Hullo, from Talimi Haq School!
Many thanks to Mr Clarence Fisher from from Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada - for providing the impetus to start this blog.
This picture is from 2000, taken by Jean Cassagne from France. Our school room has changed. The old building was demolished and a new structure was constructed in 2005. Friends and well-wishers from all over India and the world sent donations for our new premises. But we treasure the memories of the early days of our school.
In this blog, we will share our experience of running a school for non-formal learning. The school is in Priya Manna Basti, a century-old jute workers' settlement in the Shibpur locality of Howrah. The people in Priya Manna Basti are predominantly Urdu-speaking Muslims.
Talimi Haq means "right to education" in Urdu. It also means "truth is learning". Al-Haq is one of the sacred names of God in Islam.
The school was established by Howrah Pilot Project in 1998, as part of a community development programme in PM Basti.
Children between 3-12 study here. We prepare children to join the local primary school. Some 500 children have studied in Talimi Haq School. Right now there are about 120 children with us.
3 comments:
This is a wonderful development! I am so happy to see this blog and I very much look forward to hearing the stories that you have to tell us about your lives.
Please tell us what we can do to help you in this project.
Hi there! I heard about your blog from a link on Mr Fisher's blog. I am an English as a Second Language teacher in Provo, Utah, USA. I am from Vancouver, Canada, but I have been working and studying in the USA for the past couple of years. Welcome to the Edu-blogosphere!
Thank you very much for your visit and comment! We hope to be in touch! Best
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