Support to Secondary Formal Schooling: Mentoring

Objectives of Mentoring Programme?
The core objectives of Mentoring Programme are to

• Ensure students’ regular attendance in the class and participation in the examinations;
• Develop cooperative learning attitude among students and making their learning enjoyable;
• Develop students’ capacity for peer support;
• Help students to be attentive to their study;
• Build up students’ communication skill;
• Develop self-esteem, leadership and creativity in students;
• Create better conditions for participatory classroom teaching/learning

Activities in Mentoring Progarmme?

• Along with a teacher students receive a six-day residential training ;
• From each school 25 to 30 students of grades VI to IX, whose roll numbers are within 1 to 10, are selected for the training;
• If possible the ratio of boys and girls student is kept 50:50;
• The training contains sessions on values education, mentoring, and co-curricular activities such as debate, creative writing, games and sports, and computers;
• After training, the mentors form small groups in their individual grade, and provide social and academic assistance to weak fellow-students.