MES’ Pillai College of Education and Research, New Panvel has always been deeply committed to community work. One of the activity we are involved in is teaching. This year along with Jeevan Jyothi Trust, Panvel our community work was with the children from economically weaker sections residing around Mall Takka area. This is located very close to Panvel railway station and NMMT bus depot. There are close to 40 children who assemble in a room provided by a local community leader. Nearly 25-30 of these children go to regular schools nearby. The remaining children are non-school going and range in age from 4 to 8 years. Students were divided on the basis of their place of stay and students were sent in groups of 5-6 every day from Monday to Saturday from 25th October, 2017. Each student was assigned a small group of students and they acted as mentors. One teacher in-charge also accompanied the students. We worked with the school going children by clearing their concepts, helping to revise their subjects, learning English and also helped them with scholarship topics. Our students really enjoyed the interactions and were elated to see the difference they were making by helping these children.
