Innovation

English Access Microscholarship Program

The English Access Microscholarship Program (Access Program) is an exciting of the U.S. Department of State. This highly effective training program is designed to provide a significant English-language learning experience to bright non-elite 13 to 21 year-old students. It also has the goal of improving students’ appreciation of U.S. culture and values, encouraging critical thinking and open-mindedness, and improving performance in regular school classes.In KISS, the program provides a foundation of English language skills to 950 talented indigenous students. The programs separately from 2009-2012, 2011-2013, 2013-2015, 2015-2017, 2017-2019 and 2020-2023 have been and are being implemented by KISS. Several innovative teaching aids have been prepared to motivate the students to shed off their fear and learn the language. The activities undertaken to fulfill the aim include project work, activities that promote reading with comprehension, quiz, role- play, skits, dialogue, dramatization, discussion, debate, language games, simulating, real life situation, using newspaper clipping, multimedia, using internet, movies, music, riddles and puzzles, pair work and group work. Enhancement activities in the form of exposure visits are also adopted. Many of our English Access tribal students have been successful in joining specialized higher education like Law, Engineering (B.Tech), Medicine (MBBS), Diploma in various engineering trades and Social Sciences. It is unprecedented in tribal history that the benefit of the Access program has touched students even from PVTGs consequentially acquiring higher studies, which needs a high degree of English proficiency.