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SBIOA Educational Trust, Chennai

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The State Bank of India Officers’ Association (Chennai Circle) is the sole collective bargaining body of the Four Thousand Officers working in the State Bank of India in TamilNadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. Its primary objective is to unite all the officers working in the circle for collective bargaining purposes and to secure for its members better service and fair working conditions. It is also committed to redressing their grievances and improving the quality of life of its members, economically, socially and culturally. It was registered on August 14, 1965 as ‘State Bank of India Officers’ Association (Madras Circle)’ under the Trade Union Act.
SBI OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL TRUST
As part of its non-bargaining activity, the SBIOA (Chennai Circle) sponsored the State Bank of India Officers’ Association Educational Trust in the year 1978 and was inaugurated on the 6th June 1979 to synchronize with International Year of the Child. The SBIOA Educational Trust was registered as a Society under Societies Registration Act, to establish and manage educational institutions for the benefit of the members’ children as well as deserving students irrespective of caste, colour or creed. The first project of the SBIOA Educational Trust was the school that was started in June 1979 at Anna Nagar Western Extension, Chennai in a compact area of 6.2 acres and at the same time (ie) 1979 the Trust had taken over the primary school in Madurai for developing it into a High School.
At present the Trust runs five schools in Chennai and two each in Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore and one in Kochi. At present there are about 30,000 children, studying in all twelve schools. Also, the Trust has provided employment opportunities to nearly 1500 teaching and non-teaching staff in all twelve schools. All the schools under the Management of the Trust are run efficiently, producing cent percent results in the Public examinations year after year. In order to ensure continuous professional development of our Teachers, the Trust has an academy viz. SBIOA Higher Academy of Research and Professional Enhancement (SHARPEN)