By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations, Charitable Trust
Dear Supporter,
Due to recent donations and support, we have been able to offer more assistance to Auxillum School in Kochi. Auxilium English Medium School ISCE serves children from KG to 9th standard.
Whilst primary education is free in India, there simply is not enough space in government schools to provide a decent education for all children. In the extended metropolitan area of Kochi, where we work, the population is 2.3million. It is difficult to work out how many children are in the area, as per the last census in 2011, only children up to the age of 6 were counted. Up to the age of 6 alone, there were 190,000 children in the area.
However, there are only 34 government schools in the area, meaning there could be over 5,500 students per primary school. As such, many families send their children to private-aided and unaided schools to give them a better quality of education.
At Auxilium, the school does its hardest to keep school fees as low as possible. They focus on trying to provide better teachers and smaller numbers in the classrooms. This does mean that the school is short of funds to run. As such, recent donations have helped to kit out the school hall to enhance teaching experiences for all years. A projector screen was installed to help the students to study online classes & also make presentations clearly. We also installed a podium and amplifier so the school can host functions and gatherings. This will enhance lessons and presentations done in the hall but also allows the school hall to be booked for external functions to bring in some much needed funds.
With the left donations, we assisted with tuition fees for 25 children, where it was well known to the school that their parents were finding it very difficult to make both ends meet and may have had to pull their children from the school. It has been a big relief for them that their children will get knowledge without the financial constraints.
None of this could be possible without your support. We are looking to continue offer these tuition fee scholarships as well as more services and features to support local schools in the area trying to offer children a decent education.
Thank you again
GVI India
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