Our Mission and Approach

Our mission at the Hejamady-Kodi Vidyaprasara Foundation (HKVP) founded school serves to bring
affordable and holistic education to the coastline of Hejamady and surrounding villages in rural Karnataka,
through effective schooling that cultivates independent thought, promotes the building of character, enabling students to
contribute to their communities in meaningful and positive ways.

 
 
 


PROBLEMS WE ADDRESS

Lack of affordable schooling in the
coastal village belt


Need for embracing a globally
relevant English Medium
Curriculum


School Drop out rates & Child
Labour


Shortage of Skilled & Qualified
Teachers


Educating the Girl Child

OUR PROJECT GOALS & OBJECTIVES

SET UP ENGLISH MEDIUM PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCHOOL
 

Globally Relevant Curriculum with Credible Academic Partnerships 21st Century Learning Tools with good classroom infrastructure
Teachers Professional Development


 
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
 

Value based holistic learning & development Sports & other extra curricular activities (Karate, Dance, Drawing..) Personal development Nation building activities (National Service Schemes & Scouts)


 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 

Leveraging School Campus for Night Schooling & ITI programs for imparting job relevant trainings for youth & school drop-outs Providing free / subsidized English medium schooling for poorest of village children Conducting Community Health Camps & Medical Check-ups


 


OUTCOMES

School to be known for its best
Undergraduate Curriculum by 2020
in the entire coastline of rural
Karnataka


Target student enrollment to reach
500 from current 352


Provide access to education for
children from Hejamady & nearby
6 - 7 villages


Reduce student drop-out rate
to 0%


Increase or equate the % of Girl
Students from current 47%
to 50%


 

Need for School in Hejamady-Kodi Village




A remote village at southern End of Udupi district of Karnataka

Villagers are primarily farmers & fishermen with average uncertain income of Rs.5,000 per month & who cant afford expensive private schooling in the city





Challenges
















The only government run Kannada medium school which is on the verge of closure for lack of students who cant compete with English medium schools & hence they drop out & work with their parents in fishing & farming activities



Have to travel for 2 hours to reach the nearest school in the city



Drop out rate is high due to high cost of private English medium education and non availability of a good English medium school nearby



Project Plan in Brief




To set up a new school building having about 20 Class Rooms, a Library, Computer Lab and other facilities
The School Building will be ground plus two floors premises
School will follow CBSE Board Curriculum and will provide English Medium education from "Nursery to 10th Standard" with
an expected student strength of 500
First phase of the school construction with ground floor with 7 class rooms has been completed in May 2014.
The second phase of the construction of 1st and 2nd floor of the school building has started in June 2015 and completed in
June 2017
Acquired playground of an acre of land to promote physical education. Currently working towards setting up of sport facilities.





The expected student strength over next 5 years is given below:

Year No.of students
2019-20 352
2020-21 400
2021-22 440
2022-23 480
2023-24 525




Progress So Far...




Formed a new Foundation as a Registered Society & obtained a license from the Government to set up the school in 2012.


Received recognition from the Commissioner of Income Tax under Section 80G, making the contributions eligible for Tax Exemption.


Started the Lower Kindergarten (LKG) and Upper Kindergarten (UKG) in April 2011.


Academic year 2019-20 has classes up to 7th Standard with a student strength of 352 with 12 teachers (A healthy Student – Teacher Ratio of 29:1) which is much better than the target number as per RTE Act that mandates a minimum of 30:1.


Academic Partnership with Pearson to implement the MyPedia learning curriculum with the focus on development of cognitive skills & high order thinking capabilities of the students.


Completed the construction of ground plus two floors of school premises during the month of June 2017.


Acquired an acre of land adjacent to school to promote physical education.


Raised about Rs.375 lacs as donation from the public for funding the construction expenditure.








Student Demographics

         


Standard Boys Girls Total
Nursery 10 12 22
LKG 23 26 49
UKG 25 19 44
1st Std. 19 17 36
2nd Std. 28 16 44
3rd Std. 13 17 30
4th Std. 25 18 43
5th Std. 11 13 24
6th Std. 17 11 28
7th Std. 17 12 32
Total 188 164 352






 
AN IMPRESSIVE AVERAGE GROWTH RATE with STUDENT DROP-OUT RATE AT 0%

 




Management Committee

Vinod Kotian
President


Ravindra Puthran
Co-President


Dayanand Hajamady
Vice President


Jayasheela Bangera
Secretary & Correspondent


Seetharam Kanchan
Joint Secretary


Bhojraj Karkera
Treasurer





 

Uday Kanchan
Joint Treasurer


Padmakar Kotian
Member and Chairman of Program Committee


Vijay Uchil
Member


Yadav Suvarna
Member


Gangadhar Kotian
Member


Sarita Mendon
Member




School Governance Board

Jayasheel Bangera
Rtrd. Head master, Christian High School, Udipi.


Prof. Max W. D’Costa
MPhil Mgmt, MBA HR, MSc IT, PG Cyber Law


Ravindra Puthran
B.Com, A.C.S., C.P.A (USA), LL.B





 

Sarita Mendon
B.Com, A.C.A.


Rajeshwari Salian
Principal of Vidyaprasara Vidyamandira English Medium School. MBA (HR), B.Ed, CA. Inter.