Building & BaLA Initiatives

“The Building and Bala initiative promotes physical and mental well-being through structured activities. The Building initiative focuses on building community infrastructure, promoting teamwork and development. The Bala initiative prioritises youth empowerment, providing platforms for skill building, education and recreation. Together, they strengthen communities, promote health and nurture future leaders.”

BALA
(Building as a Learning Aid)

BALA is a way of planning and using school infrastructure holistically. It incorporates ideas of creativity based learning, child friendliness and inclusive education for children with special needs. It is about developing the school building as a learning aid. Bala allows children to learn while being in the school environment at all times and makes learning fun.

Planning:- A teamwork of school administrators, teachers, children, architects

educationalists, painters and construction workers is essential so it brings together many sectors. Development of spaces to create different teaching learning situations. Colourful shaped furniture, walls and ceilings make the learning process of children very easy. Built elements in these spaces are developed as teaching learning. Stairs are developed as built element for learning while using this. Classroom, corridor, stairs and outdoor spaces, floor, wall, window, door, ceiling, stage, furniture will be more decorative. Importance of Bala:- Make the school environment exciting, so that children can learn easily with fun. Make the school a child-friendly place. Creating favorable self-learning conditions for children can help create inclusive learning spaces and provision spaces for children with special needs. Allow teachers to adapt them to suit their specific needs. This can be introduced in existing and new school. Let the learning material be available to children at all times. This can be combined with building repairs and upgradation. Bala will be a great intervention in enabling children to learn and teachers to communicate easily. Learning in school has now become more easy, interesting and enjoyable for children and teachers. Maximizing the pedagogical values ​​of the built structure. The built structure of the school has a dual use. School administrators and teachers are being oriented and trained towards the effective use of available resources. Children will come before school time and go back long after school time as they are getting a chance to play and learn.