‘Mun Bench’ to give facelift for schools

Thiruvananthapuram: As part of the first phase of ‘Mun Bench’, a comprehensive education programme for Vattiyoorkavu constituency, classroom libraries will be provided in 22 government-aided schools in the constituency.
The official launch of the project and inauguration of works of higher secondary building of Government Higher Secondary School, Vattiyoorkavu, will be held on Saturday.
Units, which will include books and shelves, will be donated to 22 schools. Interestingly, V K Prasanth, MLA, received the books for the project during the receptions held after his election win. “We had requested for books instead of shawls during receptions. There was enormous response to it. All those books will be donated to the 22 government-aided schools,” he said. The shelves were donated by Costech as part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Vacation camps, classroom libraries, units of green army and bicycle brigade units, digital club, sports training, improvement of pre-primary education and setting up of model educational institutions are planned under the Mun Bench project.
In the first week of May, a vacation camp has been planned for students of Class VII to Class XII of government schools Vattiyoorkavu, Peroorkada and Pattom. Students will be given awareness on higher educational opportunities and career opportunities. Registration for students will begin on February 24.
Residential camp for marginalized students too will be held. Registrations can be done through MLA office and schools.
The MLA said that Green Army of Corporation will be extended to all schools in the constituency. School students will be engaged in various activities such as waste management, Plastic-Free Vattiyoorkavu initiative and Carbon-Neutral Vattiyoorkavu project.
In order to promote cycling among students, the MLA is planning to expand bicycle brigades in the schools.
A digital club has been planned to encourage creativity of students. The club will offer a platform for students with interest in story writing, poetry, news presentation, film production etc. School teachers and students will handle the digital club. In order to identify talented students, competitions will be held among schools in the constituency.
Various activities to promote sports among students too have been planned under ‘Mun bench’.