15th December 2008

Chennai:

Last week, we had a conference call meeting with the Head Teacher of the school in Chennai. This was primarily to understand the management of the school, their functioning etc... all at very detailed level

The important information is as below:

The school, National Primary School, was established more than 75 years back and is run by a trust named MPA. The trust is running two schools and few churches. This school is run in a rented building and the government gives the management a very nominal amount towards the building rent. The school is government aided, meaning the salary of the Teachers will be paid by the government. The school has an agreement with the landlord of the current site for only 2 years and after that the trust (MPA) should help the school find another rented building or a own buiding. The Teachers there are very well experienced (around 20+years and 30+ years) and it is their dedication and commitment that is keeping this school going on
After talking to the Teacher seeking clarifications and taking inputs from friends who have been there knowing the ground reality, we felt that we can go ahead helping this school

The current requirement that was said to us by the Teacher are as below

(a) repair work of the school building
(b) benches

We felt that we can go ahead and help with the least possible necessary repair work on the school building and can provide benches. The children need the benches as during the rainy season the floor gets wet and the benches can greatly help them

We have to now go about helping them with what they have asked and what/how best we can provide them
It will be great to hear from you, your suggestions and inputs. Should there be any questions, dont hesitate to raise it

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