| We the participants have to this summary |
At 3:25 pm, we sat in groups of countries or schools for an activity
of area of exploration information preparation. All those area of exploration
were clarified and come to a common understanding. This was continued by the
same session on coming up with a project ideas after allocating groups based on
the individual activity done on areas of exploration. Thereafter, we had few
minutes of discussion on reflection questions. Participants have come up with
two questions viz, 1) Do you like the
idea of nature walk at 6:30 am? 2) What message did you get from second chance
school? This session was ended with sports and games session for all the
participants.
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| Working in group is the best learning experience |
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Another group to work on projects
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At 6:48 pm, we the teacher participants had reflection time for
around fifteen minutes. After that we headed back to RTDC from Pallawan School
in cabs.
