Fast track Bridge
School And
Vocational training foundation course
For mainstreamed Child labourers
Abhyaas is the second stage education
point for the child labourers in their academic journey
with CHORD. After being mainstreamed and completing class
seven the children are admitted into project Abhyaas which
prepares them for class 10 and also imparts them
vocational training to make them self reliant.
The Purpose of Project Abhyaas
The principle aim of project Aashirwad is to prepare the child for 7th class board exam which is a primary bench mark qualification for any child. However after passing the 7th class exam mainstreaming these children into social welfare hostels or neighborhood government schools has not yeilded the desired results allover the state in the past. Because of lack of follow up, individual attention and joyful learning atmosphere in the government hostels and schools these children are invariably dropping out of school and are going back to work. This dropout problem is proving to be very painful and ungainly experience for the simple reason that 3 years of focused attention, time, resources and energy on these child labourers is turning into colossal waste when the child doesn't go past class seven.
 Therefore in order to overcome this long standing and vexatious dropout problem Chord
has launched this experimental residential secondary bridge school which prepares the child for the more
important and gainful S.S.C qualification which will make them eligible for employment. We also
intend to impart vocational skills to these children during the 2 years of their long-term bridge school tenure to give value addition to their S.S.C qualification. This project aptly named "Abhyaas" where in these children are straight away admitted into class IX under Andhra Pradesh Open School society curriculum in the first year and go on to complete S.S.C exam the following year. During these two years technical education leading to certificate will be imparted in the spheres of type writing, basic computer applications, stenography, photocopying,
tailoring and photography.
Abhyaas in Capsule:
- Children who have completed class VII at Aashirwad and other
class VII dropouts identified and admitted into Open
School Program
- Developing and condensing curriculum for class VIII
and IX and to prepare bridge school material
- Developing and organising teachers training programs
- Identifying viable vocational training programs,
equipment and resource persons
- Preparing child for class X in the second year
- Imparting suitable vocational training to the child so
that the child will acquire an employable skill
- Entrepreneurship and life skills training for the
students who have come out successfully
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Vocational Training & Higher School Learning
