Carmel Convent High School, Kalamboli, planned for an ‘Educational Tour’ on Thursday 9th February, 2023 for classes III and IV with the class teachers and subject teachers. The students visited public services like Bank, Post Office, Fire Brigade and Police Station in Kalamboli. The tour began at 9:00 a.m. by walk. The first visit for the children was at the bank, the children visited Axis Bank in Kalamboli. The objective of this activity was to create awareness and educate students to know about the access to financial services (banking), availability of various types of services and their features and also to make students understand to know about Indian currency denominations. Next destination was at the Post Office, the students and teachers were warmly welcomed by the staff at the post- office. They were taken around to see how letters are collected, segregated, stamped and then stored in pigeon holes for the postmen to collect. It was altogether a great learning experience especially in these times of email & fax. Visiting a post-office was something out-of-the-ordinary for the children although “post” is an ancient form of communication! The next stop was at the Fire brigade at Kalamboli, there Mr. Vishal and his team gave us fire fighting vehicles information and demonstration. They informed the students to call them we have to dial 102. We spend almost 2 hours in the fire brigade station. Students ate their snacks. The students did realise, becoming a firefighter requires specific qualities such as strength, endurance, and bravery. And at last the tour concluded by visiting the Kalamboli Police Station, students saw different sections like Women help desk, Sr. Citizen help desk, Male and Female custody etc. The students witnessed the working of the police station which includes the case diary, FIR diary and general diary, of the police station. The police officials introduced about the SLR (self-loading rifle) rifle and pistol. After returning to school, the students thanked their dearest Principal Sr.Sushmita, for giving such an opportunity to explore the various public services.
This visit enhanced the knowledge of various important public services. The experience of this visit will be everlasting in the minds of the children.