Bunch of techies based in Thiruvananthapuram Technopark bat for government schools for their children
The Hindu
Organised under Prathidwani, a collective for the welfare of IT employees having a presence in all IT parks in the State, they formed a forum called ‘My Government School’.
With their perceived predilection for premium private schools for their children, techies are rarely associated with government schools. But a bunch of techies based in Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram is out to overturn that perception, which they describe as cliched. Organised under Prathidwani, a collective for the welfare of IT employees having a presence in all IT parks in the State, they formed a forum called ‘My Government School’ four years back. It now has 30-odd techies who send their children to government schools.The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.
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