Village exposure' programme for AIMIT students held

June 19, 2011

Mangalore, June 19: Eighty seven students of MCA and M Sc(Software Technology) section of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangalore spent five days in Mundgod, North Karnataka, starting from 9th to 14th June, 2011. They were sent to remote villages of Mundgod taluk in groups of seven to ten. Most of the students lived with families and had a rich experience of interacting with the village folk and children. During the day some of the students spent their time in fields, sowing paddy and in the evenings they interacted with children, teaching them English and Maths.


Every year all the Post graduate students of St Aloysius College and AIMIT have such rural exposure programmes. These programmes give the students an exposure to the reality of the vast number of our villages and the life of the poor and simple people. During their stay, students also do some surveys and collect data for analysis. Most of the students appreciate this programme and are touched by the simplicity of lives of those people and the hospitality they extend to them. Some have even started NGOs to help to educate these children. This is one of the experiences which they will remember all through their life.


The programme was coordinated by Loyola Vikas Kendra, Mundgod under the leadership of Fr Arun Luwis. Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT and Fr Ozzie Mascarenhas SJ, Chairman, MBA dept of AIMIT visited the students in various villages.

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