[Educationsupport] Next meeting of the Education Support Group - October 12, 2021 (5.00 - 6.30 PM)

[Rajaraman Krishnan]

I am not sure if any of the NGOs that recommended the "Makkal Palli"
program to the TN govt are part of this group. If so, can you clarify how
you intend it to work along with the schools? When I talked to HMs in
various schools, most of them were not clear on that matter.  I am baffled
about what the purpose of this "Makkal Palli" announcement is after they
have already announced that the schools will open on Nov 1st.

My serious concern is the following. As you may be aware, there has been a
huge shift in enrollment from private schools to govt schools among the
poorer sections of the population (meaning the buttom 80% or more). Private
schools are losing money and are trying to influence the govt to help their
cause. Govt may help them by not opening the govt schools which will force
the people to pay up the fees and return the children back to the private
schools. Govt may be using the "Makkal Palli" as a fig leaf to cover up
this huge act of betrayal. They may say that because of Corona fears, they
will postpone the opening of the govt schools and instead have the "Makkal
Palli". Whereas the private schools will open and start operating normally.

I sincerely hope this fear is unfounded. I would really like the NGOs which
appeared in the press release recommending the "Makkal Palli" to the govt
to clarify their position and clearly dissociate themselves from this move
if it were to occur.

Rajaram
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 07:03, Sriranjani Ranganathan <
sriranjani.ranganathan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends
>
> We will be having our meeting of the Education Support Group on Tuesday,
> October 12th, from 5.00 - 6.30 PM.
>
> The following is the proposed agenda:
> 5.05 - 5.30  -  Updates from members (wrtschool reopening in their
> contexts)
>                           -   TN initiative of "Makkal Palli", a program
> to bring together community centers and the schools
>                           -   School reopening and guidelines in Karnataka
>                           -   Any other updates from other states
> 5.30 - 6.20 -  Suggestions from the group to take forward to these (and
> any other) programs. Broadly, these could be along the following lines...
>                           -  Inputs on how the academic program could be -
> what and the how
>                           -  What kinds of resources are needed and what
> can be shared by the group (an initial compilation contributed by all of us
> is here
> <https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Educational_resource_repository>
> )
>                           -  How do we support teachers and initiate
> conversations with them
>                           -  What are the kinds of training programs that
> may be needed
>                           -  Suggestions on how to re-imagine assessments
>                         The resources compiled so far will also be shared
> for us to review and share how best these could be curated / made available
> 6.20 - 6.30     Way forward and next steps (and requesting for volunteers
> to take up specific tasks for the resource creation)
>
> Request all of you to attend. The meeting link is
> https://b3.teacher-network.in/b/gur-g94-hyn.
>
> Best regards
> Ranjani
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