Hamara Vidyalaya Programmme

The Hamara Vidyalaya Programme of the Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh has been a game changer programme for a district that was previously plagued with huge school infrastructure gap, high dropout rates amongst the lowest socio-economic groups, high teacher absenteeism, low parent-teacher coordination and ranked amongst the lowest three performing districts in learning outcomes according to National Achievement Survey (NAS) of Ministry of Education.

Recognizing these issues, the district administration initiated this programme with key features of the Aspirational district programme itself, i.e. use of a dashboard to constantly monitor progress among the schools, provide regular mentoring for schools by an appointed school Prabhari officer and rank schools based on their performance.

Using monitoring and mentoring, the program aimed to improve teacher and student absenteeism, increase parent’s engagement in school management meetings, and encourage students by identifying good performers for School Olympiad to be conducted at block level and district level. Moreover, the program makes use of an online platform, named “Yathasarvam”, developed by technology partner–Eckovation, and is linked to a Mobile app for data entry pertaining to assessment data, attendance of teachers & students, and the learning outcome marks by the School Prabhari on a quarterly basis during the “Hamara Vidyalaya Week”. The data is then automatically analysed by the platform and brief reports generated on each criterion, similar to the Champions of Change dashboard.

Source : UNDP Appraisal on Aspirational Districts