Project Description:
The goal of this project is to build additional classrooms, toilets and provide
furniture and lab equipment. To upgrade the school from Upper Primary( 1st to
5th) to High School (upto 10th) . This upgrade will enable the school to apply
for high-school accreditation making it the only high-school for about 15
villages within the 50km radius of the Devapur. The school currently has 357
students attending classes from classes 1 to 8. The 8th standard was started in
2003 after the construction of 3 additional classrooms with the help of funds
from Asha. This will enable the current students to continue up to the 10th standard
without dropping-out.
Prior to this upgrade the school had only 2 proper classrooms and some classes were
being conducted under a makeshift shed and a couple of trees. Due to lack of
proper classrooms there was lot of absenteeism. Lot of students dropped from
school after 7th since they had to travel 50km to go to the nearest
high-school.
Organization Description:
Devapur is a small tribal village located in Adilabad district of Andhra
Pradesh. The village is adjacent to a cement factory – Orient Cement. Devapur
Mandal Parishad UPS was started in 1983. It is a government school but it gets
meager funds from the government for its management.
