Vocational Training

Methodology

We will operate vocational training courses in the evening hours (4 pm and 9 pm), to benefit the youth adults in the community. We will tie up with leading names to provide these courses, as well as with corporates and industry, to ensure placements of students.

Placements

We will use an interactive methodology, including group discussions, audio-visual presentations, role plays, exercises, puzzles, team building games, as well as computer content, to engage and stimulate the students. We will also give students the opportunity to engage with eminent guest invitees from the corporate world.

Sujaya is currently exploring partnerships to provide best in class vocational training in the following areas:

• Soft skills - English training and Life Skills
• Retail program - currently in collaboration with the Landmark group
• Tally program for accountancy proficiency
• Hospitality

Assessment

During the program there would be ongoing assessments, done both by the student, as well as the faculty, to track whether the learning objectives are met. All these would be shared with students right away, so they can work on their improvement areas.

Career Options

Our relationship would not stop at just training candidates. We plan to guide students even in career choices and assist them in getting the right placements. We will also inform candidates regarding potential job openings on an on-going basis. We will train them for interviews and participate in seminars and job fairs.

Working Women's Centre

At the Working Women's Centre at Sujaya, women from within the Vaibhava complex will be provided with opportunities to employ themselves gainfully. The Working Women's Centre will focus on 2 areas:

• Data Entry oriented roles - Sujaya will train women in the core skills of computer literacy and spoken and written English, so that they are able to carry out these day to day tasks. Women can expect to get salaries up to Rs.6000 a month when taking on these roles. .
• Customer services oriented roles - Sujaya will train women in the core skills of customer service, like listening and responding, building rapport with customers, dealing with difficult customers and handling customer complaints The Working Women's Centre will be approximately 5000 sq. ft. and will provide opportunities to about 70 women. Women who can apply for this role should have passed 12th standard in a school that taught English (even as a second language).

Creche

A creche will be operated on the premises of the school between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm. This is to help mothers in the community get back to work, should they chose to do so. The creche also provides for training and employment opportunities for residents of the community. The creche is located on the ground floor and this area is totally secure and secluded from the older children (age 6 and above). Age Groups catered to:

3 months to 15 months in the infant section

15 months to 36 months in the toddler section

At the age of 3, the child is ready to go into Nursery at Sujaya

Infants

The experiences infants have during the early months and years of life are crucial to healthy brain development. Personal attention and interaction between our staff and the infant will promote basic cognitive and social skills. Singing, reading and talking are just some of the things that support development during this critical stage. Infants are unique and have their own patterns for play, feeding and sleeping. We use these patterns as a guide to introduce daily activities that will prepare the impressionable infant for life. Our creche offers a nurturing and creative environment for infants to develop their bodies and minds. We are committed to making this first transition away from home easy and natural for both, the parent and the child.

Toddlers

The Toddler program is designed for children in the age group of 15 to 36 months. Playtime, rest, music and movement, stories, art activities, water play, exploration, outdoor fun, besides lots of love, make up the toddler day. All these go a long way in aiding the personal and social growth, language development and independence skills of children. Teachers provide a setting which allows children to be creative and to explore their environment through their senses, by physically moving about and through social interaction with others.

Methodology

At Sujaya, we believe that around the age of two and a half, the child is ready to explore new environments and form new relationships. The school becomes a home away from home, where learning is encouraged at an individual pace, allowing the child's interests and abilities to become evident and flourish.

The child becomes the member of a small community in a specially prepared environment. Each environment has a vertical grouping of children between the ages of two and a half and six years, where the older children spontaneously share their knowledge with the younger ones. Co-operative social interaction takes place and engenders confidence, respect for others, appreciation of individual differences and joy in helping each other.

Our focus in these years at the school would be on

• Exercises of practical life -Activities children see at home like spooning and buttoning. These tasks help to develop concentration and co-ordination, social awareness and a sense of orderliness in the environment. The child learns about the limits and possibilities of the material world - how to adapt to the environment and be creative in it.
• Mathematics -With the help of the Montessori materials, the child begins to recognize the shapes and names of the numbers 0 to 9. Quantity is introduced and the child relates the written number with its specific physical quantity. The child gradually becomes familiar with the Decimal system and gains a deeper understanding of how numbers function.
• Sensorial Activities - The Sensorial materials sharpen the senses of the young child by isolating a defining quality such as colour, weight, size, shape, texture, sound or smell. Through this exciting learning process, the child's intellect develops to perceive order in multiple experiences.

Language

Children are given a phonetic basis for reading. The child hears the sound, sees the shape and through tracing, trains the muscles needed for writing. He or she is then ready to pursue an interest in words, while cultivating writing skills at an individual pace. Through storytelling, conversation and many other exercises, the child's vocabulary grows. Eventually these preparatory activities culminate in the child’s introduction to writing.