{"id":3804,"date":"2016-09-08T08:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2016-09-08T08:02:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:02:55","slug":"saraswathi-vidyalaya-providing-quality-education-to-underprivileged-sections-is-imperative-farida-lambay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=3804","title":{"rendered":"Saraswathi Vidyalaya Providing quality education to underprivileged sections is imperative: Farida Lambay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/saraswati-school.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3805\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3805 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/saraswati-school-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"saraswati-school\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/saraswati-school-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/saraswati-school-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/saraswati-school.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chennai, 7th September 2016<\/strong>: The contribution of NGOs in Education of the under privileged found mention at the presentation of <strong>Ms. Farida Lambay<\/strong>, co-founder of Pratham-one of the premier NGOs of India. She was speaking in Chennai to educationalists and teachers from various schools, academicians and parents, at a meeting called to celebrate the birth anniversary of <strong>Smt. K Saraswathi<\/strong> \u2013 Founder of Saraswathi Vidyalaya, well known for her contributions to Education and Women\u2019s Welfare and also Teacher\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the endowment oration, she spoke on the need to revamp the current system of education and to improve quality of tutoring by ensuring better learning outcomes for all children regardless of the background they belong to. She also presented the priorities of Civil Society in shaping the education scenario in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. C. S. Prasad<\/strong>, Former Principal, \u00a0Tamil Nadu Dental College reminisced about his long relationship with Saraswathi Vidyalaya and remembered the Founder for her thrust on the girls\u2019 education in particular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shri N. Murali<\/strong>, Co Chairman, Kasturi &amp; Sons, was highly appreciative of the work done by Ms. Farida as part of Pratham and also stressed on the need for bold initiatives to empower the students and presented her the Smt. K Saraswathi Endowment Award. <strong>Dr. Balaji Sampath<\/strong>, Founder, AID India, was the earlier Awardee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. K. S. Natarajan<\/strong>, Principal, Saraswathi Vidyalaya, welcomed the gathering and spoke about the contributions made by the Founder in Education and social service. He gave a brief note of the initiatives adopted by the school towards developing children\u2019s all round abilities. Steps taken to ensure that these children develop into full fledged citizens of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century by understanding the value of inclusion and equality in their day to day interaction, was also detailed by him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chennai, 7th September 2016: The contribution of NGOs in Education of the under privileged found mention at the presentation of Ms. Farida Lambay, co-founder of Pratham-one of the premier NGOs of India. 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