OUR PROGRAM

Our Objective Organization (O.O.O) has developed a whole range of flexible approaches to confront the school dropout issue at its roots.

O.O.O’s approach takes into account that the bulk of positions within the job market are for clerks, computer operators, office assistants, sales people, guards, restaurant staff, factory workers, etc. and that these positions do not require a full academic education.

O.O.O aims to provide graduates with: a good command of spoken and written English, basic numeracy, office skills, a good attitude to work, self-discipline, self-esteem, punctuality, belief in self, ethical values, inter-personal skills, and civic consciousness.

This combination means that our graduates can compete successfully in the “real world”. The strong network among O.O.O graduates also provides a significant additional advantage.

O.O.O’s training philosophy can be summarized as:

• anything given free is not appreciated or valued;
• mere knowledge or awareness does not produce change; participants live out the principles that they are learning in their day to day lives; and
• women will enjoy the same respect and opportunities as men, only when they are empowered to resist abuse and when both men and women recognize the equal rights of women.

O.O.O. offers a variety of flexible programs to suit any particular situation, however there are two primary programs that are managed at the school. Students come from local and nearby villages, pagodas, schools or other rural communities.

Three Month Program and Part -Time Program

The school offers a three month live in program which focuses on English language competency and basic life and job skills.

Additionally, a part time non live in class training program is offered also to local students which is designed to supplement other forms of education

The Two Year Program

The two year program offers a comprehensive program of works that is organized in four 6-month stages. In summary includes:

Stage 1 offers the first level of a life-skills curriculum in the beginning class, teaching English, mathematics, and personal development;

Stage 2 extends and deepens the education in life skills. It places more emphasis on self-reliance and leadership, as well as developing teaching abilities;

Stage 3 includes those students from Stage 2 that demonstrate high performance levels and who show an attitude for teaching, and as such are given the opportunity to become volunteer teachers in the beginning centers . The other students move directly from Stage 2 to Stage 4.

Stage 4 offers higher-level job requirement skills training, teaching student’s management, computing, and other vocational skills.

O.O.O. programs seek to achieve the following :

• A high level of English communication skills;
• Job preparation skills;
• Self-discipline and concentration;
• Increased belief in self, accompanied by reduced self-consciousness models;.
• Improved inter-personal relationship skills, including inter-gender relationships;
• Emphasis on equality of treatment, opportunity and respect;
• Leadership skills;
• Responsibility; and
• Awareness of important social issues