Disabled Children Educational Support services

SUBMITTED By AVINASH DIXIT Reg. No:-DSBSPGDMA1010

GUIDED By Prof. Susmita sarkar Professor, DSBS (Internal Guide) Mrs.vijaya (NGO Guide)

Dayanand Sagar Business School Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout Bangalore 560 078

Nov, 2011

Guide Certification

This is to certify that the project work entitled Disabled Children Educational
Support Services was carried-out under my guidance and supervision. The

report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Approved by AICTE) by Avinash Dixit with Reg No:-DSBSPGDMA1010. I further certify that this report/study has not formed a basis for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university / institution.

.. (Prof. Susmita Sarkar.) Professor, DSBS, Bangalore

Place: Bangalore Date:

Student Declaration
I hereby declare that the project work/report entitled Disabled Children Educational Support Services was carried-out under the guidance of Prof. Susmita Sarkar which is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Post Graduates Diploma in Management (AICTE) in Dayananda Sagar Business School is my bonafide original work and has not been submitted for the award of any other degree/diploma in any university/institution.

.. (Avinash Dixit.) DSBSPGDMA1010

Place: Bangalore Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to convey my sincere thanks and gratitude to all those who have directly or indirectly helped and contributed towards the completion of this project. The success of any project study depends upon a number of factors among which the proper guidance received from the experts in the industry and teachers plays an important role. I take here a great opportunity to express my sincere and deep sense of gratitude to Prof. Susmita Sarkar for giving me an opportunity to work on this project. The support and guidance from mam, was of great help & it was extremely valuable. I would like to express my gratitude to mam for her constant support and encouragement. I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to Mrs Vijaya , for her constant support and encouragement. without her outright and energetic motivation, support and prompt response, it would not have been possible to do any justice as well as bring authenticity to the project.

Finally I want to thank my parents for their constant support and encouragement.

.. (Avinash Dixit.) DSBSPGDMA1010 Place: Bangalore Date:

TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter-1 INTRODUCTION a. History b. Vision Statement c. Mission statement Chapter- 2 a. Research Methodology Chapter-3 a. Tools Chapter-4 a. Interpetation Chapter-5 a. Recommadation and Suggestion Chapter-6 a.Conculsion References Appendix

CHAPTER - 1 INTRODUCTION

HISTORY
In 1997, Mahantesh G.K. and two of his friends envisioned an organisation to provide opportunities for the deserving, young, and talented children with disability of any form, or from marginalized economic backgrounds. Thus, more than a decade ago, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled came into existence by providing free hostel facilities to the deserving students. Since inception, Samarthanam has been working to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people in India. Samarthanam supports the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged to keep in pace with the rest of the society by providing quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training, placement based rehabilitation and achieve personal independence. However the long term focus of Samarthanam is shaping an inclusive society which provides opportunitieswithout any discriminationfor the development of the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people. Samarthanam was originally started with 2 visually impaired friends and over the span of 13 years has grown into a full fledged organization that provides end to end support facilities. Mr. Mahantesh has been single handedly responsible for drawing the attention of both Government and private institutions and persuading them in offering some much needed assistance in this venture. Having executed a wide range of projects from education to rehabilitation, Samarthanam has evolved to become a renowned and deeply respected entity in the developmental sector.

VISION An inclusive society, free of discrimination against the disabled, where people with disabilities, especially the visually impaired, enjoy equal opportunities and an enhanced quality of life.

MISSION Samarthanam's mission is to empower the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people through developmental initiatives focusing on educational, social, economic, cultural and technological aspects.

Team
Board of Trustees

Mr. Mahantesh G.K. Founder Managing Trustee Mr.S.P.Nagesh, Founder Trustee Ms. Vasanthi Savanur Trustee

Associates
World Blind Union (WBU)

World Blind Union is an internationally acclaimed organisation working for the welfare of the visually impaird across the world. Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is WBU's Indian representative partner.
Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY)

Focus of Samarthanam TechVision is providing advanced computer training, training for Digital Accessible Information System(DAISY), English speaking courses, and personality development classes. Samarthanam TechVision is an active member of DAISY Forum India.
Government of Karnataka

Samarthanam has been a trusted NGO to execute number of social programmes by the Government of Karnataka. Samarthanam has successfully run mid-day meal programme; the Samarthanam Vidyaprasad and has received a letter of appreciation from the Government of Karnataka for excellent execution of the mid-day meal programme in the state.
Deshpande Foundation

Samarthanam is a proud to be associated with the Deshpande Foundation which is one of the leading philanthropic Foundations in Massachusetts and India in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and International development.

Awards & Recognition Governor's award for Excellence from the Government of Karnataka, 2002 The India NGO Award, 2006 State Award in recognition of Services to Children, 2007 State Award in recognition of services rendered to persons with disability, 2009 Aryabhatta International Award to Founder Managing Trustee, Mahantesh GK, 2009 National Award to Founder Managing Trustee GK Mahantesh from the Ministry of Child Welfare, 2010 State award to Founder Trustee Nagesh for his services in the field of Disability, 2010 Vajra Kumar Prashasti to Mr. Mahantesh for his services in the field of disability Sep 2011

Chapter 2 Research Methodology

DATA COLLECTION: The main source of information for this study is based on the data collection. Data collected are both primary and secondary in nature. Primary Data Primary data have been directly collected from the members and students of smarthanam as well from the people outside the smarthanam by survey method through undisguised structured questionnaire. Questions like open ended, close ended, multiple choice, dichotomous and ranking type have been used for the purpose of data collection. Secondary Data Secondary data have been collected from official website of SMARTHANM and also from other official websites.

SAMPLE SIZE Sample size is the total number of samples selected for the study from the sampling population. Sample size for the study taken is 30.

(B) TOOLS :

Tools used in the study are 1. Percentage analysis 2. T-test

T-test

A t-test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic follows a Student's t distribution if the null hypothesis is supported. It is most commonly applied when the test statistic would follow a normal distribution if the value of a scaling term in the test statistic were known. When the scaling term is unknown and is replaced by an estimate based on the data.

Paired and Unpaired formula

One-sample t-test

Analysis and Interpretation

No of Males and females No of respondents males females 30 18 12

respondent
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 male female

respondent

Interpretation:

In the given graph it clearly indicates that out of 30 respondent 18 are males and 12 are females.

Age group of respondents Age group 15-20 20-25 25-30 No of respondent 30 14 12 4

respondent
25-30

20-25 respondent 15-20

10

15

Interpretation: In this given graph its clearly state that no of respondents is 30 but age group divided into three category.

1. What are the Disability Type of the students which are the part of

No.of respondents yes no

30 30 0

All the respondents from sample size of 30 are the part of samarthanam trust.

2. How long you have been with Samarthanam? No.of respondents 6months More than 1 year 30 20 10

respondents
25

20

15 respondents 10

0 yes no

Interpretation: Out of 30 respondents , from the graph it clearly states that 10 respondents have been with samarthanam more than 6months and 20 respondents for more than 1 year.

3. Are you satisfied with educational services provided by Samarthanam?

Using T-test to indentify whether the educational services provided are satisfactory.

Total no. of samples (n)= 30 X = yes = 18 Y = No = 12 Ho = Samarthanam educational services are satisfactory H1= Samarthanam educational services are not satisfactory

Calculation of Tcal value D(x-y) = 18-12 d = 6 d2 = 36 d = d/n = 6/30 = 0.2 S2 = d- (d)*n/ n-1 S2 = 36-0.04*30/30-1 S2 = 1.2 S = 1.09

Tcal

= d/s/n

= 0.2/1.09*30 = 1.004

T at 5% with n-1 =29 degree of freedom Ttab = 2.76 ( value from table) Hence Ttab > Tcal Accept Ho, i.e., Educational services offered by samarthanam trust was satisfactory. From the above test it is proved that the educational services offered by samarthanam trust was satisfactory.

4. Is the teaching staff supportive for all the children? No.of respondents yes no 30 25 5

respondents
30 25 20 15 10 5 0 yes no respondents

Interpretation : From the graph it states that 25 respondents are satisfied with the support given by teaching staff and 5 respondents are not satisfied.

5. Are you able to get the required knowledge from the teaching staff? No.of respondents yes no 30 22 8

respondents
25 20 15 10 5 0 yes no respondents

Interpretation : From the graph it indicates that the knowledge provided by the teaching staff of samarthanam was satisfied by 22 respondents out of 30.

6. Are you comfortable with the teaching technique adopted by Samarthanam? No.of respondents yes no 30 20 10

respondents
25 20 15 10 5 0 yes no respondents

Interpretataion : The teaching techniques adopted by samarthanam for the children are satisfactory for 20 respondents and 10 respondents are not sastisfied.

7. Are you satisfied with the support given by the volunteers?

Using T-test to indentify whether the support given by the volunteers are satisfactory Total no. of samples (n)= 30 X = yes = 13 Y = No = 17

Ho = Child Labors looking support from govt for food and money H1= Child Labors are not looking support from govt

Calculation of Tcal value D(x-y) = 13-17 d = 4 d2 = 16 d = d/n = 4/30 = 0.13 S2 = d- (d)*n/ n-1 S2 = 16-0.0169*30/30-1 S2 = 0.53 S = 0.7280 Tcal
= d/s/n

= 0.13/0.728*30 = 0.978

T at 5% with n-1 =29 degree of freedom Ttab = 2.76 ( value from table) Hence Ttab > Tcal

Accept Ho, i.e., support given by the volunteers for the disable children of samarthanam are satisfactory. From the above test it has been proved that support of volunteers are satisfactory.

8. Do you require personality development classes? No.of respondents yes no 30 26 4

respondents

yes no

Interpretation : From the above pie chart it shows that 26 respondents require personality development classes out of 30 respondents.

9. Do you want to undergo any motivational classes? No.of respondents yes no 30 23 7

respondents
25

20

15 respondents 10

0 yes no

Interpretation : It clearly shows that out of 30 respondents 23 respondents wants to undergo motivational classes.

10. Do you want to continue with the Samarthanam trust? No.of respondents yes no 30 18 12

respondents
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 yes no respondents

Interpretation : The no. Of respondents who wants to continue to be a part of samarthanam are 18 and 12 respondents are not happy with the samarthanam trust.

Chapter - 5 Recommendations And Suggestions

Recommendations :

The trust should provide more educational services for the disabled as the research says the respondents are not very satisfied with the services. The children should undergo some motivational and personality development classes. The trust should bring more awareness in the public so as to get more volunteers for supporting the system

Suggestions :

The trust can arrange some experienced visiting staff so that the children can get the required knowledge More volunteers should be encouraged to address the children so that the additional coaching can be given Individual counselling should be done so that the children can express their needs and necessary steps should be taken to resolve the problems

Chapter 6 Conclusions

 From the above study it can be concluded that the organization requires more awareness and services regarding education should be taken as major function so that the number of children not continuing with the samarthanam trust will be reduced. Surveys should be done so that the trust can understand the problems and get more number of volunteers for their additional support.

References

www.samarthanamtrust.com http//.wikipedia/research Research Methodology by C.R. KOTHARI

Appendix

Questionnaires
Name: Age: Sex:

1. Are you a part of Samarthanam Trust For Disabled? Yes No

2. How long you have been with Samarthanam? Yes No

3. Are you satisfied with educational services provided by Samarthanam? Yes No

4. Is the teaching staff supportive for all the children? Yes No

5. Are you able to get the required knowledge for the teaching staff? Yes No

6. Are you comfortable with the teaching technique adopted by Samarthanam? Yes No

7. Are you satisfied with the support given by the volunteers? Yes No

8. Do you require personality development classes? Yes No

9. Do you want to undergo any motivational classes? Yes No

10. Do you want to continue with the Samarthanam trust? Yes No