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| June 2008: Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Hon’ble President of India inaugurates Satya Bharti School in Lordi Dejgara village, Jodhpur |
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Hon’ble President of India inaugurated the Satya Bharti School at Village Lordi Dejgara, Dist. Jodhpur, on June 21, 2008. The school, set up under the aegis of Bharti Foundation’s Satya Bharti School Program aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children in rural India.
Under the program, Bharti Foundation will set up 500 Satya Bharti Primary Schools and 50 Satya Bharti Senior Secondary cum Vocational Training Schools in villages across India. Also present at the occasion were Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal, Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises and Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
After inaugurating the foundation plaque, Smt. Patil visited the classrooms and interacted with the children and teachers, enquiring about their experiences at school and the innovative methods adopted for teaching-learning processes. Immediately after this a function was held attended by all the dignitaries at the event. The Hon’ble President, in her speech, highlighted the importance of children attending school and urged all community members present to ensure that their own children, as well as those who lived in the village, attended school regularly. She also spoke in length about the need for empowerment of women and its effects on the dynamic changing economy of the country. It was no surprise then that the Hon’ble President encouraged Suraj Devi, the Sarpanchni of Village Lordi Dejgara to be present on the same dais with the other dignitaries during the event and share her experiences of being associated with the Satya Bharti School. The event proved to be a huge success and saw a crowd turnout of more than 2000 people who attended the event.
On the occasion, Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal said “While India makes impressive strides with its rapid economic growth, 300 million children in the age group of seven years and above do not have access to education. At Bharti, we believe that education is the single most important tool to bring about social and economic transformation and children in rural India must get an equal opportunity for education. With the Satya Bharti School Program, we are committed to make a difference and bridge the education divide between the urban and rural pockets of India, taking forward the agenda of inclusive economic growth.” |
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