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Item Open Access Dhanu Kaad ki nayi Katha(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2017) Jain, Ashita; Dey, Shalini & Mazumdar, MadhumitaThis communication design project highlights that for the upliftment of tribes Sports can be used as the medium. To get players at the national and International level, grassroots plans should be generated. Talent identification should be done right from school level and provide education to them. Students don’t consider sports as a lucrative career option so, to make them conscious of possible opportunities. Chhattisgarh being a populated tribal area may have potential players who have high physical fitness and can reach national and international levels, but their talent is not being recognized because of the communication rift between Sports Authority and the players.The players are not aware of particular sports and its importance. To support the above problem, this project deals with only with Kamar tribe children and particularly one sport, i.e., Archery. The case study of children of Kamar tribe is evidence that Sports Authority is not identifying their talent. Kamar tribe is among one of the Schedule tribes of Chhattisgarh.They are using self-made traditional bow and arrow for hunting, and food gathering. Every kamar children know hunting right from the age of 8, and they see bow and arrow as an extension of cultural beliefs that contain information regarding far more than the simple functions of artifacts. This project makes an effort to encourage and convince Kamar children to learn modern ways of archery and can be the medium for the upliftment of Kamar children by showcasing them the other dimensions of sports like job opportunities and career option.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Western region in Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Nirala, Hariom; Hiremath, B. N.; Sinha, VikashHunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. It is collective impact is reflected in human development index. It is in this backdrop that Government of Gujarat (GoG) had introduced Mid Day Meal scheme. The considerable portion of children studying in primary education come from low socio-economic society and suffer economic hardship, as a result they drop out from schools at early age, which hampers their overall development Poor enrolment and high dropout rate are the result of poverty of parents, child labor prevalent in the society and lack of awareness. In the event of the funds not reaching on time, the Sanchalak or the teachers as the case may be have to pay from their own pockets. Usually this has been the most vocal complaint from the sanchalak and the teachers. Most principals suggested that they be relieved from this arrangement. Arrangement of water is a tremendous problem in some talukas the water has fluorine content which is causing a lot of physical harm to the children. In banaskatha the source of water is often far away from the school. So the supply is quite rationed. Arrangenenr of fuel is also problematic since the allocationis quite less, the cooks are asked to collect fuel on their own. There was one school in which roti saag was not being prepared for some time because of the lack of fuel. Infrastructure is also a problem. There are no pucca kitchens in place where the Mid Day Meal is cooked within the school premises, it distracts the students’ attention Also there is no provision for plates in the school. The children get them from their homes and where they do not they tear paper from their textbooks and notebooks also. The collateral benefits of MDM were expected to reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society GoG started MDM scheme in 1984 this study has been commissioned to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Junagadh region of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Shyam, Wanjari Kunal; Sinha, Vikash; Hiremath, B. N.Hunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. Its collective impact is reflected in human development index. It is in this backdrop that Government of Gujarat had introduced MDM aimed to achieve an increase in enrolment rate and reduce dropout rates. The benefits of MDM were expected to reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society. GoG started MDM scheme in 1984. This study is undertaken to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements. The objective / scope of this study is to assess effectiveness of MDM scheme in the context of impact indicators like student enrolment, dropout and attendance. The study covers critical components of MDM that include regularity, quality, physical infrastructure, hygiene, comparative analysis of rural v/s urban centres, stakeholder participation and favorable and unfavorable factors affecting the above components. The methodology includes review of relevant and available documents for secondary information, field visits to collect primary data from a wide range of stakeholders at various levels. The stakeholders include relevant government officials, school principal, teachers, parents, sanchalaks and head cooks and also members of Mother Teacher Association (MTA). The sample-size was 106 centres (at the rate of 20 percent of total centres) spread over 4 talukas in Junagadh district of Western Gujarat. The total sample size of respondents was 2014. structured questionnaires and FGD were used to capture required information. The data collected was found for interpretation which resulted in certain major findings as discussed below: Students belonging to poor and disadvantaged socio-economic households take MDM regularity. It was also noticed that some children also brought their tiffin and ate it with MDM. Some students residing in nearby school preferred to take MDM to their homes. Students and parents realized the importance of education, which is reflected by the fact that 94 percent of the students go to school irrespective of MDM and 96 percent of parents confessed that they will continue to send their children to school even if MDM is withdrawn. It is found that there are about 91 percent of schools meeting the norm of at least 200 MDM days in a year. It is observed that 82 percent of school has MDM days in the range of 200 to 210 days. Similarity, there were 211-220 number of MDM days served in around 16 percent of schools surveyed. Although the MDM scheme is being incomplete in the study area effectively, however, some areas of improvement have been identified like infrastructure, hygiene, and storage, quality of grains and satisfaction of level of beneficiaries. Details can be found in relevant section. There were 47 schools in Junagadh district having stock for less than 1 week, out of which 27 schools were having inadequate stocks and 20 schools were having sufficient stocks. Number of schools having stock for 1-2 weeks were 35, with 30 schools having sufficient stock and 5 schools having inadequate stock. Similarity schools having stocks for 2-4 weeks were 17, with 15 schools having inadequate stock and 2 schools with sufficient stock. It was observed that about 30 percent of schools surveyed had the sanchalaks keeping stock at home, despite having the storage facility at the centre. There were also some schools where MDM was cooked at sanchalak’s home despite having kitchen shed facility. Comparison of urban and rural MDM profile was undertaken in the context of percentage of beneficiaries with respect to total enrolments. Increase in enrolment rate, quantity served, food taste, storage system and disruption in regularity of MDM. The urban centres fared better on enrolment rates, storage system and disruption in MDM regularity. Taking into account the successful management of MDM at the grass roots by NGOs it is recommended to scale up the model under MDM scheme. Partnership with women SHG and Sakhi Mandals can also be considered for MDM. Principals, teachers and particularly MTA should be sensitized to play proactive role to ensure effective and transparent implementation of MDM through community-based monitoring mechanism. In order to overcome the issue of delayed payment to cooks, the school management may frame a process of bill submission and verification online through its website.Item Metadata only Evaluation of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme in Western and North-East regions of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2011) Chand, Naveen; Sinha, Vikash; Hiremath, B. N.Hunger and nutritional status adversely impacts learning process of children. It contributes to increased dropout rates. Its collective impact is reflected in human development index. To address these issues Government of Gujarat (GoG) had introduced MDM scheme aimed to achieve an increase an enrollment rate and reduce burden of poverty on poor parents and caste discrimination in the society. GoG started MDM scheme in 1984. This study has been commissioned to assess the situation and take corrective measures for improvements. The objectives of this study are to assess effectiveness of MDM scheme in the context of impact indicators that include student enrollment, dropout and attendance. The study covers critical components of MDM that include regularity, quantity, quality, cooking infrastructure adequacy, hygiene, rural v/s urban and also stakeholder participation. The study has factored in favorable and unfavorable elements affecting the above components. The methodology includes review of relevant and available documents for secondary data, field visits to collect primary data from a wide range of stakeholders at various levels. The stakeholders include relevant government officials, school principal, teachers, parents, sanchalaks and head cooks and members of Mother Teacher Association (MTA). The sample-size was 42 centers spread over 11 talukas of 5 disticts. Structured questionnaires and FGDs were used to capture required information. The data collected was analyzed and triangulated for interpretation. A short summary of findings is given below, for details, please refer to relevant chapters.Item Open Access What child art could say?(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2009) Kaur, Abhineet V.; Pandya, Vishvajit“What child could say?” is project which intents to design a communication of public interest message for middle class urban Indians. It is to alert parents in the direction of importance of family peace and harmony. And to be sensitized to the impact of domestic conflict on there children in the family. It is a message in which a child drawn image is made to say to the adult’s world for not letting him grow in a place that is dark and unconstructive rather provides an environment which is bright and blissful for them to grow.Item Open Access Verbs in the jungle(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2008) Dubey, Smita; Desai, BinitaProject is based on vocabulary development of hearing impaired children these children do not have hearing sense and because of that, they are unable to speak Understanding about various things is different for a child with hearing disability as compared to normal child Because of that, the teaching methods are different for them. In the initial stage of education for kids with hearing disability, parents and normal school teachers do not know how to teach the child The main problem is that hearing disabled child does not have a language vocabulary According to psychologists when a child without hearing disability starts going to the school, he has at least more than 3,000 words language vocabulary. However, in case of hearing disabled child, he does not have early age vocabulary The main target of the project is to help a hearing impaired child build his vocabulary In the early age.