JSKS were organized a discussion meeting with Police, Court and Hospital at Dinajpur under Reduction of Gender Based Violence through Community Endeavour (ROGVICE) Project on last June 17, 2015. Mr. Ruhul Amin, Superintendent of Police (SP)-Dinajpur were attended as Chief Guest and the Representative of Civil Surgeon were attended as special guest. All guests are committed to resist violence against women.
Author: Mustafa Kamal
Material Development Workshop’15 for SBK & Pre-primary
Objective:
- To enhance skill development for play & corner material making.
- To learn how to prepare low cost play materials through using local raw and junk materials in local level for their children.
- Participants feel the value of play materials for child development.
- To enhance communities ownership on the ECCD program.
We have completed material development workshop for 150 SBKs & 35 Pre-primaries of Chirirbandar Upazila (6 Unions) for CY’2015. MDWs were organized daylong per batch centrally based. There was total 10 batches material development workshops 02 for Pre-schools & 08 for SBKs. Total 294 participants (19 male & 275 female) were actively participated at different venues. Each workshop day long start from 9:30am to 4:30pm held on 26 February’15 and ending 12 March’15. All participants were come from 21 villages in Chirirbandar Upazila. In workshops participated the concern SBK’s facilitators, pre-school teachers, community learning resource persons (CLRP), resource trainers (RT), DAC Plan International Bangladesh, VDC, SMC & CMC members. Material development workshops organized & facilitated by JSKS and assisted by VDC.
Outcome of the Workshops:
- Participants and community people have learned how to prepare play materials for their children by junk & raw material.
- Participants enhance skill develop for play materials make by junk and raw materials.
- Lots of play materials are developed in that 10 batches workshops (08 for SBK & 02 for PP).
- VDC, SMC & CMC persons provided physical voluntary service for material development workshop (full day). So, they feel ownership on ECCD interventions.
- Participant’s enjoyed those activities.
- Participants and community people understand the important of play materials.
After ending the workshop huge numbers of play materials have been produce / developed. Ending the workshops all materials have been distributed to 150 SBK facilitators and 35 pre-primary teachers.
JSKS conducted School debate competition on March 31, 2015
Most of women’s work is considered household work without any monetary remuneration and therefore not valued. The existing definition of work counts only activities undertaken in anticipation of economic return. Since there is no economic return that means women do not work. Non-recognition and undervaluation leads to the inferior status of women at home and outside. JSKS strongly believes that women are making great contribution in every sector yet do not get the dignity and respect they deserve.
To explore the authenticity in this regard, JSKS has conducted School debate competition today at Ghoshpur High School Hall room. The subject matter of this debate competition is ‘Recognition of monetary value of women’s household works can increase their dignity’. There were participate two teams; Ranipur High School versus Ghoshpur High School. The position of Ranipur High School’s team was in favor of the subject matter and Ghoshpur High School was opponent.
Three debaters of Ranipur High School were Razia Sultana, Rishad Islam and team leader Md. Moniruzzaman and other three debaters of Ghoshpur High School were Md. Khalekuzzaman, Zahid Hasan and team leader Arnika Farzana (Aankhee).
The program was presided by Md. Azizul Islam, Head teacher of Ghoshpur High School; The Ceief guest was Mustafa Kamal, Executive Director, JSKS. The debate function has raised lot of information and the debate went lively. Hundreds of general students, teachers, and other guests enjoyed the debate competition.
Ranipur High School is winner and the best debater is Md. Moniruzzaman and the runner up Arnika Farzana (Aankhee) of Ghoshpur High School.