Tutoring at native village..

Group,

Thanks to everybody who have signed up for this activity.

This involves going to a rural school, and maybe conducting some tests in
Basic English, Math/Science/ and also working with the local teachers if
they need help.

Schools started their academic year on 31 May 2011, and I'd like to take
this further with some earnest this year.

The village I have adopted since last few years, has a middle school and a
high school with a strength of about 200 students. I only expanded this to
3 additional school this past January.

So far, I have given a Science Kit, Computers, and also have organized
Science Fair ( the latest in January 2011. )

Only this week I started posting it on the blog page.

http://idgur.blogspot.com/ signup to follow - so that you will know if I
update it with content.

My mentoring web page is http://www.kiranshashi.0fees.net/sslcmentor.html
( this is slow sometimes, since I am hosting it on a shared site- However I
am open to host if anybody has a public web server )

This school is about 150 kms from Bangalore, and is my native village, near
Kunigal which is west of Bangalore towards Tumkur. and I visit this schools
a few times a year,

Just some things to know:
- Have your own vehicle, or ability to take the public transportation (*
which would mean leaving early in the mornings ) Driving takes 2 hrs by
car, and there is limited public transportation.
- Knowing local language - kannada and ability to converse with the school
teachers etc.
- Saturdays are when I go there often ( job and other personal activities
take preference )
- Some knowledge of web hosting, programming in PHP or Perl, and converting
English to Kannada or any other regional language.
- As far as expenses are concerned - there is not much - I can take care of
most. But if anyone desires to contribute school dresses /text books/ or
sponsor a bright child / or other things then they are free to do so.

- I am open for suggestions and any improvements or implementing new
technologies if we all agree to it. ( say putting up a Virtual Desktop to
conduct or evaluate students - but this requires funding )

Some urgent needs are :
- Projector ( used or if available at a reasonable price )
- White writing paper ( if you can get them at a reasonable/Wholesale
price )

Recent good news : The school secured 80% pass in the recent SSLC exams
held in March -April 2011. and got 5 distinction students.

Upcoming activities : I am working with Dutta Scientific, Bangalore to get
a Science Kit - for the Middle schools.

Shashi