Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi inaugurated a renovated primary school premises that is entirely sponsored by Pricol Ltd through its CSR Fund at Pallapalayam near Sulur on Monday (14.10.2024)
The Minister inaugurated this new premises worth Rs. 1.20 crore in the presence of Vijay Mohan, Founder; Vanitha Mohan, Chairperson, Pricol Ltd; Ganapathy Rajkumar, MP, Coimbatore; R.Balamurali, Chief Education Officer - Coimbatore; Sweta Suman IAS, Additional Collector, Coimbatore and a few other guests.
Vanitha Mohan while welcoming the gathering highlighted the amenities provided in this school premises. She said that this block is developed on a 5050 sq.ft area. It has 5 individual classrooms, a dedicated room for teachers, purified drinking water facility, clean and separate toilets for boys and girls, a mini playground, reinforced guard rails near staircases, complete CCTV surveillance and much more.
Vanitha Mohan shared that each classroom has a desk and chairs as per the children's age requirement. Underlining that nature, especially water conservation is Siruthuli (a NGO working towards creating a greener Coimbatore), she said that they have installed Rain Water Harvesting structures that are capable of storing 22,000 litres of rain water in the school campus. Also, to create a greener landscape in the campus, 10 tree saplings were sowed.
Minister Anbil Mahesh appreciated Pricol Ltd. for their contribution. He urged the students to make good use of this new and improved school premises, and also focus on building Tamil Nadu's future through the education they get from it.
"Pricol has spent, or should I say, invested Rs.1 crore+ on the school education sector. It is our duty to create societal development as the Interest on Investment you've made. We will certainly deliver it," the Minister said.
He said that TN Government will take care of the education needs of the children (from school to collegiate education) in the State through its various schemes starting from TN Chief Minister's Breakfast scheme to Nan Mudhalvan scheme, and also facilitate job opportunities to them via MoU with global companies. The State will guide the students for around 25 years, starting from their childhood to career stage.