{"id":128,"date":"2020-05-26T14:54:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitelotustrust.org\/blog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:50:46","slug":"eq-centers-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitelotustrust.org\/blog\/equ-program\/eq-centers-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"EQ+ centers during Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sangam Vihar in South Delhi, one of the areas where our EQU+ programs are running has many Covid-19 positive cases yet the teachers have managed to focus on delivering work to the students on daily basis.<\/p>\n

So far we have been able to engage in meaningful educational work with 124 children from grade 4 to 8 and will continue to expand within the limitations of the covid situation.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a testament to the courage, dedication and commitment of our EQU+ teachers and coordinators that we are able to run the program at all.<\/p>\n

All of the staff are putting themselves on the line on a daily basis while going around the slum to meet the children and parents and drop off and pick up class work with a Covid-19 epidemic raging all around them.<\/p>\n

Report update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responding to Covid-19 pandemic the central government announced countrywide lockdown from the 24th<\/sup> March. The Delhi government for the new academic year (April2020) decided to have formal school online classes for children from grade 6 and above. Many children from our EQU+ centers were receiving work from teachers but students in big numbers didn\u2019t have access to television or smart phone.<\/p>\n

In the first week of May and after discussing with the supervisors and the teachers from our EQU+ centers we planned for and began to execute<\/strong> the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take the material from students who had access provided by the formal school teachers and rewrite them in all subjects.<\/li>\n
  2. Make many photocopies and hand them out to the students who don\u2019t have access to the work material.<\/li>\n
  3. Keeping in mind the dos and don\u2019ts (wear masks and social distancing) the teachers are to meet only one student at a time.<\/li>\n
  4. To explain the topic and clear the doubts of the student and come back to check the homework on due dates or if possible sends through whatsapp.<\/li>\n
  5. To give artwork material for students in lower classes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/center>Implemented: <\/strong><\/p>\n
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    1. The teachers have been helping grade 6 to 8 students since the 12th<\/sup> May in completing the work given by the school.<\/li>\n
    2. Teachers are also working with students of grade 4 and 5 since the 15th<\/sup> May on last year syllabus.<\/li>\n
    3. Students of lower grades are also given simple work to read and write.<\/li>\n
    4. The teachers are having online group sessions with children with access to smart phones.\n
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      1. All the grades from 4 to 8 are working on last year\u2019s syllabus.<\/li>\n
      2. In Rohini center the teachers meet with 5 students in a day and by the end of the week they cover all the students of grade 4 and 5 along with the students of grade 6 to 8 who didn\u2019t have access to school work.<\/li>\n
      3. Children from our 3 centers in village Rithora at Mewat a do not have access to Television or Internet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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