News update

Project Competitive Crew was launched in 8 schools of Semi-English Medium from June 2023. 5 of these schools are under Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sansthan. 

The objective of this project is to create awareness regarding competitive exams among underprivileged children by conducting special practice sessions throughout the year for them in the school, providing study material, mock tests, tips and tools for attempting such exams and also by working with their parents who can be their support pillars.

 The year 2024-25 was the second year of this project. Both 4th and 5th standard  students were covered. Some of the students were assessed based on their year long progress and were then removed from the crew. This year too they had special sessions of 1hr thrice a week for Language, Maths and Intelligence. A new batch of 4th standard was also selected and we worked with them. So our classes doubled from 8 to 16 and so have our beneficiaries.   

   42 children appeared for MTS Olympiad. 3 children bagged trophy, 14 bagged Gold medal and 19 Silver medal. We received Scholarship results of  72 children, 35.5% of them have qualified for scholarship but the merit list cut off is yet to be declared.

  2025-26 is the 3rd year of our project. This year we will be working with 4th, 5th and 6th standards. 4th and 5th will have special sessions but for 6th standard there will be no regular sessions. We will give them study material regularly and connect with them twice a month. 

Sustainability is one of the pillars of Segnavento India Foundation. In lieu of this thought we have started working towards sustainability after completing 2 years of the project.

The idea of sustainability for us is not that the schools should adopt CC project as is but they should adopt the thought and practices involved in this project. We have been implementing project Competitive Crew in 8 schools of which 5 schools come under ‘Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha’ (MKSSS). MKSSS approached us with a proposal wherein we teach their teachers about project CC so that it can be implemented by them on their own. Though we work with 5 schools of MKSSS they wanted teachers from their schools in Wai, Kamshet etc to know about project CC too. 

SIF will be conducting 2 workshops in the year and work hand in hand with 5 schools throughout the year. Monthly meetings are held for update and problem solving.