Ruchika Frequently Asked Questions



		Frequently Asked Questions... 1. What was the Objective Of Ruchika? 2. Why the railway station? 3. Was your program based on a survey? 4. What is your target group-what ages? 5. Are the children regular? 6. Why don't you send them to regular school? 7. Do you think this schooling will help them? 8. Do you think you can change their state of life? 9. How do you support the program financially? 10. Where do you get your teachers? What do you pay them? 11. Who trains them? 12. How are the schools monitored and supervised? 13. What is your curriculum"? 14. What can you teach in three hours? 15. What is the effectiveness of your intervention? 1. What was the Objective Of Ruchika? Objective is to spend a few hours of fun and return to the children surviving on station, a semblance of childhood joys and freedom. TOP 2. Why the station? Vulnerable section of children in the society, who are unattended and uncared for stay at the station, which is an entry point with facilities for survival. TOP 3. Was your program based on a survey? It was based on long time observation . TOP 4. What is your target group-what ages? From 6 months to 18 years along with siblings. TOP 5. Are the children regular? Yes, they are regular, In the sense of being in touch with the school and continue to learn from where they stopped. TOP 6. Why don't you send them to regular school? On account of inflexible timings, inaccessibility, indifferent parents, lack of social support system and inaffordability. TOP 7. Do you think this schooling will help them? Yes, there are various programs to help children and this basic foundation in 3R's(Reading, Riting and Rithmetic) helps them to be retained in the mainstream schools. TOP 8. Do you think you can change their state of life? Yes, to train them with necessary skills to move ahead in the social status and society. TOP 9. How do you support the program financially? No, its all purely fund raised from different sources. TOP 10. Where do you get your teachers? What do you pay them? Teachers are mainly common people who are then trained by RSSO to provide meaningful education to the children. TOP 11. Who trains them? Experienced trainers of RSSO. TOP 12. How are the schools monitored and supervised? We have project officers with supervisors. TOP 13. What is your curriculum? Curriculum includes Non-Formal activities and the state government syllabus. TOP 14. What can you teach in three hours? Since the goal is to make the child continue his formal education, the child progresses at his/her own pace. Finally child takes an exam that will qualify him/her to get into a formal school. TOP 15. What is the effectiveness of your intervention? We are not counting achievement in numbers to measure the effect of an intervention, which is tremendous. TOP


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