Do you feel for these unfortunate children?
Do these children have schools to learn in the current education system? Addressing a national Issue in a humble way, by creating a model school working on the philosophy "School for CHILDREN & not Children for SCHOOL."
Bhoomika's Story
Bhoomika lost her father when she was young. Her mother was working as a domestic help and also as a construction worker to make both ends meet since she had 5 children to take care of. Due to compulsions of life, Bhoomika was sent to Bengaluru to take care of a one year old baby. Bhoomika joined Kaliyuva Mane when she was 9+ years old, when a well-wisher advised her mother to do so.
She did not have any documents like Transfer Certificate, birth certificate or Aadhar. After a few months of settling time, Bhoomika started learning from alphabets and numbers. Bhoomika cleared the 10th standard board exams in English medium with flying colours, in 2020, at the age of 16 years. She completed a nursing course and presently working as a nurse in a private hospital.
Pranesh's Story
(We blame neither parents nor the child, neither school nor the teachers for the dismal academic record. )
Pranesh Mourya is from a rural underprivileged family, got a seat in D.A.V. Public (CBSE) school (English medium) under RTE quota in 2012. However, he was not able to cope with the pace taught in the school. He could not complete 5th grade, but was still promoted to 6th grade because of the current Education Policy. He was not even comfortable reading 2nd grade text books. He joined Kaliyuva mane and here he was taken to All India Institute of Speech & Hearing for a psychological & academical assessment. His IQ was 100 and his actual academic level was 1st grade and suffered from a huge academic lag of 4 years. He completed his 10th standard in 2023 scoring 60.48%. He is pursuing Diploma in commercial practice.
Srikanth's Story
Srikanth Urs is from a BPL family. His father is an auto-driver and his mother is a tailor. He completed 5th standard from an English medium school at the age of 12 years. Later he joined Kaliyuva Mane, as a Day Scholar. But he was very irregular. So he joined as a resident scholar. But learning languages was a big challenge for him. But due to the committed efforts of Kaliyuva Mane’s teachers, he started responding positively. He was taken to the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore for a psychological & academical assessment. As per the report, his IQ was 100. But his academic disability was 75% due to a specific learning disability - dyslexia. At the age of 14 years, his academic level was equivalent to the primary school level. (4th standard) He got an exemption from studying two additional language subjects, first and third language.
He is very much interested in Arts and Crafts. He has passed the 10th standard exams this year scoring 55.5% marks. He has joined PUC in Fine arts at Vaijayanti Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya. Kaliyuva Mane is supporting his post-matric education also.
Click here to view the psychological report of Srikanth.
[There is a movie “Taare Zameen Par”, highlighting the issue of Dyslexic children. But there is no school for Dyslexic children]
Ramesh's Story
Ramesh is from a rural underprivileged family lost both his parents at a very young age. Due to poverty, lack of parental guidance and inherent disinterest for rote learning, he dropped out after completion of 1st standard. When he was 12 years old, he regained his interest for studies. He joined our school in 2013 and started learning from alphabets and numbers. In April 2019, he completed his board exams in English medium and is currently working in milk dairy.
The article titled (Education of out-of- school children), published in Vijayavani dated 07/02/2023 . As per the article, about 85,000 children have remained out of school in the state in the current year. This has come to the light from the survey carried out by the department of education. The Hon’ble High Court has already taken this issue very seriously and filed a Suo moto PIL about the issue of Education of out-of-school children in 2013 itself (WP 15768/2013 (KAHC010181422013) .
Click here to read an article about Ramesh from The Times of India, Mysuru
Kaliyuva Mane (meaning ‘Home for Learning’ in Kannada) is a free, residential, eco-friendly, co-educational, alternative school for children who do not fit in the conventional education system. [Such as school dropouts, child labourers, dyslexic children, children from broken families, children with academic lag etc.] A new education system has evolved here. Kaliyuva Mane is accredited as a study centre of the National Institute of Open Schooling, an autonomous institution under department of SE & L, Ministry of Education (MOE), Government of India.
Here all the children are provided food, clothing, accommodation, basic healthcare, recreational facilities, child-centric education, free of cost in an atmosphere charged with Love, Care & Empathy.
Disclaimer: Profiles of children have been published with the consent of the children and parents/guardians. We neither blame the children nor the parents; neither schools nor teachers for the children’s plight.
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