SABIC,
a global leader in diversified chemicals, inaugurated the newly renovated,
school building of ‘Government Primary
School’, located at Sompura near SABIC Technology Center (STC) site Sarjapura,
under SABIC’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative in collaboration with
its NGO partner Rotary Bangalore South. Chief Guest, Tanvir Sait, Minister of
Primary and Secondary education, Government of Karnataka and dignitaries from
the state government, education department and panchayat, graced the event.
Tanvir Sait, Minister
for Primary and Secondary Education, Government of Karnataka, who couldn’t make
it to the inauguration event, sent his best wishes and appreciating SABIC said,
“I highly appreciate SABIC’s efforts to carry out the construction of
dilapidated school under their CSR Initiative in collaboration with Rotary,
which is a great example for other corporates to follow.”
SABIC, in
collaboration with Rotary Bangalore South, embarked upon the renovation and
reconstruction of Government Primary School in 2016. The deterioration of the
school building due to its age, mainly catering to the children from less
privilege rural backgrounds, had led to a drop in students’ strength over a
period of time.
Janardhanan
Ramanujalu, Vice President, SABIC, South Asia & ANZ said, “The modernization and restoration of
the school demonstrates SABIC’s commitment to continually improving the lives
of the communities it operates in, as well as its support of education. SABIC has been supporting education in many ways including
school infrastructure upgradation in Bengaluru and Vadodara. Renovation
of theschool building in and around Sarjapura has helped us in providing better learning environment to the children. With the restoration of the school, SABIC
aims to provide equal access to education and reduce the infrastructure gaps to
provide better facilities for students from less privileged rural back grounds.
”
SABIC undertook the
reconstruction of the school over a period of 7 months, which included
reconstruction of classrooms, principal’s room, renovation of kitchen area,
construction of separate toilets for boys and girls, renovation of new assembly
area for morning assembly, new play area equipment for the playground,
purification system for providing drinking water facility for the school,
installation of CCTV security cameras and finally the whole structure was
painted to give the school a new life. Apart from the reconstruction of Sompura
lower primary school, SABIC provided drinking water filters, benches, school
bags, note books, library books, almirah for library, in 10 schools in the
nearby areas. We also donated an E-Learning system in two schools in Sarjapura,
Anekal Taluk to help improve the education facilities.
Kishan Gurram,
Director & Site Head, SABIC Technology Center, Bengaluru reiterated SABIC’s
commitment to education by stating that after renovation of the school,
students’ strength has increased and it has also helped provide a conducive and
safe learning environment for the children.
With employee
engagement at the core of SABIC’s corporate social responsibility, SABIC
employees volunteers across India spent over 350 hours volunteering for the
initiative in last two years, working closely with the program partners and
supporting with on-ground logistics. This school was also included for various
CSR activities that are organized by SABIC in schools such as They See, They
Learn, vision screening program of SABIC, health check camps, Teacher’s Day
education awareness activities and school bags distribution.
PP Sridhar BR, Ex-
President Rotary Bangalore South said, “We have been partnering with SABIC on
the modernization and restoration of schools in Sarjapura for the past 3 years
and the impact generated through the efforts is noteworthy. Primary education is
an important area that requires urgent attention and is vital for strengthening
the education system in our country.”
In alignment with
SABIC’s global CSR policy, SABIC in India focuses its CSR efforts on the
promotion of education, with special attention to less-privileged children and
youth. As a part of our CSR efforts to support sustainable education, SABIC has
in the past restored and upgraded schools with enhanced infrastructure and is
working on more such projects. SABIC runs several initiatives in coordination
with CIPET at either end of the know-how spectrum supporting the National skill
development objective.
