{"id":301353,"date":"2024-06-21T18:38:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=301353"},"modified":"2024-06-21T18:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:08:52","slug":"school-in-a-box-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/school-in-a-box-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"‘School in a Box’ Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post on ‘School in a Box’ Initiative<\/strong> has been created based on the article “Flood-affected children to soon get \u2018school in a box\u2019”<\/a> published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 21 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?’<\/h2>\n

Flood-affected children in Assam will receive a ‘school in a box<\/span>‘ in model relief camps across the state.<\/p>\n

About ‘School in a Box’ Initiative<\/h2>\n

1. About:<\/strong> Children in flood-affected areas of Assam will get a ‘school in a box<\/span>‘ to keep their education going.\u00a0This plan is for 167 relief camps in the state, where floods and landslides have caused 31 deaths since May.<\/p>\n

2. Goal:<\/strong> The goal is to help children deal with the trauma of losing their homes<\/span> or family members.<\/p>\n

3. Focus:<\/strong> The focus is now on children aged six to 18, not just those under six.<\/p>\n

4. Most areas in Assam have at least one relief camp; places with more people have two.<\/p>\n

5. Each camp will get a child-friendly space (CFS) kit which is designed by UNICEF<\/span>. It is updated for children and teenagers aged six to 18.<\/p>\n

6. The kit includes notebooks, drawing books, pencils, and other learning materials.<\/p>\n

Implementation and Training<\/h2>\n

1. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority<\/span> (ASDMA<\/span>) is conducting training for officials and field workers from the Women and Child Development and Education Departments.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Training aims to maximize the utility of the ‘school in a box<\/span>‘ kits and reduce mental stress among flood-hit children.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Sessions are being held at block and circle levels to equip Anganwadi workers<\/span> and grassroots stakeholders with the necessary skills.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Schemes and Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source\u2013 This post on ‘School in a Box’ Initiative has been created based on the article “Flood-affected children to soon get \u2018school in a box\u2019” published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 21 June 2024. Why in the news?’ Flood-affected children in Assam will receive a ‘school in a box‘ in model relief camps across the state.… Continue reading ‘School in a Box’ Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-301353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}