Annual Report 2010 - 11 - Purkal Youth Development Society

About us
A brief history
The program dates back to 1998, when after school
tutoring of four students began. Later, several
sponsors funded formal education in a local English
Medium Secondary School. The number of children
seeking help steadily swelled. The number of students
benefitting at the end of the current year was 230.
The school operated out of a house initially, used
cattle sheds and garages and finally moved into our
custom built school campus in December 2006.This
campus has steadily grown since with regular labs for
the Sciences and for computer instruction apart from
a library.
The Society was registered in 2003. Teachers became
full time in 2006. With improved instruction, the
grades at school improved impressively and there was
newfound confidence.
By March 2008 there were over 140 students. This
number grew to 154 by March 2009, to 206 by March
2010 and to 230 by March 2011.
While midday nourishment has been available almost
since inception, four feeds a day, which includes
breakfast and fruits is being given since July 2008
Since 2005 the children have used the Society’s
buses to go to a school in the city and later, many of
them to come to our school. As of March 2011 we
had two buses and a winger helping the children; the
teachers and the women with Stree Shakti commute.
As of March 2011, there were 55 students going to the
Jaswant Modern School in the city with our support
and sponsorship. This number will steadily reduce as
we get affiliation from the CBSE for classes 9 and 10
initially and later for classes 11 and 12.
In 2010 we took the first steps in setting up a primary
School, went on to a secondary school and then to a
senior secondary school to help us implement our idea
of holistic development of the child. These were set up
with recognition from the Uttarakhand Board. We run
a Day Boarding Programme and provide plenty of time
for all children to experience fun and learning.
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