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Corporation school students to get second set of uniforms

Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:36 administrator
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The Hindu 24.12.2009

Corporation school students to get second set of uniforms

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Tenders for new shoes and school bags will also be finalised

— Photo: S.S. KUMAR

IN RAPT ATTENTION: A section of students at the function organised at the Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School, Saidapet, in Chennai on Wednesday.

CHENNAI: Students of schools, run by the Chennai Corporation, will get their second set of free uniforms in January. The tenders for new shoes and school bags will also be finalised soon, according to Mayor M. Subramanian.

Speaking at a function organised at the Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School in Saidapet here on Wednesday, he said the civic body was eager to translate all its plans regarding school education.

The function was organised to give away identity cards to teachers, medals to meritorious students and biscuits to students in classes X and XII, staying back in school in the evenings for special classes. “We had made provisions for these in the Corporation’s budget ,” he added. Pointing to various initiatives taken in Corporation schools, he said the quality of education in Corporation schools has been improving, boosting the overall pass percentage of Corporation school students.

It was decided to give students biscuits, after the Corporation got to know that a section of students did not like the fruit bread being provided. “We were looking at other alternatives and then decided on biscuits since all children like them,” the Mayor said. More than Rs.31 lakh was spent on the initiative covering over 15,000 students, he added.

The medals for students securing the first three ranks in terminal examinations and the identity cards cost nearly Rs.3 lakh and about Rs.2 crore is being invested in the new set of uniforms, Mr. Subramanian added.

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:49
 

Chennai Corporation to study school dropout

Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:04 administrator
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The Hindu 20.12.2009

Chennai Corporation to study school dropout

 

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Around 1,200 dropouts below 14 years of age

Sample survey shows 400 dropouts in Zone 1

CHENNAI: A detailed survey of school dropout will be conducted by Chennai Corporation in all its 10 zones.

This was decided after a meeting of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’s district-level committee on Friday.

A senior official of the civic body said a sample survey conducted in Zone 1 (Tondiarpet) a couple of months ago found 400 children to be out of school. “In response to our tender, several private agencies have submitted proposals for conducting the survey. We are evaluating the proposals. Our non-teaching staff would also take part in the survey,” the official said.

Based on the findings of the survey, the Corporation would decide on the strategies required to reduce the dropout rate and measures to bring more children into the schooling system.

A district-level official of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) said that their surveys since March this year showed that around 1,200 children below the age of 14 had dropped out of school. “The figure includes around 200 children identified in the sample survey in Zone 1. As the children have stopped going to school due to some reason, we are first putting them through classes conducted by Educational Volunteers (EV),” the SSA official said.

During the sample survey, nearly 500 children were covered, of which 200 were found to be child labourers. They are being rehabilitated separately. The SSA took in about 200 children and the remaining were found to be either above 14 years of age or were studying in school.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:06
 

School gets napkin vending machine

Saturday, 19 December 2009 02:52 administrator
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The Hindu 19.12.2009

School gets napkin vending machine

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To supply good quality napkins at heavily subsidised rates

Tirupur: The Jaiva Bhai Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School commissioned a sanitary napkin vending machine and an incinerator on its premises, on Friday.

School headmistress Vijaya Anandam told The Hindu that the gadgets, established with the support of Muyarchi, an NGO, at a cost of Rs. 30,000 was aimed at supplying good quality napkins at heavily subsidized rates to the students and teachers as well as to scientifically destroy the used napkins.

The Classic brand vending machines and the incinerator were developed by A.S.S. Innovative Technics Private Limited, Chennai, who had already installed similar machines in 13 other schools in Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Kancheepuram districts, it was pointed out.

In addition to this, Ms. Anandam said that branded napkins, procured through the A.S.S. Innovative Technics Private Limited, were supplied at a low rate of Rs. 2 per piece, so that it would be affordable for students and teachers in the school.

Coins

“The users have to deposit two one rupee coins to fetch the product from the vending machine,” she added.

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 December 2009 02:54
 
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