{"id":3231,"date":"2020-11-28T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T09:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2020-11-29T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T07:53:40","slug":"community-resource-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/community-resource-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Resource Persons: What? Why and How?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education is a\u00a0 key investment in any country with enormous social and\u00a0<\/span>economic benefits accruing from it. The development of any country in the 21st century will be determined by the level and growth of its human capital. It is therefore very important that every child, whether in a rural or urban community, equally benefits from quality education\u00a0 in\u00a0 order\u00a0 to\u00a0 promote development.<\/span><\/p>\n

Progress in achieving these goals is slow because of lack of adequate supply of teachers, their effective deployment,\u00a0 an inept training system to equip them with the required skills and lack of efficient management. <\/span>Indeed, without teachers and a robust education system,\u00a0 no economic well being can take place. Teachers are the change agents for the emergence of educated communities.
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\nSkill in Village<\/i><\/strong> is a program where the teachers reside in the village and work around the clock for teaching the students, engaging in community building activities and creating awareness in the villages about education. The program started with only one teacher and now has an enthusiastic young group of 42 teachers. The model is such that some teachers are hired externally and some teachers are hired from the village itself.
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Who are CRPs?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

CRPs are teachers who belong to the same village as the centre. They contribute four hours per day for the <\/span>Skill in Village <\/span><\/i>program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How did it start?<\/b><\/p>\n

In <\/span>Skill in Village<\/span><\/i> program, teachers reside in the village and are accessible 24*7 for the students. They handhold the students for academic growth and mobilise the community for the cause of education.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Initially, full-time teachers were hired for the program. They hailed from other villages and were assigned SIV centers where they would stay for the length of the intervention in a year. As the program paced and growed, it was observed that these teachers could not stay in the assigned villages for a long time due to personal reasons such as pursuing higher studies, coaching for competitive exams etc. This affected the stability of the program and the smooth delivery of content in the centres. In addition to this, the cost of recruiting and training the teachers came up as another challenge. To overcome these challenges and to make the program model sustainable, the team explored a few models and got inspired by organisations working for a similar cause, hence designing the <\/span>CRP model of program delivery<\/b>. Employability for the rural youth and developing a strong and lasting foundation in the community are the twin motives of the CRP model.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pilot 2018-19<\/b>
\n<\/span>5 CRPs were hired for Belavatagi, Nagarahalli, Honnapura, Bhandiwada, Navalli. Out of these, 4 centres performed well in terms of increased attendance, a higher rate of fee collection and lower dropouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why this model?<\/b><\/p>\n