Deepalaya Learning Centre Sanjay Colony (DLCSC)
Deepalaya Non-Formal Education Programme
Deepalaya has made ripples in the education sector with its programmes for underprivileged children. Following the Right to Education Act in 2005, not all our learning centres were converted into schools. Several exist as informal learning centres, where children are taught foundational concepts, activity-based learning, functional skill sets like computer literacy, and value education. Students are also provided remedial education to help them catch up to their respective formal classes, following which they are mainstreamed into their age appropriate school classes.
Deepalaya Learning Centre Sanjay Colony – (DLCSC)
This was one of the first schools that Deepalaya established in 1992. After the enforcement of Right to Education Act, the school had to be converted into a learning centre. Deepalaya Learning Centre, Sanjay Colony, provides non-formal education and remedial education to children and youth of all ages. The learning centre follows National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) syllabus. In the remedial education classes, children who are enrolled in the government schools are helped in following their school curriculum.
Deepalaya Learning Center, Sanjay Colony aims to provide non-formal education and remedial education for the vulnerable. The project is operating with the assistance of individual donors and sponsors. The Centre's doors have been opened to children and youth of all ages, not through formal schooling, but through different programmes.
Children who come for non-formal and remedial courses tend to receive value education from the learning centre. Children are not only taught various approaches but are also exposed to Smart classes in the new Techno Savvy environment. The day at the center ends with the assembly where children are encouraged to read newspapers, share their thoughts and so on. The teachers use the platform to impart those principles, teach them about health and hygiene, good etiquette, importance of timeliness, etc. They are often taught through intentional learning by creative skills, games, sketches, cartoons etc. The training is filled with different practices.
Over the summer, when all the schools shut their doors, our center is open and children have a wonderful summer as they do different things, such as making cards, quilling, making bouquets, painting pots and making waste material items. Such exercises improve their competencies , skills and innovation.
In the academic year 2019-20, the Centre had 247 new enrolments with 87 girls and 160 boys
Despite the restrictions, Deepalaya Learning center, Sanjay Colony, continues to provide non-formal education and remedial education to the poor. The Project runs with the support of individual donors and sponsors
The Centre has opened its doors to children and youth of all ages, not through formal education, but through different programs, which are described in other pages.
The learning centre continues to provide value education to children, who come for non-formal and remedial classes. Children are not only taught different methods but in current Techno Savvy world they are also exposed to Smart classes. The day at the centre starts with the assembly, where children are motivated to read out newspapers, express their thoughts etc. The teachers use the forum to inculcate certain values, apprise them about health and hygiene, good manners, importance of punctuality etc. They are also taught through purposeful learning by means of creative skills, games, drawings, cartoons etc. The curriculum is laced with different activities.
The learning centre follows National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) syllabus. And mainly the subjects that are taught are Maths, English, Hindi, Science and Social Science also computer classes & English Access Classes wherein the emphasis is laid on conversation and writing abilities of students.
In the remedial education classes, children who are enrolled in the government schools are helped in following their school curriculum. The teachers help them in understanding basic concepts, something that they are not able to do in the government schools. Children enrolled in the learning center and remedial education are given an opportunity to participate in different co-curricular activities like slogan competition, essay competition; quiz competitions, dance competitions, singing competitions etc.
During summer, when all the schools close their doors, our center is open and children have a gala time as they do different activities, like card making, Quilling, bouquet making, painting pots and making products from waste material. These activities enhance their skills, abilities and creativity.