GOOD EARTH
Saturday 5 March 2016
Choithram School is the
Winner of Special
Recognition Award (Stage 2)
UK-based charity Teach
A Man To Fish has announced Choithram
School, Manik Bagh as a winner of Special
Recognition Award (Stage 2) of the School Enterprise Challenge 2015. The
school received the award in recognition of the exceptional school enterprise
planned and its contribution to developing business and practical skills
amongst young people. More than 2900 schools from over 100 countries
participated in the contest this year. The contest challenges young people to
establish a socially responsible, yet profitable, business at their school.
This offers a platform for providing hands-on relevant education to students,
at the same time as generating extra income for the school.
The school students were involved in
creating a melange of eye-catching handicrafts from recycled material and
setting up a business enterprise titled ‘Handy Handicrafts Organization’. The profits would go to the school’s partner school Bwafwano
School in Zambia for their School Feeding Programme where for many children their school meal is their only meal
of the day. Ms. Raminder Mac, Dean International Affairs and Lead Teacher of
the project remarked, ‘School Enterprise Challenge is an excellent platform to
hone the entrepreneurial skills of the students by providing them experiential
learning as well as brings them closer to the environment and community.
Principal Mr. Rajesh Awasthi
congratulated all students and teachers for achieving this remarkable feat.
