Our host Mala had arranged for us to visit three more schools within The Galaxy Education System. We visited the schools on Monday. The first school we went to is the Metoda school. This school was built by the Midtown Rotary club and educates students from the neighborhood of manufactoring area. The students are taught in Gujarati but they do get English instruction. Their tuition is subsidized by The Galaxy Education system so the parents pay 200 rupees a month.
We visited two more schools on Monday. One school was a free school for 300 children chosen from neighborhood "slums". They are chosen from local day cares/preschools and the parents have to fill out paperwork and are explained the program. The school goes from preschool to 1st grade. The girls are then evaluated based on the principal and teachers observations and work to see if they should continue in an English medium school or if they would be better continuing on to a Gujarati school. If they continue on within the Galaxy Education System their fees would be paid for by the school.
We visited two more schools on Monday. One school was a free school for 300 children chosen from neighborhood "slums". They are chosen from local day cares/preschools and the parents have to fill out paperwork and are explained the program. The school goes from preschool to 1st grade. The girls are then evaluated based on the principal and teachers observations and work to see if they should continue in an English medium school or if they would be better continuing on to a Gujarati school. If they continue on within the Galaxy Education System their fees would be paid for by the school.
I was very impressed by the principal at this school. She was very passionate about her work and was chosen by the Director to run this particular school for girls. Without this opportunity these girls would end up at the local government school, if they attended any school, and the opportunities would not be as good for them. Some of the challenges are simply getting the children in the preschool classes to sit down and follow the schedule of activities as many of these girls are left on their own monitored only by older children as their parents are working; therefore many of them spend their days wandering around doing as they please. I also found the girls so eager to learn.
Our last school of the day was the Savani Pre School. I was very impressed by the school; the building, classes, and the teachers. The building was very inviting, the teachers really loved teaching and cared about the students and it seemed very fun. This was an English medium school and after Kindergarten students would attend 1st grade typically at another school within the Galaxy System.
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