Jyoti Development Trust
Organization background

Jyoti Development Trust (JDT) operates the Disha Seema Centre School (DSCS), a boarding school that hosts over 310 children from kindergarten to grade 12 on the IIT Kharagpur campus. With the support of the IIT community, the school's main aim is to provide an environment that encourages children from surrounding tribal areas to attend school.

In addition to providing an education in a safe and supportive environment, JDT also runs programs to develop life and entrepreneurial skills and motivates the privileged youth of the surrounding community to participate in and support JDT's mission.

Project background

Children from kindergarten through grade 8 attend school onsite at DSCS however children from grades 9-12 have to leave the premises to attend local government schools. The parents of these children are uncomfortable having their children attend offsite schools so they are hesitant to send them to reside at DSCS. JDT wants parents to continue sending their children to high school so they are expanding their facilities to include upto 500 students, a library, more classrooms & residential rooms, laboratories and staff rooms.

GKF contributions to JDT