Satya Bharti school bags award
Neeraj Bagga
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, February 14
Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Chogawan village, near here, won the award for the ‘Best Innovative Practice Among Top Punjab Schools’, which is a part of the Brainfeed School Excellence Awards for the top 500 schools.
In a press release issued here today, Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation, said, Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, was honoured at the 4th National Conference on School Education Leadership organised by Brainfeed, a monthly magazine on education.
The award commends the notable initiatives undertaken to achieve excellence in school education towards the development of society.
The Satya Bharti school programme is the flagship initiative of the Bharti Foundation and has completed over 10 successful years of implementation in villages of six states of the country. The schools provide quality education to the underprivileged children free of cost, with a special focus on the girl child.
With 254 schools reaching out to over 43,000 children and engaging over 1,700 teachers across rural areas of the country, the programme is one of the largest initiatives in education taken by a corporate group in the nation.
Chadda said: “This award validates our efforts in providing quality education to the underprivileged children across rural areas. The recognition for Satya Bharti Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Chogawan, reinforces our commitment to create and support programmes that bring about sustainable changes through education and use of technology.”
Gurmeet Singh, principal of the school, said: “It is a great day for every students and teachers engaged in the Satya Bharti schools. There is a buzz in the school with our Class XII students getting ready to appear for the CBSE examinations for the first time. The award is a boost to the morale of all of us. It will help us face the upcoming task with greater confidence and create an urge to work hard for victory again.”
