“Education in Angana” program received SKOCH Award for the year 2022
Chief Minister and School Education Minister congratulated
Raipur, 13 March 2023
Chhattisgarh School Education Department has once again got the opportunity to get national level award for its excellent work. After a tough competition, the Skoch Award 2022 has been received for the work done in the year 2022 under the “Angana Ma Shiksha” program run by Samagra Shiksha in the state. This entire program is being conducted by a group of women teachers from Chhattisgarh. This year will be the third year of this program and every year some new design is included in it by women leadership. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel and School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam have congratulated the teachers of the department and the state for this award.
The Skoch Award is the country’s highest civilian award conferred by an independent organization, which recognizes people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation. This award was instituted in the year 2003. This award is given for the best efforts in the field of digital, financial and social inclusion.
At the time of Corona, when the entire staff of the School Education Department was continuously trying to continue the education of the children and while encouraging the teachers for this work, continuous efforts were being made to continue the education of the children in new ways. At the same time some women teachers of the state proposed their contribution in this statewide program “Padhai Tunhar Duar”. She trained the mothers and started the effort to teach the children while staying at home through them in the form of “Angana Ma Shiksha”.
Through the ‘Angana Ma Shiksha’ programme, it was successful in awakening the interest of the mothers towards the education of their children. Mothers and small children should be taught by organizing fairs in every village, by inviting mothers and children to the fair, using materials available at home like utensils, vegetables, fruits, clothes, etc. Work was done on this.
Mothers doing better work at the village level were honored by being selected as smart mothers. Along with keeping other mothers involved in this program and helping them in learning, Smart Mata also does the work of visiting kindergartens and primary schools from time to time, helping children’s education and getting information about their children’s learning from teachers. Was Through this programme, there has been success in developing the culture of teaching children at home among mothers.
What the children learned, instead of report cards, a support card was designed and signed by the mothers, and it was ensured that the mothers gave it to their children’s teachers. Efforts were made to show the status of the children in different competencies to the mothers in very easy ways using simple symbols. Monitoring of the entire program was arranged by groups of teachers through core groups at cluster, block, district and state levels.
