Bharti Foundation facilitates educational exchange between the Army Goodwill Schools and the Department of Education, Government of Delhi

13 April 2022: Bharti foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises strongly believes in quality education as the hallmark to a great nation. With a profound intent and commitment to make a difference, Bharti Foundation under its ‘Quality Support Program’, thus facilitated educational exchange between mentor teachers, Delhi Government Schools and Army Goodwill Schools situated in the valley. The visit was specifically aimed at enlarging the horizons and to absorb each other’s energy, education philosophies and best practices.
The exchange program was aimed to undertake a meaningful interaction between Mentor Teachers of Delhi Government School and those of the Army Goodwill schools. Two groups of 30 teachers each, visited Army Goodwill School Hanzik & Army Goodwill Public School Pahalgam wherein the Mentor Teachers from Delhi Government Schools got a chance to connect and interact with the school teachers and students of the said schools and understand the school dynamics. First group underwent the exchange program from 12th-14th March 2022 and the second group completed the visit from 22nd-24th March 2022. The whole knowledge exchange program was designed in such a way that best of experiences is attained from learnings and challenges from different practices adopted by educators from both states

Speaking on the occasion, Sh. Sanjay Subhas Kimar, Dyputy Director Education – Exam said, “We are very happy to see the contribution that Bharti Foundation is making through their programs to support education in the country.”

Further Dr Dinesh Kumar, Principal DIET, RK Puram said, “We feel highly grateful towards Indian Army under whose ambit are the Army Goodwill Schools successfully imparting quality education to the students.”

Marking the occasion Ms Mamta Saikia, CEO, Bharti Foundation, said, “Our focus is to bridge the education divide by creating programmes in rural India that bring about sustainable change through quality education. This exchange will help mentor teachers at Delhi Government schools and Army Goodwill School teachers realise the challenges faced in effective teaching learning, share their experience and learnings of educational practices. I express my heartfelt gratitude to Government of Delhi and teachers from AGS for coming forth and sharing their life experiences.”