CB BureauDoing its bit towards the so-called Model School Programme
in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K Bank has developed and upgraded two government
schools – Govt Boys Higher Secondary School at Bijbehara and Government Girls
Higher Secondary School at Ranibagh, Anantnag. Inaugurating the two model
schools equipped with ‘smart class’ facilities, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed
Sayeed appreciated J&K Bank for having lived up to their ‘commitment of
making quality interventions in the education sector.’
Mushtaq Ahmad, chairman and CEO, J&K Bank, said, ‘Education,
as we experience throughout our lives, is the key to mental, social and
cultural development of societies. Only educated societies survive the
challenges of change. In every forward-looking society, education exacts major
resources in terms of human, financial and social capital.
‘This is the basic idea of our engagement with education
through our corporate social responsibility. As means to socio-economic
empowerment, education receives a substantial part of our CSR funds.’
The setup for the two model schools includes two
smart classrooms and one computer lab-cum-smart classroom, high-tech science
laboratories, and other infrastructural facilities. The smart classrooms offer
state-of-the-art teaching”learning experience that includes every possible
instruction and assessment elements required by teachers and students.