General Activities
November 2023 Diwali Day – “Festival of Lights” was celebrated at the school. A grand Rangoli was drawn jointly by teachers and students. Symbolic firecrackers were lit and sweets were distributed…
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INNOVATION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
World over, high quality government funded public education systems are a proven bedrock for societal progress. In India, the scale of the demand poses a challenge for most governments across the country. Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) was founded to try and bring an innovative approach to address this challenge. Our mission is to develop a scalable and sustainable solution to improving educational outcomes for students and alumni of publicly funded government schools through active local community participation.
Gubbalala Higher Primary School (GHPS – Bangalore South) is a typical kannada medium government school that faces the regular challenges of infrastructure, student-teacher ratio and other challenges. GHPS was formally adopted by Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) through an MoU signed with the Karnataka Dept of Education, to adopt the school under the “Shale Dattu Yojana” scheme in Jan 2011.
Over the past years, TCF has partnered with the school in various ways including infrastructure support (water supply, bathroom facilities, additional lighting, etc.), student support (uniforms, stationery, medical checkups, etc.), teaching & academic support (additional teacher-aides hiring & funding, sponsorship for participation in external exams, etc.) including direct academic intervention through volunteers from our apartment complex. In recent years, we have expanded our partnership to include support for all the alumni of GHPS in pursuit of their academic desires in high school and beyond.
As we go past the TENTH anniversary of the establishment of Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) and our work with GHPS, we decided to take a look back on the journey to-date and reflect on where we’ve come since that first step. In this short Youtube linked video, you will see some highlights from our initial days, all the way to today as we continue to work hard at our mission of “develop a scalable and sustainable solution to improving educational outcomes for students and alumni of publicly funded government schools through active local community participation”
Over the last ten years, we have come a long way…and we are eternally grateful to all of you – our patrons – who have walked every step of the way with us, encouraging and motivating us on this journey. Our accomplishments are your successes. Our volunteers, our teachers and most importantly our students are the real heroes of the TCF journey and we, the trustees, wish to salute and thank them for these accomplishments.
Highlights
Dear friends of TCF,
We at Tranquil Charitable Foundation are always pushing for new and innovative ways to improve learning outcomes for our children at GHPS. Spearheading that effort has been our Academic Director Akila Radhakrishnan.
We are so proud and happy to share that some of the sterling work she has done is now getting formal recognition. Her work was recently published in the official Connect journal from Azim Premji University , one of India’s foremost institutes involved in education.
In her paper titled Spatial understanding and thinking for Early Childhood Education (ECE) Akila discussed how introducing spatial vocabulary through interactive activities in the foundation years paves the way for improved numeracy comprehension. Harnessing the power of spatial thinking, educators and carers empower young learners to navigate their educational journey with confidence and curiosity.
They say, Teachers plant seeds that grow forever. Akila exemplifies that each day.
For those interested,
Link to the article: https://practiceconnect.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/spatial-understanding-in-ece/
On behalf of the family of TCF, we wish to thank Akila for her support and engagement with TCF since the very beginning. We are blessed to have the opportunity to have her guide the academic environment at our school. The hardwork she puts in everyday translates to the many alumni who are now pursuing many professional courses and are responsible earning members of society.
Thank you Akila,
Trustees of TCF
Our Recent Activities
Pratibha Karanji
In continuation with TCF’s efforts for all round development of students at GHPS (Gubbalala Higher Primary School), there was wide participation by the students of different classes in the annual…
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Yoga Classes
Yoga Classes As part of extra curricular activities, a trained expert Yoga teacher (Ramesh Mahadev) has been engaged to teach yoga to students of class 6-7 once a week. Below…
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Independence Day
77th India Independence day was celebrated with great fanfare at the school. Preparations for the event started about three weeks in advance with choreographed dances/dramas being practiced every day. A…
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