This project is an initiative to bring primary literacy to
ten lakh children in India by assisting in the construction of over 2000 schools
by the year 2008, of which over 500 schools have already been built with
investment of Rs 40 crore, facilitating education for over 250 thousand children
across the country.
In line with their national programme City based 6 Round
Table organisations as well as 11 other tables in the state of Andhra Pradesh
have taken up about 35 school projects. Now yet another Project is taken by
Hyderabad Area Round Table-134, to fund construction of school at Alur Village
near Chevella in Ranga Reddy District. A government school for 600 primary girl
children at Alur will be taken up at a cost of rupees ten lakhs for which they
have already lined a fund raising programme Live in Concert of The Great Ghazal
King Jagjit Singh. The event will be hald at Viceroy Convetion hall on 15th
February.
Round Table -134 has already taken up construction of five
similar schools earlier in the past four years. These include one at Sanathnagar,
Addagutta in city, Chevella in Ranga Reddy district, Kothagudem and Lakshmapur
both in Nalgonda District, all put together at a cost of Rs 61 lakh.
Construction of these schools were taken up in agreement with Department of
School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, under Janmabhoomi programme on
25:75 contribution basis.
The other school projects taken up by other Round Table organisations in Andhra
Pradesh include Niloupher Special School at Lakadikapul; Tanguturu Urdu Primary
School at Shankerpally; Red Cross Government Girls High School at Masabtank;
Purender Government Round Table School at Begumpet; Filmnagar Round Table High
School at Filmnagar; Vijayawada Municipal School at Ramalingeshwar in Krishna
District; Pedana Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School at Vijayawada and others
to name a few.
Several corporate houses too have extended their valuable contributions for the
projects. These include Wipro which contributed Rs 80 towards building of 14
schools at a cost of Rs 27 crore. NOVIB Round Table from Netherlands, partnered
with Round Table India to raise Rs 15 lakhs for a project in Orissa. Through
their partnership 75 schools were constructed. The Azim Premji Foundation helped
construct 50 schools and computer learning centres. Round Tablers have
arrangement with Government of Andhra Pradesh under Janmabhoomi Programme to
build more than 50 schools across the state in next couple of years.
According to Tabler. Pankaj Gupta, our initiative was well
appreciated by The President of India, Dr. A.P Abdul Kalam. Speaking about our
contribution, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
complemented and promised all help in our endeavour.
Our vision is to educate ten lakh children across India, says
another Tabler Ashish Tibrewala, who is Convenor for Fund Raising for Hyderabad
Area Round Table-134. The twin citians can help us realise our vision by
supporting our fund raising activities. Out of 18.6 crore children in the 5 to
14 years age group, ten crore are not in school. Of the rest 8.6 crore, four out
of ten who start in Grade I reach Grade 8 only. We at Round Table India, believe
we can change this with our project-Freedom through Education, said both the
tablers Pankaj and Ashish.
