Students in the council were assigned departments and had roles defined accordingly. The health department looked after personal hygiene of the students. The cleaning department made sure that the housekeeping staff cleaned the classrooms, bathrooms etc. on time. The education department had to look after school and academic supplies of each individual student and made sure that every student received all necessary items.
To facilitate a sustainable model which would keep running even without ITC, they had created a school corpus where each student contributes Rs.5 a month and the teachers at the school contribute a small amount as well. This fund is used to pay for the cleaning activities as well as for any repairs that might need to happen in the school premises. This was being done in at least 4 different schools in and around Munger.
The next initiative that we got to see was the vocational training center that ITC has setup for people in the area. Every 2 months, a batch gets into various programs such as hospitality training, electrician training, service training and various other market driven courses. They take a nominal fees from each student for administration and upkeep. ITC even follows up with them for one year after they pass out to track their placement status and to make sure that they are doing well in their job opportunities.
They have setup multiple centers and are facilitating training and job opportunity creation for young people in villages around Munger. They also are keeping track of the alumni and are conducting community awareness programs with trainees from previous batches to encourage more and more participation.
It was a great learning experience to look at these CSR activities up close and understand the effort that ITC is putting into sustaining these models.
I look forward to this visit next year too!
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