Report LEA - 2014

Organized under UNFPA-MHRD supported Adolescence Education Programme

Regional Center: Delhi Date: 05/12/2014

Venue: A-31, sector 62, NOIDA, Regional Centre Delhi Campus

No. of participating AIs:10

No. of participating Tutors:10 No. of participating Learners: 300

NIOS Regional Centre, Delhi organized the Learners’ Engagement Activity at Regional

Centre Delhi campus, A-31, sector 62, NOIDA on 5th December 2014.

As a precursor a consultative workshop was organized on November 25, 2014 with an

objective of coordination amongst all the stake-holders at the Regional centre before the commencement of LEA fair. Ms. Bhawana Dhayani Regional Director Delhi region and

Ms. Shakeba Umar SEO (AEP) took the sessions. Ms. Dhayani welcomed all the participants and shared the agenda of the programme. Ms. Umar provided background

and the concept of Learner Engagement Activity- 2014. Ms. Dhayani shared detailed Guideline of activities to be conducted under LEA, 2014, Programme Schedule of LEA-

2014 and administrative documents and Prizes with the participants. Topics for Poster making competition and Creative writing were also shared. The Judges for the three

activities of LEA-2014, Venue and date of LEA- 2014 were finalized with mutual consultation. 5 tutors from 10 AIs, 3 Master Trainers along with the Regional Centre

Staff and AEP Staff attended this workshop.

To maintain the feel of Learner Engagement fair and to help learners to connect with

NIOS, it was decided to organize first Learner Engagement Activity, LEA 2014 in the

open areas of Delhi Regional Centre campus. It was also decided that with the help of

design work provided by AEP unit the ambiance of the event should be made festive and

have the appeal of a fair. To take the idea further

it was also decided to provide a cap with NIOS Logo to all participating learners. Whole campus

was decorated with LEA related standees, posters, Banners and danglers provided by AEP

unit and balloons, which made the event eye -

catching and helped in motivating learners to

participate in the event with great enthusiasm

and motivation. In order to exploit the

opportunity for NIOS advocacy, NIOS information desk and NIOS advocacy materials,

Standees banners were also placed at venue. NIOS published materials, SLMs, audio and

video materials developed by NIOS, advocacy folders were also made available to the

learners.

For deeper outreach to ensure maximum participation of learners, AEP unit and RC Delhi

exploited diverse media. To provide the skill enhancement and vocational opportunities

with support from MUL. AIR FM Gold the media partner for AIWEFA covered the day long LEA held at Delhi. Many learners participated in LEA by getting information and

motivation through teaser posters uploaded on NIOS website, and by getting information through AIR FM Gold.

Regional Director Delhi personally welcomed all the participants. Although a registration

desk was put up at the entrance of Regional office for registration of AIs and learners

some more registration tables needed to be arranged to deal with the influx of learners.

Inaugural Ceremony Amidst the enthusiastic gathering of more than 300 learners, the traditional lamp was lit

by Ms. Bhawana Dhyani- Regional Director NIOS, Ms Asheema Singh, Project

Coordinator, Adolescence Education Programme, Mr. P.M.Pankaj and Mr. Gurdev

Singh- Asst. Regional Director, Delhi along with, Ms. Shakeba Umar and Dr. Preeti soni

(SEO) Adolescence Education Programme. Ms. Dhyani, Regional Director NIOS Delhi

Region warmly welcomed all the learners to the event and provided an overview of Learner Engagement Activity. The rationale behind celebration of the event was

explained in brief by Ms Asheema Singh. Ms Singh also focused on the importance of learning specially through Self learning Materials, she advised learners not to use guides

available in the market for their study. After this all learners took pledge that they shall attend PCP sessions regularly to enhance their learning and shall never use cheap guides

available in the market to pass the exams. AIR FM Gold covered the day long LEA held at Delhi

Sl. No. Name Designation and Address

Dr. G. Bhardwaj Director, School of Performing and Visual Arts, IGNOU

Dr. Ravi Shankar J. D. Media, NIOS

Mr. S.K. Prasad SAP, NIOS,

Ms. Sanchita Bhattacharya SEO, (PAE), NIOS

5 Dr. D.D. Aggarwal Retd Professor, School of Open Learning, Delhi university

Name of panel of Judges:

1 2

3

4

Name of prize winners:

Position Name AI number and Address

First Yusra Ansari and group 270308, Rasta Girls School, Khora,NOIDA

Second Renu and group 210561, St. Teressa Convent School, New Delhi

Third Shreya and group 450019, Amar Jyoti School, Delhi

Activity 1 Role Play

A total of 5 groups participated in the Role

Play Competition. The groups were motivated

and mentored by the tutors of concerned AIs

to give out their best. The group members

discussed the topic chosen and made a

thorough rehearsal. They provided adequate

attention in developing the contents and

making modification after analyzing the

issues from various perspectives.

The discussion I had in my group of

role play was a brainstorming one. We

analysed what could be the possible

answers to a question, before that I

always had one answer to that

question. It was a great learning

experience.

-Rani

Rasta Girls School, Khoda, NIODA

Creative Expression through Writing and Poster making competition Youth

Festival 2014:-

Activity 2 Creative Writing Competition In the Creative Writing Competition, a total of 89 learners participated. The list of topics along with

guidelines was provided to the learners before the commencement of the competition. The learners

were provided 10 minutes to decide upon the topic. For better understanding of the topic, the

participants interacted with the Master Trainer and in charge of the Creative Writing competition,

Ms. Ajit Ahluwalia.

From the comprehensive list of topics, the topics selected by the learners were: “I do not have fears

for examination”, “I am a happy learner”, “I can learn while I earn”, “My education needs are

fulfilled in my study centre” and “NIOS opens the door to a better future”.

There were two panels of Judges one for Hindi medium entries and one for English medium

separately.

It is a matter of pride that all the three prize winners Ms. Neha, Ms.Renu and Ms. Pinki Chaurasya were selected for the first phase of National Youth Festival being held at NCERT.

Name of panel of Judges:

Sl. No. Name Designation and Address

1. Dr. Sandhya Kumar D.D Academic, NIOS

2. Mr. Shyam Singh Retired Principal, Govt. School, Delhi

3. Ms. Rubina Gul Shikhar, New Delhi

4. Dr. Saumya Rajan Academic Officer English, NIOS

5. Dr. B.K. Rai Academic Officer Hindi, NIOS

6. Dr. R.R.Sharma Tutor, New Stewart School, Cuttack

7. Ms. Ajit Ahluwalia Master trainer, NIOS, Delhi Region

Name of prize winners:

Position

Name AI number and Address

First Kavita 990022, Sh. Chhedalal Commercial College Bhola Nath Nagar, (Near Mani

Ram Mandir) Data Entry Operations, Shahdara - 110032, Delhi

Pinki Chowrasya 270224, Cosmos Public School, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-96

Second Neha 990017, St. John’s Vocational , 119, Anand Gram, Tahirpur (Near Dilshad

Garden), Shahdara-110095

Pinki Kumari 270224 Cosmos Public School, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-96

Third Soni 990022, Sh. Chhedalal Commercial College Bhola Nath Nagar, (Near Mani

Ram Mandir) Data Entry Operations, Shahdara - 110032, Delhi

Renu 450019, Amar Jyoti School, Delhi

Activity 3 Poster Making Competition A total of 180 learners participated in the Poster Making Competition. The learners took ample time

to select the topics of their choice. Amarjoti made a clean sweep of all the prizes. Ms. Athira Vishwanathan and Mr. Divyanshu Gupta were also able to secure a place for the first phase of

National Youth Festival being held at NCERT. Name of panel of Judges:

Position Name Designation and Address

1 Mr. Hafeez Ahmed Jamia Millia islamia, New Delhi

2 Dr.J. Bhagoria IGNOU, New Delhi

3 Mr. M.L. Jharotia Rtrd. Sr. Graphics Artist, NIOS

4 Mr. V.K.Chauhan

Assistant Director, NIOS

Name of prize winners:

After the competitions were over, the participants were shown different films developed by NIOS

and AEP unit. These included films on Stress Management, Yeh Dosti and Pate ki Baat, a national

award winning movie.

“LEA 2014” had a resounding closing with the Valedictory session. The prizes were distributed by

Chief Guest Dr. Kuldeep Agarwal, Director Academic, NIOS. On this occasion Dr. Agarwal

interacted with the participants and focused on the importance of learning. He emphasized on the

connection of education to life and livelihood. He said that this relationship becomes even more

relevant when education is linked to life and well being. He also appreciated the kind of participation

from the learners in LEA 2014 and asked learners to attend PCP sessions at their AIs with same

enthusiasm and motivation. All the 300 participants took an oath to apply the learning in real life

Sl. No. Name AI number and Address

1 Athira Vishwanathan 450019, Amar Jyoti School, Delhi

2 Kajal 450019, Amar Jyoti School, Delhi

3 Divyanshu Gupta 450019, Amar Jyoti School, Delhi

situations. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Agarwal had a word of appreciation for Ms. Dhayani,

Regional Director, Delhi Region, the Regional Centre Staff, Media Unit and AEP staff. He

congratulated the Master Trainers, Tutors from the participating AIs who had contributed to the

success of this programme. He also thanked UNFPA for having introduced LEA in NIOS. Vote of

thanks was delivered by Mr. Gurdev Singh.

Learnings from LEA 2014:

The success of “LEA 2014” at Delhi Region lies in the 5

Ps: Programme, Planning, Promotion, Place, and

Participation. The fact that it managed to bring a large

number of learners from vastly different backgrounds to

come together and prepare a cultural fest, the space and

time made available to the learners made a huge impact on

the success of the programme. Every learner who participated in the event got a certificate of

participation. Apart from different activities learners showcased their talents in the form of singing,

dancing and music.

Challenges Faced/ Suggestions:

• Monitoring was not done .

• This kind of event should be conducted for learners of block-i and block-ii as well.

• Provision should be made for reimbursement of transportation expenditures of the learners.

• Food allowance was not enough

“ NIOS is a school of my dream as

it provides us very good study material from which we can learn

& understand everything easily at

home.……….NIOS opens doors to

a better future for all .” Vinni Rawat

Daffodil Public School, Narela, Delhi-40