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Project
Proposal and Budget
October 25, 2006
By Dr. Fabian Toegel and Maximilian Norz
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The School of Excellence
is located in Alirajpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is run by
Salesians of Don Bosco. The education in this school (6th to 12th
grade) will allow its students to enter a college afterwards and acquire an
Indian State Administration degree thus qualifying themselves for a well paid
and responsible job. |
One third of India's population
lives in poverty. One of those groups that didn't profit from India's
economic growth is the large tribal community. All students of the
School of Excellence belong to one of those tribes known as Bhils.
Their families live in small huts in remote villages and most of
them earn their livelihood as farmers or daily laborers.
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All students live, study
and eat in the same room. There is a lack of space already now with
only 67 students (6th and 7th grade). Within
five years there will be about 250 students (6th to 12th
grade). The construction of a boy's and girl's hostel is an urgent
and essential issue and could solve this problem. |
This program was initiated by His Grace, the Bishop of Jhabua, in
early 2005. It teaches sixth grade students in English who previously studied
in Hindi. The 35 most talented tribal children (two of them from
Chetna School) were selected through an exam, and now live in the
boarding school of Alirajpur run by the Church. A new building
will need to be constructed to accommodate the students of the
years to come.
Francis Kere, an architect from Berlin, Germany, who gained
world fame when he received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
in New Delhi in 2004, plans to construct a new hostel for
500 students.
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