Vadodara, October 2026: The Don Bosco Development Society organized a staff meeting on 3rd October 2026 under the aegis of Non-Formal Elementary Education project supported by United Baroda Foundation.  All the project staff members attended the meeting. 

The monthly staff meeting discussed the academic plan, syllabus completion, examination preparation, and teaching strategies for October. The primary focus was on strengthening foundational learning through revision, letter and number recognition, writing practice, sentence formation, reading comprehension, and mathematical skills.

It was decided that the planned syllabus would be completed by 20 October 2026, followed by the students' school examinations.

Ms. Meera Ma’am from United Way of Baroda visited the educational classes and collected information from teachers regarding the classes and students. She also discussed the October teaching plan, examination preparation strategies, and activity implementation with Ms. Jagruti Patil, Project Coordinator.

Group-wise Academic Plan

O Group

• Revise all previously taught signs throughout the month.

• Introduce Gujarati letters ર (R) and વ (V).

• Practise matching activities and number recognition from 1 to 10.

A Group

• Learn words and sentences based on the ઈ (Ee) sound.

• Identify and compare small and big numbers from 1 to 50.

• Assess students' ability to write numbers that come before and after a given number.

B Group

• Learn words and sentences based on the ઔ (Au) sound.

• Revise words based on the અ (A), આ (Aa), ઇ (I), and ઓ (O) sounds.

• Practise writing numbers in descending order from 100 to 51.

C Group

• Read one textbook paragraph daily and answer related comprehension questions.

• Practise reading and comprehension in Science, Social Science, English, Gujarati, and Hindi.

• Practise addition and subtraction involving four-digit and five-digit numbers.

• Learn three-digit multiplication using examples such as 234 × 24.

Combined Plan: B Group and C Group

• Learn English spellings of numbers from 11 to 20.

• Learn Hindi words based on the इ (I) sound.