The project is designed to make the curriculum relevant, effective and responsive to the

needs of local and global society. Curricular reforms focus on the five learning areas
which stress integration and alternative approaches to teaching and learning. Thus,
learning competencies in all areas have been redefined for clarity and focus on societal
needs, and articulated with the secondary level.
 
Likewise, instructional materials that will address the needs of the children and help
improve their performance have been developed. 

Dream Project

REASONS OF DROPOUT
Category: RESEARCH
(ACCORDING TO RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN OUR COUNTRIES-)
The problem of dropout is a very complex one, concerning all the aspects of the school
community: the educational system, teachers and students, the families and the society around
them
A. Reasons related to the school
The malfunctions of the modern educational system combined with old-fashioned teaching
methods and unqualified personnel are creating the circumstances for the students` dropout. 

 Grade- obsessed educational systems which increase rivalry and competitiveness at

school. Students may become irrationally selfish and the feeling of loneliness prevails.
 Educational programs and curricula are not challenging, not grabbing students’ attention,
not allowing them to be creative.
 Heavy schedules with too many classes result in lack of free time for the students’
hobbies and personal interests
 Number of students per class (too high)
 Difficult transition between education levels
 Grade retention
 The lack of school social facilities.
 The insufficient number of secondary schools obliges the students in rural areas where
school age population is low to stay in boarding schools away from home, or carried by bus
to remote schools in the province center .
 Administrators’ and teachers’ attitudes
 Teacher- centered learning, when it prevails, promotes parrot learning and more
theoretical than practical knowledge- does not give students the chance to take active part in
the education process and it does not take into consideration any distinctiveness among
students.
 Unfairly applied school rules
 Teachers’ qualifications and teachers’ in service training.
 The intercultural schools do not function properly. The main culture is imposed to the
minorities, the students - belonging to them- feel oppressed.

B Personal reasons
In the school environment these conditions interact with personal reasons of the students, who
are adolescents at the difficult and vulnerable age of 12 till 16 years 

 Violence among schoolmates and bullying at schools

  Fear of failure, failure and apathy against school. Poor students’ performance combined
with repeated academic failure, can reduce the students’ self-esteem. The disappointment
that children feel at school may make them indifferent towards studying or aggressive to
their peers. Also, they may have some discipline problems.
 Truancy
 Lack of motivation and interest towards school (students find it boring)
 Learning difficulties and school adaptation problems
 Lack of trust in teachers, 
 Friends/ Peer pressure (Bad influences)
 Physical changes and puberty cause disorientation
 Harmful habits - going to internet cafes and playing games
 Health problems
 Marriage
 Teenage pregnancy
 Conflict with the law
 Subcultures
 Low level of competences in the official language of the host country

C. Family problems 
The school-parent collaboration could manage problems such as the ones mentioned above, but
family issues aggravate the situations. 

 Dysfunctional families ( domestic violence, alcoholism) and difficult relationship

between parents (divorce - broken family)
 The child cannot take any responsibilities related to school
 Family attitudes towards education - lack of support from parents. Parents may be
indifferent about their children’s progress and they may also underestimate education as
one of the most important priorities set to students, or they may impose too much pressure
to their students. Both situations are provoking children's reaction.
 Low level of parents’ education – it is difficult for them to encourage their children to
learn.
 Concerns of family
 Moral of family
 Family structure
 Lack of positive role models in the family
 Being the eldest child of the house
  Bias of the family
 Illnesses

D. Social reasons
The economical, political and social crisis in our days brought new problems, because of their
effect to the labor market, the relations between social groups and finally to the school process. 

 The effect of gender differences

 Social environment
 Lack of employment – students claim that they do not have the chance to be successful in
their future life
 Financial support to families in need– some of the students have to work to give their
families financial support
 Difficult integration of families of immigrants or of religious minorities
 Families which live in mountainous, poor, remote or even isolated regions don't think that
the education is among their first priorities.
 Population effect
 Negative effect of community leaders and media
 Child labor. Parents’ unemployment - financial problems lead families to mobility or
urge children to get a job.
 Seasonal migration

E. Political facts

 Distrust of educational policy

 Dress code
 Safety and terror
 Distrust towards the government political opinions

MFR project

Developing strong reading skills in students is one of the key goals of every early
education program. It is through reading that students expand their vocabulary
and learn about the world. Reading is also the key to success in spelling and
writing.
Sometimes there may be an undiagnosed learning difficulty to blame – as is the
case for students who struggle with dyslexia or slow processing. In these
situations parents and educators are tasked with understanding the root of the
problem and providing children with appropriate coping strategies, to ensure they
continue to progress and achieve reading milestones.
SNN project

Mathematics is the forebearer of the very tag – “difficult”.

In fact, it has become acceptable for certain students to perform
badly in this subject.

If examined carefully, one cannot deny that it is a very negative

trend. Why should any student be poor in any subject?
Especially when that subject deals with logic and reasoning!
Here we are going to discuss 10 significant reasons as to why
students fail in Mathematics.
1. Attitude Towards Learning The Subject

Everything depends on one’s attitude towards the subject in

question. The student mindset plays an important role.
If a student thinks from the beginning that he will not be able to
perform well in the subject, he will end up developing a phobia
towards Mathematics.
This in turn will affect his learning ability and performance.
The positive attitude can bring about a lot of difference. It will act as
a confidence booster.
2. Method of Teaching
Ideally, Mathematics should be taught in a way that is easy to
comprehend.
The technique should be such that students can relate to it even
after the class is over.
If the method of teaching is proper, the students will be able to add,
subtract, divide, and multiply without using a calculator.
But, more often than not, mathematics teachers rely on methods
that are difficult to grasp.
They might appear all right on pen and paper. But when its
application comes to the world outside the classroom, problems
starts to arise.
3. A Lack of Connection Between The Subject and Students

One of the many reasons why students fail in mathematics!

Students are unable to develop a connection between the subject
and themselves.
They treat the subject as something alien to them. Something that is
unknown and scary!
Such students remain absent from the mathematics class. This
hampers their learning ability.
They cannot keep a track between the previous class and the one
that they are attending.
4. Self Doubt

Peer pressure is another reason why students fail in mathematics.

They are unable to cope up with the pressure to perform at school.
This along with a constant comparison with other good students
leads to the rise of self-doubt.
Once self-doubt sets in, it becomes difficult to recover. Eventually,
the student’s ability to perform well in mathematics is hampered
forever.
Students might not voice out but in reality, they are very scared of
the subject. They look out for ways to avoid learning the subject.
5. Low IQ

Many might not agree. But one cannot overlook the role one’s IQ
plays in learning mathematics.
This area is kept under wraps because no one wants to accept that
his or her child has low IQ.
But the fact remains, some kids don’t have the ability to grasps
numbers as easily as others. Thus their low IQ affects their learning
graph.
6. Short Attention Span

Some students get easily distracted. They cannot remain attentive

throughout the math’s class.
Their attention wanders and they stop paying any interest. When
asked to solve a problem in class they falter and become the center
of jokes.
Parents should make sure that their child pays more attention in the
classroom.
Both the teacher and parents can use different learning aids to
make mathematics appear interesting.
7. Lack of Understanding About Signs and Symbols

Mathematics is a tricky subject. Especially when it comes to the

signs, symbols and significance.
There are many adults who are not very good at it as well.
For a below average student in mathematics, the chances of getting
confused between the different mathematical signs and symbols is
quite high.
If the student fails to put the degree sign in geometrical problems or
the right unit after solving a sum, his marks are deducted.
Knowing where to put what sign and symbol is a vital part of
learning mathematics.
8. Teacher Student Ratio

Generally, a classroom has 15-20 students with a single teacher

teaching the subject. This results in poor teacher student ratio.
The teacher in his desire to teach the topic fails to pay attention to
every student. He has only a vague idea as to which student is good
and which is below average.
Only after class tests are conducted, the teacher gets a clear idea of
his students’ abilities.
9. Many Mathematics Teachers are not well versed In the Subject

This might appear as a bit of out of the box reason, but it cannot be
ignored completely.
Also Read: How To Make Homework Less Stressful For
Students

There are many teachers who do not have an in-depth knowledge of

the subject.
There are many teachers who perform well in mathematics but
when asked to teach, they somehow falter.
Not all teachers can teach well. Teaching is an art. Not everyone is
well versed in it.
10. Accessible Textbooks

There are many schools where the students cannot afford to buy the
textbooks.
If the textbook-pupil ratio is in order, it is not difficult to teach the
subject.
If the scenario is reversed, where the students have to depend on
the school to access the textbooks, it will hamper the performance
power of the students.
All the above-mentioned problems can be solved if they are
detected at the right time. Parents and teachers need to make a
joint effort to improve a student’s performance.
This will help them deal with anxiety, peer pressure, and self-doubt.
The student in question will be able to improve his performance
gradually.
Parents can appoint tutors who will be able to give personalized
attention. Proper guidance and regular practice will turn the tide in
the favor of the student.
So what are you waiting for?
If your child is afraid of math, it is time to have a serious discussion
with him.
Look out for the above-mentioned factors.
Does your child suffer from any of it? Try to find out what is
bothering him and work around it.
Together you can help your children overcome their fears and make
them confident about the subject.

TEA project
When it comes to learning, experts are always looking for the best tools and
tactics for educating children. While many of these trends are actually strong and
worthy of implementation, adoption of them within schools can be haphazard.
Some believe that public education in the United States is broken, which often
drives schools to look at ways to reform, sometimes too rapidly. Teachers can be
faced with mandated changes in tools, curriculum, and best practices as
administrators race to adopt the latest and greatest trends. However, these
constant changes can lead to inconsistency and frustration, making teachers' lives
more difficult. Adequate training isn't always made available, and many teachers
are left to fend for themselves to figure out how to implement whatever has been
adopted.

On the flip side, some schools are resistant to change, and teachers who are
educated about learning trends may not receive funding or support to adopt
them. This can lead to a lack of job satisfaction and teacher turnover, and it can
hold students back from delving into a new way to learn that may actually help
them achieve more.

TIN project/SCCS 4P’s

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think

–  Albert Einstein

The real and practical experiences received by the people with help of
games, sports, arts, literary, culture, etc are known as co-curricular
activities earlier known as Extra-curricular Activities.  To a greater extent,
the theoretical knowledge gets strengthened and supplemented with
relevant co-curricular activities related to the content taught in the
classroom. Academic aspects of personality are solely accomplished by
classroom, while aesthetic development, character building, spiritual growth,
physical growth, moral values, creativity, etc.  are supported by co-curricular
activities. The execution of academic contents like frankness and clarity in
language, creativity and innovation, and overall personality development is
supported by co-curricular activities. It helps to develop co-ordination,
adjustment, speech fluency, extempore expressions, etc. among students
both at the college as well as in the society.

Besides academics, co-curricular and extra co-curricular activities play instrumental

role in shaping and making overall growth and development of human mind. No
doubt, one should primarily focus on academic activities to learn and excel the
scholarly qualities. However, it is extra co-curricular activities like sports, games, art
and culture, etc that provide a good platform for a child/student to outshine his/her
latent potentials to compete with the challenges that come on his/her way. In fact, it
enables the children/students to enter into the unopened doors of their lives and
become wise enough to go on the ways of the world. The co-curricular activities
such as their participation in group activities like debates, quizzes, group
discussion, essay completions, brain storming sessions, their interaction with peer
groups, etc. make them learn practically and enter into the real life challenges and
overcome them by their knowledge and competence.   The co-curricular activities
facilitate in the multi-facets development of various domains of mind and
personality such as intellectual development, emotional development, social
development, moral development and aesthetic development. Creativity,
enthusiasm, energetic, and positive thinking are some of the important outcomes of
the personality development achieved by co-curricular activities.