Katha Clubs for Schools

The Katha Club for students:

Learning at its best -

language skills, culturelinking, the excitement

of peer group, student-centred learning

To make learning fun, relevant and lifelong the Sishya Club focuses on the students as the centre of knowledge with an effort to familiarize them with the rich repertoire of Indian stories. Stories have the power to connect the various Indias and rejuvenate interest in its diverse possibilities. Sishya Club, therefore, will enrich linkages through translated literature and forge more sustainable, cross-cultural links through academics.

OPTION I: Katha Certificate Courses that you can choose for your school.

· THE WRITERS WORKSHOP helps students review, evaluate and hone their writing skills. For people who have at least a story written and ready to discuss, the workshop helps participants
develop creativity and the ability to share ideas and insights, and appreciate different points of views.

· THE TRANSLATORS WORKSHOP will give hands-on training in the art and craft of translation through peer group interactions.

· FICTION APPRECIATION will help students to look closely at texts and to enjoy narratives. They will develop analytical and reflective skills that enhance creativity in negotiations, inter-personal relationships, problem solving and build language skills for multi-cultural, multi-lingual situations.

· FICTION EDITING is a hands-on course that introduces students to the challenge of designing typesetting, font management . and more!

Duration of the Course : Katha Club Certificate Courses will be held only when your school is in session. Each certificate course is for 30 hours. Katha is open to suggestions and innovative ideas from you!

OPTION II: Through this extension you can offer leadership building activities to students, helping them create programmes to their liking, using Katha models. A packet of exciting activities and workshops -

¨ Storytelling

¨ CultureLinking

¨ Introduction to Translation

¨ Introduction to Creative Writing

¨ Quizzes/Debates/ Contests

¨ Reviewing

¨ Meet-the-Author Sessions

¨ Beyond Cinderella: Theatre workshops

onstage and off stage/ Role Play

¨ Language is Fun

Events and activities on an inter-school level will be organized by Katha for all Katha Club members.

Katha, over the last ten years has built a huge network of friends called the KathaNet . Our friends make it possible for Katha to network between schools and resource people from various disciplines.

Katha Khoj will take students to various parts of India for what we term Discover India : A Culture Dip . MT Vasudevan Nair , the well-known Malayalam writer will help us with the arrangements for a visit to Kerala. The trip will be for 10 days inclusive of travel. Wherever possible, students will be provided food and accommodation free of cost. Where students have to pay, charges will be highly subsidized. Travelling expenses will be borne by the students. Do let us know if your students would like to participate in this programme.

KATHA PROVIDES

Training for moderators. Plan of action for sessions.

Selected resource materials. Evaluation.

A list of resource people for the various courses.

Start-up kits with information on setting up the Club, reading lists, do-it-yourself modules to launch peer group discussions.