Students of XlRI conducted a confidence building coaching session for underprivileged students under the social programme — ‘Jagriti’. The session was held at a high-school in Gamharia village near Jamshedpur; where the students were informed about the banking system and safety investments.
They were also given career counseling sessions to make them aware of the various career avenues and the means to achieve them. Personality development programmes were also conducted for senior students to hone their writing and communication skills.
“We have been conducting informal interactive sessions and under ‘Jagriti’ regularly over a period of two months, July and August, 2013. The coaching sessions along with financial awareness programmes have received a roaring welcome by the schools’ students and teachers alike. They are highly receptive and thoroughly enjoy the lessons. We gauge their progress level through small assessment tests and appropriately reward the successful students to encourage more participation,” commented Praveen Kumar, a doctoral student at XlRI.
The programme - ‘Jagriti’ is spearheaded by a team of first year students of XlRI, under the guidance of Father Antony Uvari, and they working with NGOs operating in and around Jamshedpur to instill high self-esteem in students at the grass root level focusing on financial literacy, career counseling and personality development. Primarily working with the students in Gamharia village, they have also implemented the module at Government schools in villages around Chaibasa. They have joined forces with the financial literacy initiative of XlRI called ‘Sanchetna’.