Literacy classes has started again

Our literacy class has started again after the break, three weeks early. Our teacher, Ravi, has the opportunity to stay in Delhi for his German studies for a few more months, and of course we support him in this decition. His brother Vijay, has agreed to continue to teach in his absence, and as the students were impatient for the class to start again, there was no reason to wait until October. As far as we know, Ravi plans to come back to us from December/January.

The class started on september 11th, but shortly after Vijay got sick and had to take time off to recover. He is now back on his feet and the classes have began again. The classes are still held in front of/inside the house of Aryan's* family and we are grateful that the family allows us to hold the class at their place for now. Most of the children in the family participate in class, so this makes attendence more easy for them too.

We have added two more classes to our literacy project, but as it turns out Vijay gives not six but eight classes a week! We really appriciate his dedication! The classes are held in the morning or late afternoon and he teaches four classes in Hindi and four in English. He has devided the class in two; one group for the more advanced students with good motivation and work ethic, and one class for the ones who struggle more and needs more of his time during class. We are told that some of the students are getting quite good, and some of them might even be good candidates for 9th grade from July 2018. We are especially happy to hear that this includes at least one boy who stopped after grade 8 a couple of years back. This has been one of our goals for the literacy project. We are also told that most of the students have made progress, but of course some of them need more time than others to learn.

We are also happy to hear that Kat, who works as a volunteer for Friends in Khajuraho Association, has joined Vijay in Tikri this past week. She likes to sit in Hindi class to learn the hindi alphabet, and she also teaches English together with Vijay. This must be very exciting for our students, and they also get the best English class possible! Teaching in Tikri is not one of her assignments, but she is more than welcome to be part of our literacy project as long as she wants to!