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Adyayin which means student in Sanskrit,is a group of old students of Delhi Tamil Education Association(DTEA)Sr Sec School(Formerly MEA-Madrasi Education Association Pusa Road)from all batches since inception to future passing out students,Teachers,Staff members,etc.As all of you are aware, DTEA Pusa Road branch has been in the past, one of the finest &preferred educational institutions in West Delhi. DTEA Pusa Road used to churn out students with excellent mindsets&strong education base. Students who have experienced that era still cherish it. Hence this communication.Over a period of time, the Institution has deteriorated in terms of quality of education and today its Brand equity is very low. This has resulted in parents not enrolling their wards in this school.This has also resulted in the school not being able to attract children from good family backgrounds.All this has had a cascading effect and school continues to struggle and is not able to produce results and is a vicious cycle.A big contribution of Pusa Road branch,has been making education accessible to children from economically weak sections of the society.We welcome you join us in resurrection of our Alma Mater to past glory.We felt that we owe it to our Alma Mater&give back something in return as a GURU Dakshina. A free group where you can share your thoughts, information, photographs,etc or any other matter relating to DTEA school which you feel would be of the interest to others and help in improvement of the school. As this is a group of all students of Past,present and future students, teachers and staff, breaking the barriers between generations by bringing them together under one forum, we request all to use their goodwill in promotion and exercise restraint by not using controversial,abusive and explicit language,material,content,etc in this group. We welcome you all Adhyayins and Adhyapaks to a pleasant sharing of our warmth and affection of this great tradition and family of DTEA.

We, the ex students of DTEA Pusa Road 1976 Batch, are taking the liberty of addressing this communication and we are sure that you are interested too.

As all of you are aware, DTEA Pusa Road branch has been in the past, one of the finest & preferred educational institutions in West Delhi. DTEA Pusa Road used to churn out students with excellent mindsets & strong education base. Students who have experienced that era still cherish it. Hence this communication.

Over a period of time, the Institution has deteriorated in terms of quality of education and today its Brand equity is very low. This has resulted in parents not enrolling their wards in this school. This has also resulted in the school not being able to attract children from good family backgrounds. All this has had a cascading effect and school continues to struggle and is not able to produce results and this is a vicious cycle.

A big contribution of PusaRoad branch has been making education accessible to children from economically weak sections of the community. But that is not sufficient in terms of overall development of the students and preparing them for today's competitive world. DTEA Pusa Road has a big financial burden, and to be fair to the Management, source of funds are not from huge donations, as prevalent in private schools.

This set us thinking as to what could be done to the Institution which has given us so much and because of which almost all of us have done fairly well for ourselves in our respective spheres .We felt that we owe it to our Alma Mater and give back something in return as a form of Guru Dakshina. So, we 1976 Batch mates set out the following broad objectives for this noble mission. Objectives:

1. Inculcate a sense of belonging and motivate the staff and teachers by reassuring them that there a light at the end of the tunnel.

2. Infrastructural support viz installing water coolers/aqua guard, black boards and repairing broken glasses in the windows & doors.

3. Provide computers & printers to the school.

So, we 1976 Batch mates embarked upon improvement of Infrastructural facility  of the school and to this end, we have undertaken the following jobs with contribution from 1976 Batch mates.

Donation of two printers for the Office and Maths Lab. Four Blackboards(Green Boards) Fixing of broken glasses on window panes, doors and ventilators and repair of windows and doors.

However the school requires much more than what is visible to the eyes.

Once the infrastructure improves and there is a sense of belonging induced, then the morale improves which is key to motivation and positive energy which requires collective efforts and energy.

We had certain perception of Management, this seems to be slowly changing and one thing that we have decided is to do anything in kind only and nominated core group would be fully involved so that all of us have confidence that the funds are being utilized to the best use of school/students.

Through this communication, we wanted to apprise you all of the way forward and each one of you is invited to give your views and share your thoughts. Further we need to reach out to as many ex students as possible to make a success of this endeavour. Some ex students have not even updated their details in the dtea website. This too needs attention. Please communicate the importance of updating their details in the dtea website. Those of you who wish to be actively involved, please come forward with ideas, skills or financial support.

Let us together bring back DTEA Pusa Road to its past glory. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adhyayin-dteapusaroad