NE EDUCATION BUREAU
CHENNAI, DEC 19
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday launched Namma School Foundation, an initiative of the school education department, to improve infrastructure facilities at government schools in the state.
The Chief Minister urged cine stars, corporates and philanthropists to contribute their mite.
Responding to the call of the chief minister, leading corporates and individuals from Tamil Nadu donated more than Rs 50 crore.
- Government alone cannot develop schools on its own and urged alumni of Government schools and global diaspora to join hands and make a difference: Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, the brand ambassador of the foundation
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According to the Tamil Nadu Government, donors and companies willing to donate to Government schools can access a state-wide database that covers nearly 38,000 schools. Donors can either adopt the entire school or take care of specific needs such as computers, infrastructure, furniture etc, as per the requirements of the school, highlighted in the database. They said that the before and after pictures of the work carried out with donor funds would also be updated on the ‘Namma School’ portal.
Chairman of TVS Motor Group, Venu Srinivasan, will be the chairman, and grandmaster Viswanathan Anand will be the brand ambassador of the foundation that will help bring in more funds under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Anand said that building confidence among school students requires enormous investment of providing education, exposure, nutritious meals, sports activities, infrastructure etc. He said that the Government alone cannot develop schools on its own and urged alumni of Government schools and global diaspora to join hands and make a difference. “As in Chess, let our youth excel in every walk of life,” Anand said.
“2022 has been an extraordinary year for Indian Chess, as the country has 77 Grandmasters, a lot of whom are from Chenna,i” said Indian Chess Legend Vishwanathan Anand. To earn the Grandmaster title, one has to secure three Grandmaster norms and surpass 2500 ELO points marks. Anand recalled how India hosted 1,700 top players from across 185 nations, as part of the 44th FIDE International Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, earlier this year.
