It was a change the students and teachers of Nusrathul Islam Lower Primary School had long been wishing for: proper flooring for the school building and a computer lab for the students. QBurst’s CSR intervention finally made it happen.

The floor of the small, unassuming school building at Kakkanad, Cochin was in a state of disrepair when we stepped in. Paucity of funds had led the school to put off the maintenance. The computer lab, meanwhile, was practically dysfunctional with outdated computers. Finding replacements without straining the school’s meagre budget was impossible for the authorities, so the students’ exposure to computers remained limited.

We undertook tiling of 3000 square feet of the school building, spanning the classrooms, computer lab, office room, and the school corridor. The work, which was started in the first week of February 2016, was completed on February 26, 2016. The computer lab was also revived with QBurst’s contribution of three new computers, enabling the school to live up to the expectations of the state curriculum.

“QBurst has transformed our school. Now our students can pursue computer education as visualized by the IT@School project. The school has now become a source of pride to us,” says Mrs Mary, Headmistress of the school. As for the young students, we wish nothing more for them than the ability to dream big within the safe, enabling environment of the school and to go after their dreams when they mature into adults.