Children's LoveCastles Trust

CLT India
Children's LoveCastles Trust
Founder Bhagya Rangachar
Type Non-profit Organisation
Headquarters Jakkur, Bangalore
Region
 India
Fields Education
Subsidiaries CLT International Foundation

CLT India (registered as Children's LoveCastles Trust) is an Indian non-profit, non-government organisation based in Jakkur, Bangalore. It was founded in 1997 by Bhagya Rangarchar. It aims to provide education using technology to the under-served communities and its solutions serve the base of the pyramid. It operates on an inclusive, low-cost, local model and the model has been implemented in government schools across Karnataka. Its mission is to use technology to create, enhance and monitor the delivery of education in an affordable, scalable and modular manner. CLT India endeavours to strengthen the existing social structure and government schools with a network of support for pedagogy, technology, infrastructure and mentoring programs through collaboration. CLT India is a certified Guidestar Gold level participant.[1] It was chosen as a Dasra fellow for their Research Publication in partnership with USAID as one of the few Change Makers that are making a difference in the way girls are impacted in secondary schools.[2]

Key Intervention

CLT India addresses the challenge[3] of shortage of teachers with subject expertise, student disengagement, lack of quality learning resources and missed opportunities in rural schools. By giving equal learning opportunities for girls and boys with quality e-learning resources for STEM education, it is able to bridge many gaps, including the gender gap and digital divide.

e-Patashale

e-Patashale

e-Patashale is a low-cost digital content for school curriculum to improve learning outcomes. The main objective is to come up with low-cost solutions for intervention programs that are locally relevant, easy to replicate and scale; build a network of passionate Master Teachers to create curricula-aligned, digital content repository for K-12; leverage the advantages of technology for giving access to good pedagogy and best teaching.

A teacher using e-Patashale

CLT Resource Centre acts as a hub where pedagogy experts gather and develop educational content. CLT India has been engaging in sourcing qualified teachers and transforming their expertise to low-cost digital education content that is inclusive, scalable and replicable. The content is created by many qualified teachers in urban cities and passed on to in-house developers to develop into lesson materials, transferring the expertise of qualified teachers to rural government schools.

m_pata Logo

It is an extensive library of teaching resources for Math, Science and English Grammar for grades 5 to 10. It boasts of a multi-media content basket of videoss, slides and PDfs. In addition to notes, it also offers quizzes and assessment, based on the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. It is currently available in English and Kannada. e-Patashale follows the national curriculum closely and is approved and recommended by the Department of Education. It is currently available on Windows and Android devices, including PCs, tablets and mobile phones. It can be accessed in both non-connectivity environment and online environment as course-ware videos and e-books.[4] A free mobile app m_pata is also available on Google Playstore.[5]

Other Programs

Mid-day school meals

Children's LoveCastles Trust started in 1997 by providing mid-day meals to the Basavanagudi Government School. It went on to adopt another school in Poornapura in 1998. A total of eight schools were adopted and a food bank programme and an Angganwasi milk Programme were started. The food-bank programme was scrapped after the State Government implemented the midday meal scheme in Jakkur.[6]

Intel Computer Clubhouse

Children enjoying their time at the clubhouse

In addition to during-school intervention programmes, CLT India also provides after-school intervention. CLT India was selected to host the second Intel Computer Clubhouse in 2002.[7] It is an after-school center for 750 children, ages 9–19, from Jakkur village in Bangalore. Under the guidance of adult mentors, children develop technology skills and create digital projects. Every two years, three children from the clubhouse go to Boston to take part in the Teen Summit, a week-long international youth leadership programme. CLT India is also part of the Adobe Youth Voices program since 2008.

Digital Education

CLT started creating digital education content in 2006. E-learning classrooms in rural schools were set up with CLT content. A total of 300 classrooms were set up in the years 2007 to 2010. CLT also partnered with Cisco for live distance-teaching in 2011.[8] CLT provided the education content which was delivered remotely using the Cisco® Education Enabled Development (CEED) platform. The program was implemented in 42 classrooms over the period of 2011 to 2014.[9]

Awards and Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "List of Certified NGOs". Guidestar.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Up Grade" (PDF). Dasra. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Annual report 05-06" (PDF). National Institute of Open Schooling. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. ↑ "CLT India". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  5. ↑ "mpata". Play.google.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  6. ↑ CHANDRA, MEGHANA (June 24, 2010). "Lessons outside the classroom". The Hindu. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  7. ↑ "Intel unveils second Indian Intel computer clubhouse". The DQ Week. April 15, 2003. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  8. ↑ "Cisco and Government of Karnataka launch remote education at Hoskote using Cisco Education Enabled Development platform for Inclusive Growth". Cisco Press Release. October 4, 2011. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  9. ↑ "Unique innovations for social development". Live Mint. Dec 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Kudos Award Certificate" (PDF). Cltindia.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  11. ↑ "e-North Award Certifcate" (PDF). Cltindia.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  12. ↑ "Awards Finalist". Easia.eletsonline.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  13. ↑ Misra, Aditya (December 2, 2012). "Unique innovations for social development". Live Mint. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  14. ↑ "Marico Innovation Foundation (MIF) brings 8 more social enterprise projects onboard for its successful Social Innovation Acceleration Program" (PDF). Marico Innovation Foundation Press Release.
  15. ↑ "U.S.A, India Announce Innovation, Science, and Technology Awards". Indian Education Diary. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  16. ↑ "Winners". Southwestindia.manthanaward.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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