Bringing Smart Classes To 15 Rural Govt Schools in Dist. Singrauli, MP
- India’s basic school education is in bad shape. In spite of intent, efforts & investments – learning outcomes are actually falling as more and more children in primary schools are struggling with the fundamentals of reading & mathematics. This is essentially putting our ‘demographic dividend’ in danger. Clearly we lack a method to address our school education woes in India.
- And the size of the problem is globally unprecedented – the future of 24 Crore children is at stake, and there’s a shortfall of ~30 Lakh teachers.
- Bharat Learn believes it has a solution to that can address this problem at this scale – Smart Classes through their Film Based Teaching Methodology® in Rural Govt. Schools. An innovative methodology that integrates Content & Methodology to both, Empower Teachers & Engage Students.
- Bharat Learn has signed an MoU with the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh for their NEEV Program, to set up & run these Smart Classes in 100 Govt. primary schools in one of the most backward districts, Singrauli.
- The pilot for these Smart Classes in 15 schools is underway. Two-year targets have been set for a dramatic improvement in learning outcomes & there’s very encouraging feedback coming.
- Out of the total outlay of Rs. 115 Lakhs, the program has received CSR funding of Rs. 40 Lakhs from PSU giants like NCL & NTPC. This crowdfunding campaign is aiming to raise the remaining Rs. 75 Lakhs. Read on to know more on this wonderful endeavor!






3. WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED

4. OF COURSE, A LOT IS BEING DONE!
- The right to education act 2009 (RTE) mandating free and compulsory education for every child between the age of 6 and 14 was the surest evidence of intent that something needs to be done about school education.
- Between 2006 and 2013, public expenditure on school education increased from 2.2% to 2.68% of GDP and continues to increase even now. Besides this, more and more companies are spending their CSR funds on education, many upto 70% of their total CSR budget!
- There are more than twenty thousand NGOs working on the ground in areas of education and literacy.

5. A LACK OF 'METHOD'

6. KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN 'METHOD' DESIGN
- Teacher centric technology. Going beyond the numbers, we know that in primary education, the children have not reached the age or maturity or even equipped with the tools for self-learning. So, just handing over tablets and smart phones to them, filled with the school curriculum content is not going to do the trick. Teachers are far from expendable; in fact, they need to be integral to the solution. If anything, the method needs to both, empower the teachers & compensate for the deficiencies in their teaching methods through judicious use of technology.
- Engage the children. Repetition is a necessary part of learning. But repetition is also boring and disengages children. The method needs to teach in such a manner that the instructional material is presented in a variety of engaging ways using multiple modalities like videos, activities, games, group tasks, etc. The variety deepens understanding, while keeping the student’s interest alive.
- Draw-in stakeholders to the school. Apart from working with teachers, at the core, the solution needs to integrate well with the various stakeholders at the front end of education delivery, i.e., the community, school management committees, district administration and corporate CSR for monitoring & measuring progress. The method needs to be collaborative and participative by design.
7. BHARAT LEARN HAS THE METHOD
A core innovation, FBTM® Smart Classes
- Student video
- Teachers video
- Tutorial video
- Practice sheets
- Comics made on video instructions
- FBTM® content
- A 40” smart TV, a computer and printer
- 600 watt solar power support where schools do not have power
- Teacher training and handholding
- Monitoring software support
- Community engagement
8. PROJECT NEEV: AN INTEGRATED MODEL FOR FBTM(R) POWERED SMART CLASSES
- NEEV is a program for primary (class I to V) teachers and students to instill strong fundamentals.
- First chosen subject is ‘Mathematics’ - to impact one of the key areas where learning outcomes are weakening alarmingly, as also to counter the phobia about the subject that settles at early levels in the students.
- ~100 modules of Student Videos, Teacher Videos, Practice Sheets and Comics are being made ready.
- All FBTM® content has been created in Hindi – targeting 9 Hindi speaking states that represent 50% of all India population.
- More subjects to be added after initial implementation.






9. PROJECT NEEV @ SINGRAULI: THE EASTERN MOST DISTRICT OF MP

- At least 100 students at primary level
- Availability of a classroom to set-up the smart class
- All content aligned to curriculum of M.P. – ratified by Rajya Shiksha Kendra, the department of school education, Govt. of MP.
- Approximately 100 modules containing Student Videos, Teacher Videos, Practice Sheets and Comic books
- All elements except comic books are made available digitally – preloaded on the computers.
- Printed comic books are made available at schools
- 40” LCD TV or equivalent
- Wi-Fi enabled computer
- Printer
- 600 watt solar support as required
- Local office presence of Bharat Learn with 10 trained volunteers/resources.
- Offsite classroom training workshops for all teachers
- Regular visits to schools by BL resources to handhold teachers inside the classroom.
- Quarterly seminars/convention of trained teachers. Establishing measures of success:
- Baseline test/survey for learning outcomes – existing or fresh
- Periodic students tests to measure progress
- Implementation tracking through the preloaded application on the computer.
- Third party survey/tests






















11. PROJECT NEEV @ SINGRAULI: WHAT IS NEEDED FOR IMPACT



- Make a contribution towards the campaign to help us bring Smart Classes in 15 rural Govt. schools & dramatically improve learning outcomes amongst 3000 primary school kids.
- Start your own support campaign on Milaap to amplify the fundraiser.
- Share this campaign URL on your social media profiles.
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Firstly, many, many thanks for supporting us last year! In fact, your contribution helped the campaign raise more than Rs. 53 Lakhs, and is the 2nd highest crowdfunding campaign for Education on Milaap (and most likely in India)! We are truly humbled by your generosity & remain grateful.

Here’s what your support enabled the Bharat Learn team to achieve:
- The pilot program of Smart Classes reached ~800 students & 25 teachers in 10 schools in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh.
- The program is starting to show some dramatic results – we’re already seeing a 2x improvement in learning outcomes in these primary classes!
- Looking at the progress, the Govt. of MP has extended the MoU with Bharat Learn till 2021
- Further, seeing the positive turnaround in education outcomes from the program, both our CSR supporters, NCL & NTPC, are encouraging us to extend the program to another 10 new schools in the district!
Coming back to the Singrauli effort, one, the program needs to continue in the 10 existing schools. And two, we need to expand to 10 new schools. A total of ~ 1600 kids stand to benefit from this program. We’re starting this 2nd round of crowdfunding campaign, from where we left it last year, to cover the balance funding needed for the 2-year program. More details are available in the Story tab.
You supported us last year, just trusting our intent & our plans. This year, we have results to show as well. Another 1 year of support will ensure that the learning outcomes we targeted at the start of the program are reached. And that kind of comprehensive and integrated in-classroom transformation in education in rural Govt schools will, most likely, be unprecedented in India.
HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS TRANSFORMATION
1. Make a contribution towards this campaign at this link - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP
2. You could go further, very simply. Like many of you who chose to start your own supporting campaign page on Milaap to amplify the fundraiser. No worries, all the funds will flow directly to the main campaign, and nothing to you (they won't even ask for your bank account details or anything). Here are the simple steps for that -
o Got to the new campaign page here - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP
o On the right side, below ‘Donate Now’ button, click on the button that says ‘RAISE FUNDS’
- A pop-up will open saying ‘Create a support fundraiser’, where you will need to specify the goal, say Rs. 50,000
- Then you need to give the URL of your choice, for your fundraiser page in 24 characters, for eg. ram-for-bharat-learn
- Then the platform will ask you to sign in / sign up with your email id (don’t worry if you don’t remember the password from last time, it will guide you)
- That’s it! Your support campaign page is set up. You can instantly share on FB / Twitter / WhatsApp, straight away.
- To encourage your friends & kick start things, you can start by making a contribution, yourself.
Bharat Learn team fervently hopes to continue marching forward for the cause of Education with your support & good wishes!
Please accept the heartfelt gratitude from us & the 1600 kids who are eagerly awaiting this, in advance.
Firstly, many, many thanks for supporting us last year! In fact, your contribution helped the campaign raise more than Rs. 53 Lakhs, and is the 2nd highest crowdfunding campaign for Education on Milaap (and most likely in India)! We are truly humbled by your generosity & remain grateful.

Here’s what your support enabled the Bharat Learn team to achieve:
- The pilot program of Smart Classes reached ~800 students & 25 teachers in 10 schools in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh.
- The program is starting to show some dramatic results – we’re already seeing a 2x improvement in learning outcomes in these primary classes!
- Looking at the progress, the Govt. of MP has extended the MoU with Bharat Learn till 2021
- Further, seeing the positive turnaround in education outcomes from the program, both our CSR supporters, NCL & NTPC, are encouraging us to extend the program to another 10 new schools in the district!
Coming back to the Singrauli effort, one, the program needs to continue in the 10 existing schools. And two, we need to expand to 10 new schools. A total of ~ 1600 kids stand to benefit from this program. We’re starting this 2nd round of crowdfunding campaign, from where we left it last year, to cover the balance funding needed for the 2-year program. More details are available in the Story tab.
You supported us last year, just trusting our intent & our plans. This year, we have results to show as well. Another 1 year of support will ensure that the learning outcomes we targeted at the start of the program are reached. And that kind of comprehensive and integrated in-classroom transformation in education in rural Govt schools will, most likely, be unprecedented in India.
HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS TRANSFORMATION
1. Make a contribution towards this campaign at this link - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP
2. You could go further, very simply. Like many of you who chose to start your own supporting campaign page on Milaap to amplify the fundraiser. No worries, all the funds will flow directly to the main campaign, and nothing to you (they won't even ask for your bank account details or anything). Here are the simple steps for that -
o Got to the new campaign page here - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/smartclasses-in-rural-MP
o On the right side, below ‘Donate Now’ button, click on the button that says ‘RAISE FUNDS’
- A pop-up will open saying ‘Create a support fundraiser’, where you will need to specify the goal, say Rs. 50,000
- Then you need to give the URL of your choice, for your fundraiser page in 24 characters, for eg. ram-for-bharat-learn
- Then the platform will ask you to sign in / sign up with your email id (don’t worry if you don’t remember the password from last time, it will guide you)
- That’s it! Your support campaign page is set up. You can instantly share on FB / Twitter / WhatsApp, straight away.
- To encourage your friends & kick start things, you can start by making a contribution, yourself.
Bharat Learn team fervently hopes to continue marching forward for the cause of Education with your support & good wishes!
Please accept the heartfelt gratitude from us & the 1600 kids who are eagerly awaiting this, in advance.
A BIG SHOUT OUT to you, in our end-of-crowdfunding-campaign update! This campaign raised Rs. 53.17 Lakhs out of its goal of Rs. 115 Lakhs.
On the face of it a < 50% achievement on the campaign may sound underwhelming. But when we started this campaign, this was far beyond our dreams. Further, if we were to place the amount raised in a relative context, you might be able to share our joy. Did you know that this is the 2nd highest achievement by an Education related campaign on Milaap? :)

Which is why these 3000 kids & the 100 teachers in the Govt. schools of Singrauli, MP, join us in sending our heartfelt gratitude to EACH ONE OF YOU who has believed in this cause & supported it.
Yes, the fact remains, we have fallen short of our goal. And we’re making our utmost efforts to try for further funding; this initiative is far more important to get aborted on that count. If any of you do have any CSR or other leads for us, we’d be delighted. Do drop us a note at this email id - info@bharatlearn.org
As of now, the Smart Class roll out program is running on schedule in Singrauli. We shall keep you updated on our progress.
With humility, gratitude & determination
Jai Hind!
A BIG SHOUT OUT to you, in our end-of-crowdfunding-campaign update! This campaign raised Rs. 53.17 Lakhs out of its goal of Rs. 115 Lakhs.
On the face of it a < 50% achievement on the campaign may sound underwhelming. But when we started this campaign, this was far beyond our dreams. Further, if we were to place the amount raised in a relative context, you might be able to share our joy. Did you know that this is the 2nd highest achievement by an Education related campaign on Milaap? :)

Which is why these 3000 kids & the 100 teachers in the Govt. schools of Singrauli, MP, join us in sending our heartfelt gratitude to EACH ONE OF YOU who has believed in this cause & supported it.
Yes, the fact remains, we have fallen short of our goal. And we’re making our utmost efforts to try for further funding; this initiative is far more important to get aborted on that count. If any of you do have any CSR or other leads for us, we’d be delighted. Do drop us a note at this email id - info@bharatlearn.org
As of now, the Smart Class roll out program is running on schedule in Singrauli. We shall keep you updated on our progress.
With humility, gratitude & determination
Jai Hind!
More & more children are getting attracted by Bharat Learn’s initiative & what’s more, they’re benefiting from it – we couldn’t have had a better update on this Children’s Day!
Bharat Learn started Smart Classes in the first 5 schools in Singrauli on 1st August, 2017. In mid-October, a first impact assessment was done in these 5 schools & these interim results are very encouraging.
- In just 2.5 months of starting, the attendance in the primary classes in these 5 schools has gone up from 45% to 55%. Clearly, the buzz is starting to spread in the community, and more kids are coming in! We even hear anecdotes of how some families, after hearing about Smart Classes, have pulled their children out of local, low cost private schools, and have admitted them into these Govt. schools – how often does one hear that?!
- In the topics that have been covered using the Smart Class methodology, the learning outcomes are increasing ahead of the expected curve – 90% of the parameters show +ve movement! The feedback from teachers & parents are also echoing the same.
More good news:
· The 2 PSU giants who are supporting it, NCL & NTPC, now want Bharat Learn to take these Smart Classes into more schools!
· The School Education Ministry of Madhya Pradesh now wants us to start implementing it in another district of MP – Khandwa!
This initiative is no longer just a dream; it is starting to come true in front of our eyes! All due to supporters like you.
Do share this update with pride – the initiative you’re backing is working! And invite others also to come, support Bharat Learn & co-script this success story.
3000 kids in Singrauli are waiting for this crowdfunding campaign to succeed.
More & more children are getting attracted by Bharat Learn’s initiative & what’s more, they’re benefiting from it – we couldn’t have had a better update on this Children’s Day!
Bharat Learn started Smart Classes in the first 5 schools in Singrauli on 1st August, 2017. In mid-October, a first impact assessment was done in these 5 schools & these interim results are very encouraging.
- In just 2.5 months of starting, the attendance in the primary classes in these 5 schools has gone up from 45% to 55%. Clearly, the buzz is starting to spread in the community, and more kids are coming in! We even hear anecdotes of how some families, after hearing about Smart Classes, have pulled their children out of local, low cost private schools, and have admitted them into these Govt. schools – how often does one hear that?!
- In the topics that have been covered using the Smart Class methodology, the learning outcomes are increasing ahead of the expected curve – 90% of the parameters show +ve movement! The feedback from teachers & parents are also echoing the same.
More good news:
· The 2 PSU giants who are supporting it, NCL & NTPC, now want Bharat Learn to take these Smart Classes into more schools!
· The School Education Ministry of Madhya Pradesh now wants us to start implementing it in another district of MP – Khandwa!
This initiative is no longer just a dream; it is starting to come true in front of our eyes! All due to supporters like you.
Do share this update with pride – the initiative you’re backing is working! And invite others also to come, support Bharat Learn & co-script this success story.
3000 kids in Singrauli are waiting for this crowdfunding campaign to succeed.
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