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Brief Note on Today's Kalam Magazine

Today’s Kalam’ is a monthly magazine initiated by a group of Intellectuals working for development of India.

We have the first magazine released in the month of July 2017. Several issues were being discussed like women empowerment, Education, community development and recent trends in NGO sector. 

This magazine Today’s Kalam will act as an information provider, Facilitator, whistle blower and repository of knowledge and wisdom.

Today's Kalam Magazine cover page July 2017

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How BJP won in Deoband where it has 71% of Muslim population, Selection of CM Candidate and effect of Demonitisation

 Bjp has made huge victory in Uttar Pradesh 2017 Assembly elections by winning 300+seats.

    In all the Assembly Constituencies it won everyone is shocked when BJP won Deoband Constituency where it has 71% of Muslim Population.

Deoband is a famous for Darul uloom Madrasa.BJP has won earlier 2 times in this constituency.But everytime the victory will be with SP or BSP.

Im sharing my point of view.Im not sure about Intellectuals end but i have interacted with different people on phone with nearly 20 people and 2 of our volunteers are in Darul Uloom School during election time from my interactions with all of them .

People in Deoband are fed up with the earlier Governments and MLA's elected there. Parties will come during election time do lot of promises and do nothing .This is everywhere in India.Every party will think that this is a fixed muslim vote bank for parties and they will easily win.

All UP has triangular fight.According to our understanding Deoband people voted for by seeing person and not by party.People of Deoband are least bothered about BJP's Victory .They lost hope on their elected representatives that they will work for them. BJP MLA Brijesh is good if compared to candidates of  SP and BSP. If he is involved in Corruption or any Controversial issues next time he will not win.

Split in Muslim votes has also favoured BJP between SP & BSP. We should appreciate BJP's leadership in selecting candidates for Assembly Elections.

CM Candidate:

Coming to CM candidate yogi Adithyanath everyone is discussing that he has Hindutva face and he make Controversial statements.He was an MP for 4 times i think.In his constituency from 20 years Muslims didn't face any problem with him.Everyone is Happy.
People dont have many expectations on government from 60 years governments so far cheated people and everyone is Habituated for that.Unless the Government touches the Daily Bread of people it may be Hindu or Muslim everyone will be silent.Once he touches everyone will become Violent.
All remaining issues were raised between were for Political benefits.

Demonitisation:

BJP told Demonitisation is reason for its Victory and other parties told people have suffered because of Demonitisation and people dont vote for BJP.

I want to make a point clear that People suffered all over the year with banks and lack of cash during Demontisation time it was observed by all because of Media.

Generally 60% of ATM's dont work during demonitisatio time the percentage increased by 20% thats all.Suffering of people is common.

Demonitisation does not have any effect on Election  neither positive nor negative.If you go and see now also ATM's dont work people stand in ques before bank for Cash.

Inaguaration of Logic Program in a Madrasa in Vijayawada

                    We have successfully started LLL activities in a Madrasa near Kanchikacharla.The strength of Madrasa is 40 members all are boys.

In Madrasa it will be more of Spiritual courses other academic courses will not be told much.But for the students after graduating from Madrasa they need some basic knowledge of Maths(Arithematic claculations) and some computer Knowledge.

  For giving some basic knowledge to students on Maths we have started Logic program in Madrasa through which they can learn basic Arithematic Calculations.
We have started this program on February 28,2017.There will be 3 level of tests in which every student should write 40 tests per level .Every day he should write a maimum of 2 tests and discuss with other students about the questions.Group discussions will play a key role.

In 6 months all students will be able to do all Arithematic Calculations nothing less than a Corporate School students.

Meanwhile we will slowly start Computer Education.

Concept of Life Skills(Bala Sabha) in LLL Program

1a. Life Skills : Singing and Telling Jokes

Need : Our schools generally create an impression that they are no places for fun and all the learning that takes place there is an inescapably terrible ordeal which the child has to endure to get ready for another harrowing experience called exams. This naturally kills the joy in learning and dissuades the children from going to school.

Remeady : Singing and dancing come naturally to children and can go a long way in making schools lively and inviting places for children. Having fun and laughter makes the day delightful and keeps the mind active and enthusiastic. A child a day sings a song and another child tells a good joke or narrates a funny incident (as per the annual plan prepared to involve every student and displayed in the school) in the beginning of the post schooling session which turns the attention of the children to the session and helps them calm down to listen to the song, laugh merrily at the joke  and thus they get ready with a cheerful mood for the learning activities that follow. It gives a wonderful feeling to a child to know that his talents and skills can be exhibited and they are encouraged and appreciated by his peers and elders. And when this happens at a school it helps the children shed their fears and inhibitions and go to school with a positive and cheerful mind.

Indicator : 1. Participation and Performance of the students   in the Balasabha.  2.Initial increase and later a consistency in the student attendance.

1b. Life Skills : Story Telling

Need : The ability to communicate properly is an essential skill that needs to be cultivated in every growing child. It helps him interact with others in the school and the outer society, share his thoughts and understand others' ideas and thoughts and thus helps him grow into a healthy social individual. Children who lack this ability find it very difficult to express themselves or tell about their problems to their peers or their elders. They have many fears, dilemmas and apprehensions which are not expressed and they become shy and timid. As days pass by these children shrink from mingling with others and from attending school as they find it difficult to cope with the learning activities in the school.

Remeady : Children love stories.Story telling is an educational merit and a very efficient communication technique. It develops the creative, critical and social skills of children. Stories and storytelling offer much more than an opportunity for literacy development in children: they can be an integral mechanism for sharing knowledge, creating understanding, and transmitting and exploring ethics, values, and moral dilemmas.  Story telling  sessions if  planned and executed properly can make the children take part in it with enthusiasm and cultivate the interset in them to come to school regularly as they begin to find learning at school an interesting and exciting activity.A child a day tells a story (as per the annual plan prepared to involve every student)  in the beginning of the post schooling session which naturally involves the attention of the children. Their story telling skills are appreciated in front of other children and in the presence of the important elders in the society which tremendously boosts their confidence levels and encourages other children to come forward to show their narrating skills.

Indicator : 1.Participation and Performance of the students in the Balasabha.  2.Children vying with each other to tell stories  3. Initial increase and later a consistency in the student attendance.

1c. Life Skills : Vaarthalu-Viseshaalu

Need : Children should be instilled with a sense of belonging about their school. As long as this is not done they do not feel they are involved in the process of schooling and they do not feel interested and lack the motivation to come to school.

Remeady : Children, if kept well informed in the simple language they understand about the happenings of their surroundings, will acquire the power to think, to respond, to involve, to act and to change for the good. As they involve they own and they act. As they act they change for their betterment.  As a part of everyday programme at the post schooling session a child a day shall read the news (as per the annual plan prepared to involve every student) prepared in a simple language by the students about the main events of the day that took place in the school and the village and also about the events that happened around the world. This encourages them to take an interest in what is happening around them in the school and society and to share their observation with others. In the process they cultivate a sense of belonging about the school and feel motivated to attend school.

Indicator : 1.Maintenance of the news journal prepared by the students everyday. 2. Participation and Performance of the students in the Balasabha

1d. Life Skills : Community Participation

Need : The role of the enlightened community and the elders in the society in stopping the drop-outs is very crucial. If they are complacent and indifferent to the education of the children of their village, children fail to realise and imbibe the importnace of and interest in attending school. This is one of the major reasons for the huge drop-outs.

Remeady : The  enlightened community and the elders of the society shall be involved by inviting them to the balasabhas as guests and by asking them to observe the performance of the children and motivate them with their messages and narration of real life experiences that would highlight the importance of education and bless them and encourage them by distributing the prizes to the best performers of the events of the week. Children will surely feel motivated when such persons whom they respect or admire come to spend time with them and talk to them. Encouraged by this they begin to understand what an important place school is and start feeling a sense of respect for school and their teachers.

Indicator : 1. Organising Balasabhas regularly  2. Properly organising the complete schedule of the balasabha.   3. Active participation of the members of the community as mentioned in every Balasabha.  

Concept of Logic in LLL Program

Basic Competencies : Arithmatic Skills

Need : The children without basic competencies in arithmatic cannot participate in teaching and learning process of their standard academic mathematics. If efforts are not made in the direction of helping them acquire these basic competencies there will be no value addition to their presence in the class room. As they do not understand what they are learning and why, they gradually lose interest in attending the classes and in course of time turn their attention towards other things and thus end up as drop-outs even after attending the school for sometime.

Remedy : The children shall be facilitated to aquire basic competencies in arithmatic by allowing them to do and practice and learn in groups in the post schooling session for one hour a day monitored and coordinated by a Vidya Volunteer. He/She shall be paid a Performance Based Incentive (PBI) for the improvement of the child @ 10 rupees/ability/child. Because of the PBI he/she shall search for all the possible ways to create interest and bring improvement in the children.

Indicators of Improvement : Children shall be assessed in these competencies (A list of basic competencies are enclosed) through the written tests prepared as per the blue print enclosed here. The question paper shall be prepared to assess the  stated competencies by any person authorised by a monitoring team at mandal level constituted for the purpose. A base line test shall be conducted before the execution of the project work and later it shall be conducted once in every month and their performance shall be recorded and approved by the monitoring committee. This helps to track the improvement in the learning of the children and take remedial measures if necessary.

Concept of Language in LLL Program

1a. Basic Competencies : Reading and Writing Skills

Need : The ability to read and understand is by itself a wonderful motivating factor for children to read everything that comes their way and it can tremendously enhance their learning abilities. It is natural that children who cannot read find schooling a tedious exercise and wish to stay away from books and school. Children need to be helped to appreciate the importance of reading and understanding a language and this has to begin with one's mother tongue. (Children who are good at reading one language will naturally acquire the ability to learn and appreciate other languages too). This can be done only through motivating them to read interesting stories (strictly no academic books) written in simple language. The children who cannot read their mother tongue (read it as telugu) by themselves find it difficult to understand what they are learning and hence cannot involve themslves in the learning exercise that happens at school. This very quickly extinguishes their interest in the study of not only telugu but also their other subjects. They feel handicapped even to search for what is interesting for them to learn.  As most of them are not comfortable in reading telugu(considering telugu as the medium of instruction) they do not enjoy the learning process that happens mostly in the mother tongue in the school. To make things worse, in the public schools,the children rarely find a person who can really identify their innate skiils and talent and can guide them and so they slowly begin to stay away from school.

Remedy : We need to encourage the children to read books of their own choice at their own pace with out correcting their mistakes and without asking them to reproduce or remember what they have learnt. We should involve them in various activities in which they are interested and which will entice them to books and read them by themselves. The children shall be facilitated to read story books of their choice in the first phase for at least 45 minutes a day in the Pre-Schooling session and as a continuation to it they shall be asked to share with their friends for 15 minutes the interesting things they have read in the books. This they shall do sitting in groups which will familarise the group with the contents in other books and motivates them to read other books the next day.  This whole exercise shall be monitored and coordinated by a Vidya Volunteer.

Activity : Children in groups  distributing books – Two or three shall speak on this during the assembly – Children distributing books during their leasure time and hence utilising the time effectively. With out distributing their regular schedule and their games period.

Resources : Graded story books, Children magazines,

Indicators of Improvement: Retention of the strength in the Pre-Schooling sessions shall itself be a strong indicator (Children, if not interested in reading books will not attend the Pre-School). Children shall be assessed through a written test prepared as per the blue print enclosed. The question paper shall be prepared to assess the stated competencies by any person authorised by a monitoring team at mandal level constituted for the purpose. A base line test shall be conducted before the execution of the project work and later it shall be conducted once in every six months and their performance shall be recorded and approved by the monitoring committee. This helps to track the improvement in the learning of the children and take remedial measures if necessary.

Publishing of articles in magazines and news papers

1b. Self Motivation : Creativity and Drawing

Need : School has to identify and hone the creative skills present in a student. If this is not done the children with a potential for creative expression get demotivated to attend school. Mere writing or copying from the books is a dull and dreary exercise for them that kills their enthusiasm and makes them lose interest in going to school.

Remedy : Asking all the children everyday to draw what they like and exhibiting their works in the school for all the other students to see shall be very motivating for the children who are gifted with such skills. If the same is admired and appreciated by the enlightened and important people of the society on a special occasion, it will be a tremendous boost to the children and will  increase their interest in going to school and also in sharpening their skills.

Indicators of Improvement:

1. Proper maintenance of drawing books by the students with pictures drawn everyday. 

2.The drawing exhibitions organised in every balasabha. 

3.Participation and Performance of the students in Balasabha.