OUTREACH PROGRAMMES 

Ankur Vidyalaya is a project begun in 1991 by the LTS girls  as a Literacy programme  to share the benefits of being in a good school with less fortunate children.  Today, with the help of Staff and students it is a flourishing  parallel school with 80 children on the rolls. Boys and girls from 5 years upward are admitted to the classes. The medium of instruction is Hindi and the class timings are 8 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Every student from Class 6 –Class 10  takes  a turn to share her knowledge with the children  on a one-to-one basis. They are supervised by two trained teachers The children of each class in turn also sit down to share their tiffin once a week with the Ankur Vidyalaya children. Since 1997 a few pupils have been prepared for the National Open School examination.

Regular midday meals, medical checkups, eyecamps clothes and books, singing and dancing, sports and participation in various functions make life meaningful for these children.

Another outreach programme  is a Vocational training class. Knitting and tailoring classes  are held in the school premises from 12.30 to 3.30 p.m. for young ladies of the neighbourhood who need to find ways to support themselves or their families. Once they have mastered the skills the ladies take orders for garments and provide cardigans, shawls for the school children and teachers of our school and other local schools. 

 The students entertain the handicapped children of the Cheshire homes  and Anandam before Christmas and provide a meal  and gifts which are sometimes made by the ladies of the the Vocational training  class.