The work for Phase-I part of Christel House School at Sector 25 in the new capital has reached an advanced stage, officials informed.
During the month of March in 2014, in what could be termed as an endorsement for the agenda to provide quality education to the poor, the NRDA had signed an agreement with Christel House, an International charity with a proven track record in breaking the cycle of poverty through educating children.
As a part of the agreement, NRDA decided to provide land and infrastructure for a Christel House school in Naya Raipur. The Christel House will apply its experience and resources in a variety of disciplines including teaching, community outreach, finance, administration and so on to educate impoverished children in the State.
The NRDA has entrusted them the task of providing good quality streamlined education and holistic development of the poor children.
Christel House was set up in Bangalore in 2001 by entrepreneur turned philanthropist, Christel DeHaan from the USA. The objective of Christel House is to provide education, nutrition and healthcare to children from the poorest of the poor sections of society and make them economically independent and contributing members.
Raju Shahani, MD and Chairperson, Christel House India had stated in 2014, ‘We are proud to be a part of yet another State’s drive to provide good quality education and values to children from economically backward sections of society.'
The Christel House is the only charity that completes the cycle by taking children in Kindergarten, providing them education till Class XII, mentor them to pursue degrees and diplomas at State universities and finally place them in jobs. The partnership with the Government of Chhattisgarh is a validation of our success story in Karnataka and Maharashtra, where we operate our schools in Bangalore and lavassa, he had stated.
Notably, the NRDA had also decided to of develop a state-of-art Model High School in 2015-16 the new capital.
The school, it had announced would be developed in phases. The estimated cost of the Phase-I of the project is Rs 25 crore which may vary, officials had stated.