GMRVF partners government schools in their quest to improve quality of education. Initiatives include provision of infrastructure, support through trained Vidya Volunteers, promoting activity-based learning, computer-aided education, co-curricular activities, and after-school tuitions for higher classes etc. The Foundation works with about 300 schools to enhance the quality of education. benefiting over 55000 students across India.
When GMRVF started working with the government schools around the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, it was found that the SSC pass percentage in Mamidipally High School was less than 35%. Many interventions were taken up by Foundation to improve this. It started an After-School Learning Center to provide tuition support to the students with weak learning skills. Transport facility was provided to girls coming from nearby villages to reach their homes safely in the evenings after attending tuition classes. All the students of After-School Learning Center were provided with nutritious snacks every day for 3 months before the exams under the sponsorship of IT department of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. In the first year of GMRVF’s intervention the pass percentage increased to 67%. The teachers of the school were highly motivated with this increased pass percentage and started taking initiatives on their own to achieve better results. Their efforts coupled with continuous support from GMRVF resulted in continuous improvement in the SSC results and in the third year of intervention, the school achieved a pass percentage of 81%.