The Math is running Free Tuition Centres for the benefit of poor and downtrodden students studying in Std. X & XII in Government Schools in the rural areas of Tiruvallur District. The students are motivated to perform well by intensive coaching. In most deserving cases, the Math meets the expense for Higher Education, besides issuing books from Math’s Book Bank. The Teacher employed for this purpose visits the villages regularly.
One month prior to the commencement of Govt. Examination, special coaching classes are conducted daily from 6 am to 10 pm for boys and upto 6 pm for girls. The students are provided with breakfast, lunch, night tiffin/meals (at least for 30 days), to enable them to concentrate on studies. This arrangement is in addition to the regular tuition classes conducted throughout the year.
The project was started in the year 1991. So far about 10,000 students of X Std. and 5000 students of XII Std. have benefitted from this scheme. The percentage of pass in X Std. and XII Std. in the year 1991 was only 35% but in 2010, the percentage of pass has improved to over 88%.
Presently the Centres are run at two schools in the Mylapore area and in the rural areas at Red Hills, Sholavaram, Kavarapettai, Velliyur, Ponneri and Pazhaverkadu (Fishermen area). There is an ever growing demand to set up more such Centres. Currently there are totally 1500 students availing the services of the Free Tuition Centres. These students also actively participate in the service-oriented activities of the Math.
