Assignment-3
It is about nine in the morning and a scraggly bunch of kids is waiting near an abandoned building in Lodhi Colony for their school to arrive. This school is a bright yellow bus kitted out with cabinets, blackboard, water dispenser, ladder, a canopy, teaching aids and an LCD TV. They call it the Mobile Learning Center or school-on-wheels. When the bus arrives, it parks parallel to the pavement, the television is turned to face the road and an inspirational song, is played loud enough to draw the attention of children.
The project, launched by Delhi Government’s Department of Education in February 2008 is run by Butterflies, an NGO. The mission is to bring the underprivileged kids into the mainstream and prepare them for government schools. Children are taught Hindi, English and Mathematics and given tips on health and hygiene twice a week. A sports teacher comes along once a week. Is the yellow bus a magnet then? “Attendance is a little thin now”, admits NGO volunteer Asif Ali Chaudhary, even as Mausami Baruah, one of the two teachers, pulls a child out of line for chewing gum. “Some have gone to their villages for a festival and haven’t returned so far. And then, it’s Thursday, Manu will be helping her parents sell garlands at a temple.” Even so, at least children are present.
Keeping the students focused is quite a task. “Many bring along younger siblings as there’s no one at home and they are assigned baby sitting duties”, says Chaudhary. Crawling babies aren’t the only distraction. As the senior class, backs leaning against the boundary wall, learns geometrical shapes, a different scene is playing out right behind. A policeman has spotted someone in the abandoned block of flats nearby and with remarkable agility, has jumped over the wall to inspect. As he gives chase, several children run away. The school teachers carry on as if nothing has happened. Essentially, the mobile school is able to do its job, stopping at four contact points, where it can enroll a maximum of 40 students per stop. But even those who haven’t enrolled and are merely hanging around the area are welcome.
Questions:
(a) Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or short phrases will be accepted.
(i) Abandoned
(ii) Parallel
(iii) Agility
(b) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words.
(i) What is the aim of launching mobile learning centers?
(ii) What subjects are children taught at these centers?
(iii) What gadgets does the school bus contain?
(iv) Who launched this project and when?
(v) What reasons are given for thin attendance?
(c) What type of distractions are mentioned in the passage? Write in your own words in not more than 50 words.
Answers
Answer:
(i).Having been left. (ii).The lines which does not meet together,but having the same distance. (iii) Agility is the ability to change the direction of the body in an efficient and effective manner
i. To deliver education through a mobile learning center to children aged 3 to 14 who lack access to formal education, such as children living in slum areas or on the street.
iii. This school is a bright yellow bus kitted out with cabinets, blackboard, water dispenser, ladder, a canopy, teaching aids and an LCD TV.
iv. Launched by Delhi Government’s Department of Education in February 2008.
Explanation:
Answer:
(a)
i. immoderate
ii. side by side
iii. move quickly
(b)
i. the aim is to bring underprivileged kids into the mainstream and prepare them for government schools
ii. children's are taught Hindi , English, mathematics and are give tips of health and hygiene twice a week
iii. the school has bright yellow bus kitted out with cabinets , blackboards , water dispenser, ladder , canopy, teaching aids and LCD TV
iv. the project was launched by Delhi government's department of education in February 2008 is run by butterflies, an NGO
v. the reason for low attendence is some have gone to their villages for festival and haven't returned so far .
(c)
In 50 words
Distraction are kids bring there younger siblings as there is no one at home . crawling babies disturb even more and senior class backs learning again the boundary wall learning against the boundary wall learns geometrical shapes a different scene is playing out right beside classroom these are the distraction by which kids get distracted
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