Dear Ben,
You have written:
> So, I am thinking of writing to such institutes. I
> can write to them explaining our success story with
> IIM free coaching initiative. Who knows, some
> institutes may come forward to help students
> sponsored by us.
Do I understand that if some institutions, which teach
Spoken English, or Functional English, or English
Enrichment or whatever they might call their English
courses, are prepared to admit Dalit students from
poor background, Ambedkar Scholarship program will be
prepared to pay their fees? If so, please let me know.
There are plenty of institutes around (in Delhi and
elsewhere) that teach English and plenty of students
too who would benefit a lot from such English
coaching. I can even advertise to get the names of
more such needy students and will be glad to have them
get in touch with an English institute of their choice
in their neighborhood where they can improve their
English abilities.
Regards,
Satinath
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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:36:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Vijay burgula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free coaching - we need your help
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
YO!!!!!
Ya we're somewhere involved in all this and what's
important is functional competence in English which
sadly enough, neither govt (which has decided to start
English classes from this year) nor the NGOs know what
to do with it. A curriculum needs to be developed that
can even be adapted or adopted by the govt. How's that
for a project idea? Developing a curriculum to impart
functional competence in English. More seriously, can
I converse in English with high school kids in
Amrabad, Mahabubnagar or any other dist in 3 yrs from
now? Its a qualitative indicator of the effectiveness
of this new pedagogy.
Vijay
surepally sujatha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Vijay,
This is Sujatha, are some where involved in this
coaching field. Please let me know.
sujatha surepally
--- Vijay burgula wrote:
> Look you guys
>
> We need kids with 5,000 words vocab capability in
> English - 5K is the minimum tolerance level for
> building capacities - that ought to be the norm
>
> Vijay
>
> Benjamin Kaila wrote:
> Friends,
> Our free coaching initiative is going on
> wonderfully well. Around 10 (may be more by now)
> students have already started their coaching and we
> have 60-70 applications pending waiting for the
> necessary documentation.
>
> Thanks to Ms Vinaya Khobragade, an ex-IIM and
> currently a bank vice-president in New York, for
> doing wonderful job as a coordinator. The credit to
> the success of this project goes to her in entirety.
>
> Now, I have a thought.
>
> I have been approached by several students and
> activists to help students to get coaching for
> BTech, BE, MBBS etc entrance exams. In Andhra, it is
> called EMCET. It is expensive and a very lucrative
> business.
>
> I am also thinking of English preparatory course
> for our students. Recently I interviewed a few
> students for our free coaching project. They are all
> have good credentials academically. But I realized
> that English is a big stumbling block for them. I
> encouraged them to talk in English however they can
> in our conversation. But after a sentence they were
> slipping back to their mother tongue while
> expressing their thoughts. I sympathize them as I
> came from similar or worse background.
>
> So, I am thinking of writing to such institutes. I
> can write to them explaining our success story with
> IIM free coaching initiative. Who knows, some
> institutes may come forward to help students
> sponsored by us. We have a track record of
> successfully implementation of scholarships project
> for 4 years and gained some credibility.
>
> My request to you is to send me a list of such
> institutes you know in India with complete postal
> address, telephone number, and contact person. I
> will communicate with them asking for partnership in
> helping the children who need most help
> academically.
>
> I am counting on you to help us.
>
> For details about our free coaching initiative,
> please visit our website www.ambedkarscholarship.org
> . You may help us spread this news and get students.
>
> With regards
> Benjamin Paul Kaila
>
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Dear Friends, in case you respond to any of my posts on any forum, please send
a copy of the same to the eaddress: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This ID is much less
cluttered, and letters on this ID are much less likely to escape my notice.
Regards,
Satinath Choudhary
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