Injot Education

Injot is highly invested in education for the Adivasi community of Assam as we believe it forms the backbone of social justice. At Injot education takes myriad forms – school supplementary education, information education for adults, financial and legal education, leadership training, social emotional learning to name a few.  Through Injot Education, we are currently running several programs; our target groups are  children, women, youth and community leaders. 

CHILDREN

  • Community Learning Centres in Kamrup Metropolitan District (Amsing Jorabat) and Kokrajhar District (Rangagaon and Kachugaon) in which after school supplementary classes and life skills classes are facilitated through volunteers (includes projects based learning, field trips, backyard farming projects, thrift store projects, craft sessions etc.
  • Coaching for entrance exams for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya/ Sainik School
  • Community libraries in all three centres

WOMEN

  • Informal Education – adult learning centre 
  • Skills Training in craft activities; women get training in various crafts like crochet and floral decorations. Once they reach a certain level of expertise and efficiency, they get paid if their work get sold in the market. 
  • Training in livestock farming for livelihood alternatives. 
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights workshops

YOUTH

  • Sanghe Urab – an annual mentorship program for Adivasi youth of Assam
  • IT Skills Development Program for Adivasi Youth of Assam 

COMMUNITY LEADERS

  • Jameen – a multi-faceted training and advocacy program on Land Literacy
  • Shramik – a training and advocacy program on Labour Laws
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Injot Learning Centres

Injot Lockdown Learning Centres were started in Amsing Jorabat in Kamrup Metropolitan District, and Rangagaon and Kachugaon villages in Kokrajhar district for students who did not have access to online classes to ensure continuity in their education. Besides regular classes, an environment has been prepared with requisite stationery supplies for art-based activities, recreational games like badminton, football and frisbee. All centres were equipped with infra-red thermometers, sanitisers, soaps and two masks per child and facilitators. Each child was also provided notebooks and other stationery materials. The centres have books and writing boards too. These centres were later rechristened as Injot Learning Centres. It is a volunteer-led facility and about 150 students are enrolled in these centres at the moment.

Infrastructure

Bamboo and tarpaulin sheds were built in open spaces to receive the students. Initially the work was done through shramdaan of parents of the children. Due to storms and heavy rains, several repairs have taken place over time. Each centre has the following infrastructure components:

  • Learning area
  • Learning tools
  • Power supply (as per requirement)
Injot Whiteboard

Basic material: white boards/black boards, pens and dusters

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Seating Arrangement: Bamboo and tarpaulin sheds with tarpaulin seating area

Electricity connection with lights for evening classes

Safety

Opened amidst the Covid 19 pandemic, we had to ensure that no stone is left unturned in terms of safety while we tried to reconnect 150 children to their learning process. After extensive training and repetition of instruction, safety norms had become a way of life for everyone visiting the centre.

Safety
Precautions
& Protocols at the Centres

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All our lockdown learning centres are designed in a way that classes can take place in open areas. Each centre has been provided the following safety equipment along with extensive training on usage of mask, sanitisers, temperature check and appropriate physical (social) distancing:

  • Infra-red thermometers
  • Hand sanitisers
  • Soap for hand washing
  • Masks (2 per student/volunteers and replacement in case of damage)

INJOT EDUCATION

Inside Our Learning Centres

Supplementary Classes for Students of Various Age Groups: As the students of the community had no access to online education we started taking classes to support the children stay connected to studies. 

Educational Trips: Exposure trips like a visit to Guwahati Zoo and Botanical Garden are part of Injot’s initiatives in the learning centres.

Experiential Projects: We believe that learning becomes fun when it is experientially done. To encourage the idea of curiosity and to have fun while learning we introduced programs like backyard farming, parent-child backyard farm project, thrift store project, letter box project amongst many others. 

Space for Creativity and Fun: Our centres are equipped with various teaching-learning material along with recreational material like football, frisbees and art supplies so that children could also engage in low contact games, explore various arts along with their academic engagement. 

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Teaching-Learning Material at the Centre:

  • Notebooks, pencils, pen, eraser and sharpener for each child
  • Common drawing and colouring material
  • Common badminton rackets and shuttle, frisbee and football
  • Textbooks for all teachers
  • Notebooks and registers for all teachers
  • Common handouts, activity cards and other teaching aids
Training

Our youth leaders and volunteers have been trained in several areas using both on-the-job training approaches as well as online training sessions. Some of the areas of training are:

  • Injot has been providing on-the-job training to our volunteers in various aspects of community development, organisational work and intra and inter personal communication.

Teaching facilitators for Injot Learning Centres are mentored about the teaching-learning practices, PIES Safety at the centre for children and adults, inclusion and various teaching methodologies and POCSO Act. Facilitators who are new to teaching are given training on how to prepare lesson plans and teaching aids.

Online training sessions have been conducted in the areas of community leadership, communication styles, team management, work management, time management and the vision and mission of Injot and the approach that we want to take in mobilising the Adivasi community.

Training has been provided to explain about government schemes, how to approach them and apply for those.