Mr. Chikkadeva Gowda, Assistant Head Master of Government High School, Uttarahalli sharing his experience and success about SambhavThe Government High School, Uttarahalli has 560 students, from socially disadvantaged backgrounds (better known as slums) in and around Uttarahalli, located close to MindTree Global Village campus.
Assistant Head Master Mr. Chikkadeva Gowda, Government High School, Uttarahalli, Bangalore had this to say on the impact of this programme.
- The stress of learning had taken joy out of children. They laugh with you (the trainers) but are serious with teachers.
- Through these "life-skills" sessions they are learning to be happy in life.
- From the feedback I got from the children, I understand that they are able to differentiate between what is good and what is bad in all what they do.
- They have started giving titles to in-formation they get from television and newspapers and are expressing their views.
- They are learning how to behave appropriately with their peers, friends, parents and teachers; and to differentiate between different kinds of relationships.
- They have become more expressive nowadays. They have become bold to speak what they feel without hesitation or fear.
- Teachers say that people from MindTree come here on weekends and by Mon-day the students are energetic and undisciplined.
- However, I feel that this is not indiscipline. It is growth, it is change. That is how we have to take it.
- The children have started mingling with others actively. Whether there is happiness in their homes or not, on Saturday they know that there is happiness at school
These are the changes I have noticed in them says Assistant Head Master Mr. Chikkadeva Gowda. MindShare Program.