Resource Center
Honorary Chairperson: Mrs. Prema Veeraraghavan
Honorary Members
- Ms. A. Meenakshi
- Mrs. Suseela Raghavan
- Mrs. Revathi Srinivas
- Ms. Malathi Gopalakrishnan
Mrs Prema Veeraraghavan M.Sc., B.Ed.
Mrs Prema Veeraraghavan has been involved in the educational field for more than three decades. She has great experience in developing teaching methodologies for primary education. She has created set of science laboratory using improvised low cost materials in various city and rural schools. She is contributing science articles for Young World. She is working with dropout children from various schools to put them back in main stream.
She has won CASTME U.K. award in the year 1998 for innovative teaching.
Suseela Raghavan has been serving the field of education for more than three decades. She has diverse background and is contributing to curriculum development for formal and non-formal education. She is a writer of Geography text books for middle schools. She is an active member in Geography Association and has organised field trips for teachers and students to reinforce the basic concepts of Geography.
Ms. Malathi Gopalakrishnan M.A., M.Ed.
Ms. Malathi Gopalakrishnan is in the field of education since 1964 and is serving as Principal of Primary Schools for about two decades. She has organised Teachers Resource Centers, Teachers Educational Courses, conducted Workshops, In-service Training, developed Learning Packages and Primary Curriculum Material. She has won CASTME U.K award twice for innovative teaching and also won National Award for Children's work.
Ms. A. Meenakshi M.Sc., M.Ed.
Ms. Meenakshi is in the field of education as a higher secondary school teacher for about 40 years. She has conducted Workshops, In-service Trainings and Educational courses. She has authored Science text books for Primary and Chemistry text books for middle schools. She is also practising Pranic Healing and has helped many people getting cured from acute illnesses.
Mrs. Revathi Sreenivas has undergone Kindergarten training. She has been in the field of primary teaching for the past 23 years. She captures the young mind through music and story telling. She is an excellent Arts and Crafts teacher. She has been conducting classes in home science for National Open School children.
Consultants
Mrs. Prema Daniel has a Post Graduate degree in Home Science specialised in Child Development. She started her career as a lecturer in Govt. College, established and ran a nursery school in Salem, and served S.C.S. Kothari Academy for Women, Chennai for 18 years in the capacity of a Coordinator in the Department of Early Childhood Education. She has developed course material for Pre primary Teacher Training and Early Childhood Education for Tamil Nadu Open University. She has visited Conestoga College, Toronto, Canada on an exchange programme and has rich experience in the field of Early Childhood Education. She has co-authored the book ‘Play Activities for Child Development’ with Mrs. Mina Swaminathan, and has developed and edited many other books related to pre-school children. She is well known in the whole of South India as an expert in Early Childhood Education. She runs a Centre for Training and Resources in Early Childhood Education in Chennai.
Mrs. Uma Shankari Chandrashekaran M.A (Psychology) trained in Special
Education for Mentally Handicapped Children, obtained a diploma in Early Childhood
Education and has done a Course on “Educational Implications of Bilingualism &
Multilingualism in Early Childhood”, at Mount Carmel Training Center, Haifa, Israel.
Having served as Special Teacher for Mentally Handicapped Children for about 8 years, she has started and is running her own Pragati Pre-school in Neyveli for the past 14 years. She has participated in various organizations to develop curriculum for Early Childhood Education. To her credit, she has translated into Tamil the book “Play Activities for Child Development” written by Mrs. Mina Swaminathan & Mrs. Prema Daniel.
She has been a Resource person for training programmes conducted by Vidyarambam Trust and Organisation of Muslim Educational Institutions in Tamil Nadu.
New Concept introduced
It has been observed that the children, once they leave Vidyarambam and join schools, the influence of the school prevails over what they gained and the values start fading out. Having convinced of the quality education the rural children get from Vidyarambam, the parents from many parts of Tamilnadu have been demanding Vidyarambam’s support in education continuously until the wards complete at least Class Six. Similarly the sponsors who invest huge money are anxious to see that the imparted quality sustains in children for long.
Hence the new concept has been introduced this year by which every village will have all the three levels of learning centers.
- KID for pre-primary and Class I
- Support Course for Class 2 & 3
- Support Course for Class 4 & 5
This will mean a child joing Vidyarambam at pre-school level will have the support until he completes Class 5. This way we ensure the quality of education, behaviour and attitude that she gains from Vidyarambam for 5 full years sustains for ever thereafter.
The curriculum and the methodology have been upgraded to suit the new concept.