Sarthak Yellow SLATEs
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Sarthak Yellow SLATEs
“SLATEs is short for Sciences, Languages, Arts, Theatre and Ethics. Good communications skills are critical for success today. A strong moral compass and robust value system are essential to lead a fulfilled life. Using Sarthak’s custom Naitik Shiksha curriculum and delivering it using Theatre, we work on both these aspects with the children.”
The Yellow SLATEs project introduces the concept of our Yellow Rooms slum intervention model into the government school system of UP.
Government schools of UP serve the poorest and most marginalized children, especially girls. The Yellow SLATEs project introduces a mini Yellow Rooms inside the government school premise. But it is unique in its approach to pedagogy because we use the element of theatre in the Yellow SLATEs class instruction.
The FOCUS of the Yellow SLATEs project is threefold:
1) improving foundational numeracy and literacy of the children
2) improving their communication skills, confidence, feeling of belongingness & community and awareness of and pride in their cultural heritage (Sarthak’s custom Naitik Shiksha Curriculum)
3) exposing the children to digital learning
Sarthak Yellow SLATEs Highlights:
1. Government School Integration: One classroom in a government composite school (primary + upper primary) converted into a Yellow SLATEs centre.
2. Regular School Timetable: Functions during school hours as part of the regular school timetable.
3. Weekly Engagement: Each class and child spends 3 hours a week in the Yellow SLATEs room.
4. Long-Term Intervention: Minimum of three years, ensuring continuous engagement for each child.
5. Sarthak custom Naitik Shiksha Curriculum: Improving Foundational Literacy
- Using stories from Indian sources like Jaatak Kathaein, Panchatantra, Hitopadesh, and Amar Chitrakatha.
- Delivered through theatre and storytelling to improve values, ethics, etiquette, cultural heritage awareness, empathy, respect for nature, and relationships.
- Works to improve comprehension, confidence and communication skills.
- Focus on improving children’s social-emotional wellness.
6. STEM Curriculum: Combination of Sarthak’s STEM curriculum and digital lab to enhance foundational numeracy.
7. Facilities: Equipped with a smart TV. A Digital lab with 20 tablets A library of value-based Indian books.
8. Active During Holidays: Intervention remains active even during school holidays (subject to government permission).
Each Yellow SLATEs will serve 300 to 800 children per school depending on the number of children enrolled in the school.
We are currently running this model in 5 government schools of UP, India, serving close to 3000 children.
