The second foundation day of Kayakalp Public School run by Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) located at Bukru in Ranchi was celebrated with full zest and enthusiasm. This school is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of CCL.
The school has 55 students who belong to the poorest strata of the society. The Chief Guest for the event was Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) CCL, Gopal Singh while the Special Guest was his wife Pramila Singh who was the first Principal of the school. The other dignitaries included Principal, Kayakalp Public School, Suresh Gaikwad, General Manager (Administration) Bimlendu Kumar, General Manager (Samadhan) Rashmi Dayal, Chief Manager(CSR) K Sundar along with officers and staff of CCL.
Addressing the gathering Singh said that equality is a fundamental right and the motivation behind the opening of the school was to provide quality education to every downtrodden child. “Learning should be a gratifying experience with this in mind it provides various kinds of facilities to the students.
There is bus arrangement for pickup and drop; it provides children with mid-day meals, four pair of uniforms on admission.
The school started with 30 downtrodden children and has 55 students now,” he added.
Singh underlined the necessity of comprehensive development of Children and stated that along with education the school gives paramount importance to discipline, ethics, sports and arts in its pedagogy. He expressed his delight at the transformation of the children and complemented the principal, teachers and the staff of the school for the same. The CMD cited that how couple of years back the children had difficulty in communicating in Hindi but now they are taking pledges and chanting poems in English.
Singh expressed a belief that in future these children will grow into good citizens and will contribute towards the development of the nation. Children are the future of the nation and the company produces coal to brighten their future, he added.
To further this vision, Singh declared that in future Kayakalp Public School will be opened in 12 common area of CCL in addition to the Ranchi and Dhori which is operating successfully. He talked about the other CSR initiatives of CCL in diverse fields like sports, drinking water, environment.
The students performed various cultural programs and took part in sports event as a part of festivity.
Parents of the kids were visibly ecstatic and expressed gratitude for CCL for providing their children with this opportunity. Vote of thanks was given by Teacher, Kayakalp Public School, Rajeshawari.