Black Boards Project in Coastal Belt

GETA.co.in picked up a Black Boards Repainting Initiative recently. We selected only government primary schools. They have 5 to 6 boards per school.

Event Name No of Boards Estimated No of Students No of Student Hours Project Cost Partner
Black Boards Repainting in PVUSO UP School 8 240 4,80,000 Rs. 2,400.00 Self (GETA Service Trust)
Black Boards Repainting in KGM High School 20 600 12,00,000 Rs. 7,000.00 Mr. Vamsi Krishna, Riyadh
Black Boards Repainting in MPUP Schools 16 480 9,60,000 Rs. 5,600.00 Mr. Vamsi Krishna, Riyadh
Black Boards Repainting in ARM High School 10 300 6,00,000 Rs. 4,000.00 Mrs. Samatha & Mr. Satish, USA
Black Boards Repainting Project at High Schools 80 2,400 48,00,000 Rs. 28,000.00 Lera Technologies, Hyderabad
Black Board for MPUP Upputuru, Parchur 10 300 6,00,000 Rs. 3,500.00 Mr. Sreekanth Pratti, Parchur
Black Board for Akshara Vijayam, Prakasam 1 30 60,000 Rs. 500.00 Lera Technologies, Hyderabad
Black Boards Project at Parchur Mandal 221 6,630 1,32,60,000 Rs. 1,00,000.00 Lera Technologies, Hyderabad
Black Boards Project at Karamchedu Mandal 154 4,620 92,40,000 Rs. 50,000.00 Pinion Services Limited, London
Black Boards Project at Repalle Mandal 397 11,910 2,38,20,000 Rs. 1,25,000.00 Power Mech Foundation, Vijayawada
Black Boards Project at Vetapalem Mandal 247 7,410 1,48,20,000 Rs. 75,000.00 Power Mech Foundation, Vijayawada
Black Boards Project at Chirala Mandal 330 9,900 1,98,00,000 Rs. 1,25,000.00 Power Mech Foundation, Vijayawada
Black Boards Project at Chinnaganjam Mandal 159 4,770 95,40,000 Rs. 20,000.00 Indians for India, Riyadh
Totals 1,653 49,590 9,91,80,000 Rs. 5,46,000.00  
Student hours influenced per Rupee 182    
Or, cost per improved student hour 0.0055    
About half paisa!    


About 40 students attend in each class. Many a time, multiple classes share a class room with separate boards painted on opposite walls. Our observation is that repainting of one board costs INR 300, i.e., around $5. It lasts for 2 years. Taking the strength, teaching hours, working days, etc. into consideration, this contribution turned out to be very effective. To speak in ROI terms, it costs less than half a Paisa per improved student hour.

GETA.co.in team works with Mandal Education Officers, collects schools' data, Head Masters' contacts, locates a sponsoring partner, arranges painters, tracks progress, and verifies work completion by means of school acknowledgement, makes random inspections, and publishes project closure reports to sponsoring partners. So far, with like-minded partners, we repainted 1287 Boards in 208 schools from 5 Revenue Mandals in Andhra Pradesh, India. We could even derive a footprint on India Map!

Together, the impact would be more. We welcome partners to join hands and spread this effort to more Mandals. Please drop a line expressing your interest to projects@geta.co.in or call us on +91-8594-220022.