Forest department transforms tribal schools in reserve forest areas in Khammam

The Khammam forest department, with CSR support from HDFC Bank, is upgrading primary schools in tribal areas with modern facilities, aiming to improve infrastructure, enhance learning environments and reduce dropout rates among students in remote forest villages.

Khammam: The district forest department has taken steps to improve educational standards, strengthen basic infrastructure and create an effective learning environment in government primary schools in the tribal areas of Sathupalli in the district.

District Forest Officer Siddharth Vikram Singh said that, with the support of HDFC Bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, development works with modern facilities are being taken up in the primary schools at Chandrayapalem and Regallapadu in reserve forest areas.

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The objective of the initiative is to provide tribal children with a quality learning environment comparable to that available to students in urban areas. Upgrading schools in remote forest villages would encourage students to develop interest in education, he said.

As part of the initiative, installation of interactive panels, provision of uninterrupted power supply, and repainting of classrooms in fresh white and blue colours for a brighter atmosphere have been carried out, Vikram Singh said.

In addition, the schools have been equipped with quality electrical fittings, wiring, and installation of new fans and lights, besides curtains for windows and supply of new benches for students.

The initiative allows rural students to have equal opportunities to excel in education and improve educational outcomes significantly, besides reducing dropout rates in tribal areas, he noted.

The DFO thanked HDFC Bank management for its financial support for the educational development of tribal students, while students and teachers of the concerned schools thanked the forest department for its initiative.