The 2nd foundation day of Kayakalp Public School, CCL located in Bukru, Ranchi was celebrated with full zest and enthusiasm. This school is a CSR initiative of Central Coalfields Limited. The school has 55 students who belong to the poorest strata of the society. The Chief Guest for the celebrations was Shri Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL while the Special Guest was his wife Mrs Pramila Singh who was the first principal of the school. The other dignitaries included Shri Suresh Gaikwad, Principal, Kayakalp Public School, Shri Bimlendu Kumar, General Manager (Administration), Mrs Rashmi Dayal, General Manager (Samadhan), Shri. K Sundar, Chief Manager(CSR)  along with officers and staff of Central Coalfields Limited. 

Addressing the gathering Shri Singh said that Equality is a fundamental right and the motivation behind the opening of school was to provide quality education to every downtrodden child.  Learning should be a gratifying experience with this in mind it provides various kinds of facilities to the students. There is Bus arrangement for pickup and drop; it provides children with mid-day meals, four pair of uniforms on admission. The school started with 30 downtrodden children and has 55 students now. He underlined the necessity of comprehensive development of Children and stated that along with Education the school gives paramount importance to discipline, ethics, sports and arts in its pedagogy. He expressed his delight at the transformation of the children and complemented the principal, teachers and the staff of the school for the same. He cited that how couple of years back the children had difficulty in communicating  in Hindi but now they are taking pledges and chanting poems in English. Shri Singh expressed a belief that in future these children will grow into good citizens and will contribute towards the development of the nation.  He reiterated that children are the future of the nation and the company produces coal to brighten their future. To further this vision, he declared that in future Kayakalp Public School will be opened in twelve common area of CCL in addition to the Ranchi and Dhori which is operating successfully.  Shri Singh talked about the other CSR initiatives of CCL in diverse fields like Sports, drinking water, environment. He expressed his gratitude to Government of India and the State Government for their unrelenting support to Central Coalfields Limited. 

The students performed various cultural programs and took part in sports event as a part of festivity. Parents of the kids were visibly ecstatic and expressed gratitude for CCL for providing their children with this opportunity. Vote of thanks of given by Smt. Rajeshawari, Teacher, Kayakalp Public School.