The Kau Dake Ka Wall Chart is central to the teaching process in the
Learning Centres. It is based on the Kau Dake workbook, which
engages the children with meaningful activities and exercises and helps
teachers to lead and guide their learning. The Kau Dake Ka workbook
introduced teachers to a new paradigm of constructivist teaching without
rules like SLRW (seeing-listening-reading-writing) etc. wherein they
helped children build on understanding and skills that they already had.
It gave children fun activities whereby they learnt, and guided teachers
to develop their teaching lessons, in a systematic progression that would
keep the interest of the children kindled all the time.
When schools closed due to the pandemic induced lockdown,
Agragamee took up the challenge of helping tribal children continue their
education in remote regions, where no internet was accessible, and
even teachers did not have the skills to take up the challenge of blended
online working. It also addressed the problem of learning for the first and
second graders. This was done by opening up village level learning
centres, and have the LC teachers teach in shifts, to avoid crowding,
and ensure social distancing. However, actual teaching was more
difficult, as the edu-leader village volunteers did not have any
experience, or skills for teaching. In addition, Agragamee also was short
on resources, and could not afford reprinting of the workbook.