Learning environment
Seven government schools in Manur block were rebuilt and re-equipped under the School Adoption Programme, with a further school taken up in Phase III in 2024–25.
School infrastructure development
Building better learning environments through infrastructure improvements — classrooms, libraries, laboratories and safe facilities.
7
Schools adopted, Manur block
668
Students at the school rebuilt in 2024–25
33
School toilets built, Tirunelveli
375
Children given RO drinking water
Understanding
What school infrastructure development means
What is school infrastructure development?
School infrastructure development is the creation and improvement of the physical learning environments essential for quality education — new classrooms, upgraded facilities, libraries and laboratories, clean water and sanitation, and safe, conducive learning spaces.
Most of this work is done under the School Adoption Programme and Village Adoption Programme, funded by ATC Tyres through United Way, Mumbai, and concentrated in Manur block of Tirunelveli district. It began in 2020–21 with two government schools at Gangaikondan and Sankar Nagar — ten classrooms and two toilet complexes — and grew in 2021–22 to seven schools, each with its own list of works: classroom construction, roofing and flooring repairs, toilet complexes and urinals, compound walls, RO water systems, bore wells, kitchen halls, playgrounds, desks, chairs, almirahs, book shelves, sports equipment and desktop computers.
In 2023–24 the Village Adoption Programme built a library and science lab at the Government Primary School, Pallikottai, and a new classroom at the Government Middle School, Mettupirancheri, with toilet renovation and floor tiling for the Anganwadi. Phase III, in 2024–25, moved to Gangaikondasolapuram Government Higher Secondary School — a school of 668 students — where three first-floor classrooms, a staircase, a staff restroom, a stage roof with a public address system and a tile-lined water sump were built.
The trust's school work goes back further than the adoption programmes. Under the Total Sanitation Campaign it built 33 school toilets and 14 Anganwadi toilets in Kuruvikulam block, Tirunelveli, and through the Supreme Industries CSR programme it installed reverse-osmosis drinking water in three primary schools of Kadavur block, Karur, for about 375 children.
- Classroom construction
- Library & science lab
- Toilets & RO drinking water
- Computers & furniture
- Playgrounds & noon meal halls
Why this work matters
The challenge on the ground — and our answer
The challenge
Classrooms unfit for learning
In underserved communities, students sit in classrooms without proper ventilation, lighting or furniture — environments that hold back learning outcomes.
Our response
Build and upgrade classrooms
Ten classrooms at Gangaikondan and Sankar Nagar in 2020–21, waterproof roofing for three rooms and flooring for six more at Mettupirancheri in 2021–22, and three first-floor rooms at Gangaikondasolapuram in 2024–25.
The challenge
No books, no labs, no practice
Without libraries and laboratories, education stays theory-only — students never get reading materials or hands-on learning in science and technology.
Our response
Libraries and laboratories
A new library and science lab building at the Government Primary School, Pallikottai, stocked with books and learning materials, gives children somewhere to read and something to experiment with.
The challenge
Unsafe water keeps children away
Schools without clean water, toilets and hygiene facilities see more disease and lower attendance.
Our response
Clean water and sanitation on campus
RO drinking water for about 375 children in three primary schools of Kadavur block through Supreme Industries; toilet complexes, urinals and bore wells at the adopted schools; and 33 school toilets built earlier under the Total Sanitation Campaign in Tirunelveli.
The challenge
No computers, and no coaching for the entrance exams
Rural government schools rarely have a working computer, and almost never the coaching that decides whether a bright student reaches engineering or medicine.
Our response
Equipment where it is missing, coaching where it counts
Desktop computers at Gangaikondan, Sankarnagar and Alangaraperi, an LCD projector at Sankarnagar — and JEE/NEET coaching for 20 students at the Government Higher Secondary School, Gangaikondan.
At a glance
The essentials
- Active since
- 2003School toilets under the Total Sanitation Campaign; the School Adoption Programme began in 2020–21
- Coverage
- Manur block, TirunelveliSeven adopted schools, plus three primary schools in Kadavur block, Karur
- Learning resources
- Library & science lab, PallikottaiBooks, learning materials and hands-on science for a government primary school
- Funders
- United Way, Mumbai & ATC TyresWith Supreme Industries for school drinking water
- Most recent delivery
- Adoption Programme Phase IIIGangaikondasolapuram Government Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli, 2024–25
- Delivery model
- School by school, work by workA separate schedule of works agreed for each adopted school
Track record
Project portfolio, 2003–2025
| Programme | Period | Type | Highlights | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School toilets and school sanitation (Total Sanitation Campaign) | 2003–2014 | Government scheme | 33 school toilets and 14 Anganwadi toilets in Kuruvikulam block, Tirunelveli (2003–04); school sanitation programmes reaching about 1,000 students across 14 schools in Dindigul and Tirunelveli (2013–14) | Completed |
| RO drinking water in schools (Supreme Industries) | 2019–2020 | CSR partnership | Reverse-osmosis drinking water supplied to three primary schools in Kadavur block, Karur, for around 375 children | Completed |
| School Adoption Programme (SAP) | 2020–2023 | CSR partnership — ATC Tyres through United Way, Mumbai | Two schools at Gangaikondan and Sankar Nagar with ten classrooms and two toilet complexes (2020–21); seven schools in Manur block with classrooms, toilets, RO plants, compound walls, computers, furniture and playgrounds (2021–22, restated in 2022–23) | Completed |
| Village Adoption Programme (VAP) | 2021–2024 | CSR partnership — United Way, Mumbai | Aladipatti and Alankaraperi village works (2021–22); a library and science lab, toilet tin sheets, noon meal hall roofing and whitewashing at Govt Primary School, Pallikottai, and a new classroom, toilet renovation and Anganwadi floor tiling at Govt Middle School, Mettupirancheri (2023–24) | Completed |
| Adoption Programme — Phase III | 2024–2025 | CSR partnership — United Way, Mumbai | Gangaikondasolapuram Government Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli — three first-floor classrooms with staircase and future-expansion roofing, a female staff restroom with wash basin and septic tank, stage roofing with wiring and a public address system, and a tile-lined water sump with submersible motor. The school roll is 668 students (504 boys, 164 girls) and three female teachers | Ongoing |
Impact
What school infrastructure development changes
Educational resources
A new library and science lab at the Government Primary School, Pallikottai, stocked with books and learning aids, gives children hands-on science for the first time.
Health & hygiene
Separate toilets for girls, boys and staff, RO drinking water for about 375 children in Kadavur block, and 33 school toilets built earlier in Tirunelveli. The trust's own reports credit the sanitation work with reducing dropout among girls.
Equipment and coaching
Desktop computers and an LCD projector for three of the adopted schools, and JEE/NEET coaching for 20 students at the Government Higher Secondary School, Gangaikondan.
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