Child Friendly School System |
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The Output - Full Enrollment and Completion was achieved by accessing the all children in the earmarked villages (catchment area) and encouraging children & parents to access and complete the basic education.
Village Child Statistics were drawn by participatory analysis with the community and the following activities were completed;
· School maintained a master list of all school age children in the village
· School coordinated with village authorities to identify school age children
· “Child Friendly Moments” were formed by getting the assistance of the district health authority, Zonal Education Department and local government authorities, district social welfare and development officers, Judicial officers, police officers, Youth council officers, Samurdhi officers, Grama Niladhari and Divisional Secretaries.
The School and Village Community was linked
· School coordinated with village community and encouraged the parents and children to enroll in schools
· School appointed and encouraged community representative in the School Development Society
· The school receive Old Boy's Association and Old Girl's Association support for infrastructure development through financial and in-kind support
· The Schools productively utilized the community member’s existing linkages with philanthropists and policy makers in school development activities
Enrollment campaigns conducted
· Schools conducted enrollment campaigns for encouraging enrollment of village children through message spreading
· Schools fully utilized the School Development Society's support for enrollment of children and maintain statistics
Addressed the absenteeism issues
· Schools maintained individual school child's absenteeism records in the form of illnesses, excused, unexcused and common reasons,
· Schools analyzed the absenteeism issues and develops remedies to avoid such issues with the assistance of the parents and the community
SLMIS (CEMIS+STS) promoted
· School operated a combined version of Community Based Education Management Information System & School based Student Tracking System. Under this strategy, the school managed to develop the following profiles and monitor the progress of the children successfully.
· Education Profile
· Family Background Profile
· Health & Nutrition Profile
· Absenteeism & Dropout Profile
Inclusive Education promoted
· Schools always promotes the Inclusive Education Policies and convinced parents & the community to promote inclusiveness.