Dayawanti Punj Model School - Punj Lloyd

Leveraging on Punj Lloyd’s corecapability in the infrastructurespace, this village school wasbuilt with amenities worthy of thebest boarding schools in the country,internet, swimming pool, gymnasium,airconditioned auditorium and fieldtrips to Delhi and other parts ofIndia. In response to the increasinginterest of the parents to get theirsons’ schooling as well, the schoolevolved into a co-educational Englishmedium school. Dayawanti Punj ModelSchool can claim to have achievedwhat many prestigious schools aroundthe rest of the country could not.Sitamarhi, a pilgrimagedestinationSitamarhi is located between Prayagraj(Allahabad) and Kashi (Varanasi). Itis the birth place of Luv and Kush,the twin sons of Lord Rama. On thebanks of river Ganga, stands RishiValmiki’s Ashram where the great Rishiwrote the famous epic, ‘Ramayana’.60 km from Allahabad and 80 kmfrom Varanasi, Sitamarhi falls inthe Poorvanchal region, a partof eastern Uttar Pradesh.The area in and aroundSitamarhi is very remote andbackward. 70% of its populationlives a life below the poverty line.Economic constraints coupled withpoor hygiene, illiteracy, deep rootedsuperstitions, religious beliefs andlack of social awareness are the mostsignificant impediments to health care,elementary education and socio-economicgrowth. The literacy rate is extremely low.Gender bias is deep rooted and girls donot get the privilege of getting elementaryeducation. Poor and insufficient means oflivelihood add fuel to their misfortunes.