Rural development decentralisation activity2

Activity - Preparing a digital story on your village panchayat

Materials/ Resources needed

Camera, if no camera is there, a cell phone with a built in camera can be used

Prerequisites/Instructions, if any

1. Speak to the Panchayat office (Panchayat Development Officer/PDO) and take an appointment for students to visit the office and interact with the office staff and if available, the elected representatives
2. Explain to students, that you would all be visiting the gram panchayat

Multimedia resources

Digital story telling - Panchayat visit by GHS Motanahalli, Yadgir students

Process

For detailed steps, visit Digital story telling - Panchayat visit by GHS Motanahalli, Yadgir students

What questions can you ask

1. How was the visit?
2. What are the roles of a panchayat? What challenges does the panchayat face in fulfilling its responsibilities
3. What are the powers a panchayat has?
4. How does the panchayat interact with other government departments looking after health, education., agriculture etc

Evaluation – (questions for assessment of the child)

What role does a panchayat play in the local development processes?

Activity keywords

To link back to the concept page rural development