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Actor, director, writer, social activist and national-level rugby player — Rahul Bose has donned several roles. On Tuesday, he unveiled his latest project — an ambitious plan to take promising children from the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands to good residential schools in India.
The English, August actor announced the setting up of a foundation to administer the Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship Initiative that will provide scholarships to six boys and girls from the islands, based on their scholastic proficiency and extra-curricular talent. The students, chosen for the next academic year, will go to the prestigious Rishi Valley School near Bangalore.
For a project that will initially cover only six children, the foundation will spend a lot of money, around rupees two crores, in the next six years.
Replying to queries about why he is not spending such a large amount of money to bring basic education to a larger number of students, Bose replied that his idea was to create a group that would bridge what he called ‘a psychological schism’ that exists between the islanders and mainland Indians.
“The initiative envisions an India where the people of Andaman and Nicobar find a place in mainstream Indian society,” he said.
Bose first visited the islands after the 2004 tsunami as part of a team working for the rehabilitation of survivors. Bose said that he and his team have been working for the last six months to put the project together.
Rahul chose Rishi Valley School for its relatively egalitarian atmosphere. “If we send the children to an elitist school, they would be lost there.”
The school has agreed to slash fees for the scholars. Travel expenses for the children and visiting parents will be funded through donations from individuals and corporates.
The selection panel will include educationists and representatives from the Rishi Valley School who will chose children for their extracurricular talent, interpersonal skills and scholastic proficiency.
The pupils will be chosen from 100 schools in rural areas of the islands. Those from the urban Port Blair area that has a few good schools will be excluded.
source:timesofindia
The English, August actor announced the setting up of a foundation to administer the Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship Initiative that will provide scholarships to six boys and girls from the islands, based on their scholastic proficiency and extra-curricular talent. The students, chosen for the next academic year, will go to the prestigious Rishi Valley School near Bangalore.
For a project that will initially cover only six children, the foundation will spend a lot of money, around rupees two crores, in the next six years.
Replying to queries about why he is not spending such a large amount of money to bring basic education to a larger number of students, Bose replied that his idea was to create a group that would bridge what he called ‘a psychological schism’ that exists between the islanders and mainland Indians.
“The initiative envisions an India where the people of Andaman and Nicobar find a place in mainstream Indian society,” he said.
Bose first visited the islands after the 2004 tsunami as part of a team working for the rehabilitation of survivors. Bose said that he and his team have been working for the last six months to put the project together.
Rahul chose Rishi Valley School for its relatively egalitarian atmosphere. “If we send the children to an elitist school, they would be lost there.”
The school has agreed to slash fees for the scholars. Travel expenses for the children and visiting parents will be funded through donations from individuals and corporates.
The selection panel will include educationists and representatives from the Rishi Valley School who will chose children for their extracurricular talent, interpersonal skills and scholastic proficiency.
The pupils will be chosen from 100 schools in rural areas of the islands. Those from the urban Port Blair area that has a few good schools will be excluded.
source:timesofindia
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