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“When children come to Yellow Rooms after school, they need to do a bit of unlearning to reconcile the difference in approaches between their school and Sarthak Yellow Rooms. We started imagining “what if we have our own formal school that incorporates all the elements of the Yellow Rooms into the formal schooling structure”, and that’s how RTI Sarthak Gurukul was born.”
RTI Sarthak Gurukul is a model rural school that incorporates all the elements of a Sarthak Yellow Rooms into the formal rural school structure. RTI Sarthak Gurukul offers marginalised children from poor rural backgrounds equitable, happy, gender-sensitive, well structured and digitally aided formal education at minimal cost.
In RTI Sarthak Gurukul, children get:
● Gender equitable and gender sensitive environment
● Instruction that breaks caste consciousness and caste barriers
● Smart pedagogy using a mix of in-person and digital instruction
● Physical fitness, yoga and sports with equal participation of girls
● Practical life skills orientation
RTI Sarthak Gurukul Infrastructure:
Gurukul has spacious classrooms for facilitating interactive learning of children. It has separate toilets for boys and girls. Children have access to clean drinking water and play areas. Gurukul also has a basketball court and promotes gender inclusive sports among children.
Apart from this, Gurukul has two labs-
1) Digital Lab: This school has a digital lab with 35 desktops which is accessible not only to the students but also the youth of the neighbouring villages.
2) Science Lab: Students have access to a science laboratory which houses functional science models.
Gurukul Staff
Gurukul has a staff strength of 36, including a School Manager, Program Manager and Program Director. Gurukul is affiliated till Class VIII and is applying for affiliation up to Class X. The school provides centrally structured, activity-based, digitally aided subject classes for classes pre-primary to VIII, along with SEPEt sessions for social-emotional development.
Located in Sonari village in Sitapur district, Gurukul is attended by about 1028 children from more than 100 villages.
