Loyola Academy, Chennai

Loyola Academy, Chennai in Maraimalai Nagar, India, is an English Medium school run by Jesuits in association with their Loyola College, Chennai.BackgroundLoyola Academy was founded to serve poor, Dalit children who were suffering from lack of educational opportunities. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. According to the India census, the literacy rate for the rural districts of Chennai was "0" in 2011. Also, an original concern of Loyola Academy was to serve Anbagam students, of whom 21 boys and 16 girls were attending in 2014; special care is given them, including summer camps.Facilities include two buses for transporting students to school, a complete computer classroom, LED television facility in the classrooms which can take students on a virtual tour of their daily lessons or visualise theoretical concepts from their books, and a library with more than 3000 books, an LCD projector, and audio facilities. There is also a hostel for boarding students.ActivitiesActivities include volleyball, basketball, karate, yoga, chess, keyboad, band, folk dance, computer designing, embroidery, and communicative English. There are also awareness programmes: LASAC (Leadership And Social Awareness Camp), NEEM (Nature Environment Ecology Movement), MAP (Movement for Anti-Plastic), LAMP (Loyola Animation Movement for the Poor), and GSP (Government Services Programme).