Support My School is a joint initiative by NDTV and Coca-Cola India to revitalise neglected schools. India has been grappling with severe issues of retention of children in school. In rural India, the child is subjected to tremendous social pressures like early marriage, early child birth, taking care of siblings etc. When a child struggles through these issues and still manages to come to school, the unwelcoming state of school discourages him to attend. This exacerbated the already grim situation for children.
Taking off from this unhappy situation, the Support My School campaign is an attempt to curtail children from dropping out of schools.
As a part of this initiative, is the 8-hour LIVE televised telethon, which will bring together the entire nation to work towards happy, healthy and active schools.
This Article is From Jan 05, 2016
#SupportMySchool Campaign Achieves Its Mission of 1,000 Swachh Schools
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Updated : January 05, 2016 3:08 pm IST
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- Support My School is a joint initiative by NDTV and Coca-Cola India to revitalise neglected schools. India has been grappling with severe issues of retention of children in school. In rural India, the child is subjected to tremendous social pressures like early marriage, early child birth, taking care of siblings etc.
Nov 29, 2015 20:25 (IST)
Nov 29, 2015 20:00 (IST)
Nov 29, 2015 20:00 (IST)
And it's a wrap! Thank you for joining us in raising funds to revitalise 1000 neglected schools in rural and semi-rural areas for a brighter future.
Nov 29, 2015 19:58 (IST)
400 schools will be revitalised thanks to today's Telethon; it's the biggest number we've ever achieved in a single Telethon!
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Nov 29, 2015 19:58 (IST)
Venkatesh Kini, on behalf of Coca-Cola & its partners, adopts 76 more schools to achieve our campaign's mission of 1000 swachh schools.
Nov 29, 2015 19:55 (IST)
Cherin Thomas, CEO & National Director of World Vision India, adopts 100 schools. With this, we have collected enough funds to revitalise 324 more schools.
Nov 29, 2015 19:53 (IST)
Radio City just donated Rs. 35,000 for the campaign. And, Venkatesh Kini on behalf of Coca-Cola & its partners, announces their pledge to revitalise 56 schools.
Nov 29, 2015 19:43 (IST)
Ashwini Angadi was born visually impaired. But that didn't stop her from completing her education. Today, she runs a free residential school for visually impaired children called BALAKU which means light. Ashwani has received several awards for her work and was the UN Special Envoy for Global Education in 2013.
Nov 29, 2015 19:35 (IST)
PLAN adopts 50 schools! We have now collected enough funds in the past five hours of the Telethon to revitalise 147 schools.
Nov 29, 2015 19:28 (IST)
Kailash Satyarthi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for his decades long campaign on children's rights, talks about how the State, civil society and corporate sector can come together and boost the education sector. The three sectors need to support and learn from each other, he says. "Unfortunately, we see a serious trust deficit between these three pillars, but I am trying my best to bridge this gap", he adds. Watch: Kailash Satyarthi Talks About How to Boost the Education Sector
Nov 29, 2015 19:27 (IST)
Today, we are also felicitating school principals who went out of their way to help the campaign improve their schools They also gave individual attention to poor students who, despite the transformation of their schools, wouldn't have been able to continue their studies because of personal difficulties.
Nov 29, 2015 19:20 (IST)
Shorya Mahanot was commissioned to produce his first solo exhibition at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel when he was 4-years-old. Now, he's nine-years-old, and is going to teach Ranveer Singh and Sourav Ganguly how to paint.
Nov 29, 2015 19:20 (IST)
Zarina Screwvala, the Founder and Managing Trustee of Swades Foundation, and Rajkumar Hirani, Filmmaker, voice their take on the Indian education system. "Schools need to be proud of their facilities, and that's only possible if they're valued and maintained", they both echo.
Nov 29, 2015 19:08 (IST)
Hussain Kuwajerwala danced to all songs that Ranveer Singh has starred in. Obviously, they both shook a leg together as well.
Nov 29, 2015 18:57 (IST)
TV actor, anchor and dancer Hussain Kuwajerwala enthralls the audience with his energetic performance.
Nov 29, 2015 18:47 (IST)
Nov 29, 2015 18:41 (IST)
Ranveer Singh, Sourav Ganguly and Vikram Chandra play football with these three girls from Ranchi who're junior state-level football players. Until the Support My School campaign intervened, they had no access to any sports facilities in their school.
Nov 29, 2015 18:40 (IST)
Pashupati Nath Gopalan of Sun Edison has committed to powering 50 schools with solar energy.
Nov 29, 2015 18:39 (IST)
Kandarp Singh of Tetrapak adopts 11 schools.
We're inching closer to our mission of 1000 swachh schools.
We're inching closer to our mission of 1000 swachh schools.
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