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MODERN COMPUTER LAB AT ST ANTONY'S 

BY P S SUNDAR

                     A noble gesture has happened with the Rome-based Superior General of Montfort Brothers of St Gabriel Society, Bro John Kallarackal dedicating a modern computer lab to impart free education to poor students of St Antony’s Higher Secondary School, Coonoor.

Bro John Kallarackal (foreground) dedicating the computer lab to poor students in the presence of Bro Soosairaj (next to him).

“Majority of our 1,716 students come from poor families who cannot afford to own desktop with internet connections.  We impart free education to all.  To upgrade the facilities, we have dedicated this global-standard computer lab and audio-visual auditorium where free training on computer applications will be imparted to all”, Bro Kallarackal told me. 

audio-visual auditorium

                        “In this, there is a support of ` 12 lakh from Government of India through Tea Board in appreciation of our offering free-education to wards of plantation workers.  St Gabriel Society has funded the balance including the computers”, Headmaster Bro Soosairaj said.   

audio-visual auditorium

The ambiance at the computer lab is so attractive to match the one in any paid-school thereby leaving an outcome that the students belonging to poor families who study at St Antony's get the same quality education as those who study in paid-school campus.