GOOD EARTH
Saturday, 22 February 2020
A PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL CHOITHRAMIANS
We Emerge as Winner of the Best Annual Report (Gold Level) in
India of SEC 2019
UK charity Teach A Man To Fish has announced Choithram School as
a winner of the Best Annual Report (Gold Level) in India of School Enterprise
Challenge 2019. The award carries with it a prize of $500. The school received
the award in recognition of the exceptional school business planned in the
school and its contribution to developing business and practical skills amongst
students. More than 11,000 schools from over 107 countries participated in the
contest this year: an international programme which supports students and
teachers to plan, set up and run a school business.
As a part of the business enterprise ‘Good Earth’, students from
Montessori to grade 10 prepared handicrafts from recycled material, compost
from dry leaves and saplings from flower cuttings. The business team comprising
of grade 11 and 12 students procured customised T-shirts and customised tea
cups from a supplier outside the school. All these products were sold by the business
team during the sales events organized in the school during Parent Teacher
Meetings as well as outside the school viz., one catering to the Jain community
and another organised with the help of the local Rotary Club. The profits
generated were used for gifting story books and games for slum children near
Bombay Hospital, stationery items for a local orphanage, food paper packets
given with Robin Hood Army volunteers, geysers to inmates of Maa Kankeshwari
Devi Old Age Home as well as solar lamps to villagers of Nayapura village who
suffer from erratic power supply.
Jyeshtha Mishra, Head Girl of the school and General Manager of
the business team remarked, ‘Now I am able to turn ideas into action and I’ll
be forever grateful to ‘Good Earth’ enterprise for making me recognise this
gift. Being a part of this enterprise is not about in-depth theoretical
knowledge of the subjects, it is all about developing entrepreneurial skills.
Our school enterprise ‘Good Earth’ has made me unlock my potential and develop
entrepreneurial skills which include creativity, innovation and the ability to
plan and manage in order to take our business to new lengths. It has honed the
skills of communication and networking in me which has made me very comfortable
while interacting with new customers. It has also equipped me with the skill of
problem solving and critical thinking.’
