The Konkan Railway
Corporation has taken several initiatives necessary to improve
the quality of life of its employees and their families. In
this connection, the Konkan Railway has launched a new project
titled Chaitanya to address the cognitive, emotional
and behavioral aspect of the children of its employees upto
the age of ten years from Mumbai to Mangalore.
The project aims
at assisting the children to realize their full potential and
be at a cutting edge of evolving knowledge based society. The
children are also enthused to be leaders in their respective
fields in the coming years. The objective is to equip them with
confidence, friendly feeling, good peer relationships, ability
to face challenging tasks, good communication skills and be
attentive to the situation around in order to be a better human
being and yet start early and stay ahead.
To begin with,
the project will involve active participation of parents of
the children in their all round development. About 350 parents
are targeted to take part in the programme at the corporate
complex of Konkan Railway at Belapur. The project will be later
extended to cover other stations over the Konkan Railway route.
The Konkan Railway has drafted renowned psychiatrists, physiologists,
pediatrics and NGOs for the project.
In the first phase
of the project, parents are to be sensitized about the developmental
milestones covering age specific, physical, behavioral, cognitive
and emotional development of children, understanding parental
need and assessment. In the phase-II of the programme, assessment
of cognitive development of children will be focused .
This is the first
ever project towards human development at the catch young stage
undertaken by the Konkan Railway.
