School Enterprise Challenge Business Idea Template s2

INDRAPRASTHA WORLD SCHOOL,PASCHIM VIHAR,DELHI,INDIA

BUSINESS IDEA

Written by

RITU RANJAN

CREATED AS PART OF THE SCHOOL ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE AWARDS PROGRAMME – SILVER LEVEL

Section A: Our Business Details GO GREEN GO NATURAL! Business Name HANDICRAFT ITEMS AND HERBAL GARDEN Business Activity No. of students involved in business idea Boys Girls Total activities (including writing this Business Idea) 25 15 40 Section B: Our School To help you understand our school business better, we will briefly describe our school (e.g. age of the students; location; environment). Indraprastha World School is a CBSE affiliated school and is facilitated with the British Council and other revered organizations. A school from nursery to XII, we primarily believe in imparting education that improves and enhance every child. We at Indraprastha believe in an education which help every child to grow and blossom juxtaposes polishing their grey areas. We believe in an educational system which has a multifaceted development of a child’s physical, emotional, spiritual and mental personality. We aspire to bring out the new ideologies for the students for assisting them in facing the real world and mentor them in taking a rightful place in the general society.

Every one is unique with different strengths and weaknesses, hence we believe that every child has his/her own unique qualities and these should be encouraged. In today’s time it is hard for every child to compete in a technology-driven environment. Integrated programs are held based on multifaceted

1 SILVER Business Idea Template 2017. ©Teach A Man To Fish [email protected] activities to have a balance of creative, linguistic, cognitive and physical growth and development of every child. Special and distinctive methodologies are inculcated by the teachers in teaching as well as in curriculum with a system of consistent evaluation. Constant monitoring, supervision and guidance in the form of in-school training programs for the teachers and students have yielded rich dividends and proved the worthiness of the ‘Excellence in Academics'.

At Indraprastha, we go beyond schooling parameter to imbibe the values and culture in every child. Our social values ensure that every student is deep rooted with a holistic personality and a technological edge challenges him/her to find joy and self worth.

At Indrapastha every expertise is taken in charge and is polished. Our school is bestowed with many National and International awards. Prestigious awards like International School Award, Green Banyan award, Connecting Classrooms, e- gyan, Outstanding Business Plan Award- Teach A Man To Fish Outstanding School Award by Generation Global Institute. Awards have been conferred on our school by the British Council and other esteemed organisations. Section C: Our School Business Experience Here is a brief description of the school business we ran before/are currently running, including the products/services we sold/are selling.

The school rendered an image of an educational institution. The institution with the willingness of undertaking responsibility to uplift and improve the underprivileged simultaneously incorporating in own students the capability to believe in themselves and start working for a social cause. While the school contributed for the benefit of the deprived class and was able to gain support from all the quarters. The school wanted to improve the status of the marginalised section of the society. While the world is becoming self centred, there were many who wanted to make a difference in lives of those who needed a change. The institution is currently selling the following products: 1. Clay models 2. Handicrafts

Section D: Our Resources Considering our school’s physical resources, skills and location, these are the resources available at our school we can use to develop our business: In school we have enough resources to start the proposed business:

a. Good Infrastructure: We have well furnished rooms which include class rooms, art rooms and playgrounds in our campus. These rooms are specially designed for various activities such as of best out of waste, growing seedlings. The students can carry on out work, sit at ease and interact with teachers and peer group easily for better outcomes. b. Expert Faculty : We have trained and experienced faculty specially allocated for activities related to creating herbal gardens in the school premises and also in the parks in the society. Who can also guide and facilitate students in learning and developing various farming skills. c. Availability of products at ease: During the PTMs & other annual events we plan to put up stalls to sell the products made by the children 2 and showcase the products generated to the parents and other chief guests.

Section E: Brainstorming Business Ideas a) These are the five business ideas we thought of when brainstorming a new idea or a way of diversifying or growing the existing one:

1. Paper Bags and envelopes 2. Handicrafts material 3. Organic farming and best out of waste 4. Gift items and utility items through clay modelling 5. Product made from handmade paper 6. Herbal garden b) The business idea we chose for our Silver Award is:

The three reasons for choosing these ideologies are:

The business we would like to set up is of HANDICRAFT ITEMS AND HERBAL GARDEN.

Reason 1: The expertise and guidance of our experienced facilitator can help the school children in mastering the skills of gardening and making handicraft items which can be inculcated and cascaded to the under privileged students at ease.

Reason 2: The infrastructure of our school support us to train the students in making items out of waste material and carrying on gardening activities as the raw material can be made available at ease, making our business technically feasible.

Reason 3: The sale of products will help the underprivileged by providing them a sustainable source of income as high profit margin can be generated with very nominal cost of production.

Our final Business Idea will be sustainable and have a positive impact on the environment and our community because:

People: Our business will have a positive impact on all those deprived and underprivileged communities which will help the children to at least sustain a living for themselves. They will sell the products like boxes, innovative gifts etc. which can be produced. Since the products will be made as a part of the training imparted to the school students and also to the children of the underprivileged section of the society, the results thus achieved will be two fold. One, the school children will learn the values of not only working to earn, but also, to give back to the 3 SILVER Business Idea Template 2017. ©Teach A Man To Fish [email protected] society to which they belong. Second, the children of the slum clusters will have skills to support themselves.

Profit: The underprivileged strata can earn good profit margin as the cost of production is very low whereas the revenues generated will be comparatively high. Whatever capital will be generated as the part of the enterprise, will be used for providing the children of the disadvantaged section of the society with a better standard of living and with new opportunities for education and better facilities.

Planet: It will contribute its bit for the environment as the handicraft items are prepared using eco-friendly raw material. The ‘Recycling waste’ initiative speaks volumes about itself. The enterprise was set off with two motives: To preserve and conserve mother earth from pollution free and eco friendly; to help the underprivileged children of the society. To make the environment eco friendly.

Section F: Financing our growth and development 6. Here is a description of how we are planning to finance our business, including how we are going to raise the money needed for our school business. Yes our business needs a little amount of capital which we will raise by selling the handicraft items Gardening will be done through maintaing herbal garden as well by growing some medicinal plants which will have a good demand in market which in turn help us to generate good amount of revenues to start up the proposed business. Handicraft items will be made by the students and teachers will be appointed with great creative skills to innovate and produce new products from wastes like old newspapers, crushed papers, empty bottles etc which can be sold to generate captial to start the business.

Section G: Appendix

4 Please find in this space our completed Resource Assessment template, our Feasibility Study template and 3 photos (when possible) that clearly show our involvement as students in business idea activities.

Our Monitoring

Please circle ONE Number in each row. Do you strongly agree (5), agree (4), neither agree nor disagree (3), disagree (2) or strongly disagree (1) with each of the statements below. There are no rights or wrong answers here. There are no marks for this section but your answers will help us to develop the School Enterprise Challenge.

Strongly Disagree Neither Agree Strongly disagree Agree nor agree disagree STUDENTS should answer questions 1-3 1. After writing the business idea we are confident in 1 2 3 4 5 collecting information [e.g. completing a resource assessment] 2. After writing the business idea we are confident 1 2 3 4 5 analysing information. 3. After writing the business idea we are able to explain 1 2 3 4 5 how we came up with new ideas. Ask your TEACHER to answer question 4 4. As a teacher I feel that I used new methods of 1 2 3 4 5 teaching when supporting my students in coming up with a business idea.

5 SILVER Business Idea Template 2017. ©Teach A Man To Fish [email protected] Does your school have any natural Yes No If yes, then reason resources?

Water Yes Sufficient water supply Land or farmland Yes Enough land to carry on with gardening activities Anything else e.g. beach, palm-trees, Yes Area for maintaining orchard herbal garden Does your school have any physical Yes No If YES, please give resources? details

Rubbish that can be recycled Yes We have ample recycled material in the form of newspapers,old sheets which will be used. Machinery or equipment Yes It is been done manually e.g. a paper recycling machine Buildings e.g. school hall Yes Big spacious school hall is available to carry on activities Electricity or a generator yes Regular electricity supply is there Internet yes Internet with good bandwidth Computers Yes School is having proper computer labs with maintained and updated technology Printer yes School is having printers both coloured and black and white Anything else e.g. sewing machine, yes motorbike Is the location of your school…. Yes No If YES, please give details Near a big town or city yes School is located in the heart of delhi,paschim vihar area Near a Tourist Attraction e.g. Safari Park yes Tourist places are approachable Near industry e.g. a textile mill In an area with fertile land Yes We are very near to the dhanvantri ayurvedic hospital where all the herbal seeds,plants and related medicines are available.its no.1 hospital Anything else e.g. near a market yes School is located near jwalaheri market in paschim vihar Are there students in your team Yes No If YES, please give with…..? details

6 Arts, Crafts or Tailoring Skills yes Students are having creative ideas and are trained by experts.this project will be carried in their SUPW periods which is part of their curriculum. Computer, Internet or Media skills yes Proper training under the guidance of teachers is being provided.computers are the parts of our curriculum so periods are allocated to horn their skills. Farming or Cooking skills yes Proper training under the guidance of teachers is being provided. Its parts of our curriculum so periods are allocated to horn their skills. Maths and accounting skills yes Proper training under the guidance of teachers is being provided. . Its parts of our curriculum so periods are allocated to horn their skills. Sports skills yes Proper training under the guidance of teachers is being provided. . Its parts of our curriculum so periods are allocated to horn their skills.

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