Appreciative gesture from university students! – GENERAL – Erzurum Pusula Newspaper

Students of Fırat University Faculty of Civil Engineering in Elazığ continue to undertake colorful projects within the framework of social responsibility projects. In this context, Fırat University Rector Prof. Dr. Under the leadership of Fahrettin Göktaş, together with volunteer students, it aimed to ensure that students studying in Tadım village of the center receive education in a better environment. The student group, who first came to the school and made observations, then took the materials they collected with the help of Fırat University and other institutions and started the painting and renovation works of the school. The community, which will build the school and hand it over to students again within 3 days, announced that they will continue their social responsibility projects as the Fırat University family.

“Children’s happiness made us happy too”
Fırat University Rector Prof. stated that Fırat University students, through a club, have been identifying village schools in need of maintenance and repair for about 10 years. Dr. Fahrettin Göktaş said, “In this context, today our students from the Department of Civil Engineering will paint the Tadım Village Primary School and deliver it to the school administration within 3 days. These social responsibility projects are projects that should be an example for all university students and all our citizens in general. In this way, the repair and maintenance of our rural schools will be carried out in some way.” “It is an important activity to do. I congratulate everyone who contributed to this issue. I hope these activities will continue in the future.”

Stating that Fırat University students painted the primary school in Tadım village, Fırat University Faculty of Engineering Dean Prof. Dr. Ebru Akpınar said, “We came together with the little students. The school will be much more beautiful after the painting and renovation of the school is completed. Our students are also very excited. This is a village school with 13 students. The students welcomed us here very warmly. Our little students prepared poems for us, dressed beautifully and did their hair carefully. They welcomed us very hospitably. They were very happy that the school was painted and renovated. Their happiness made us happy too. Work will continue this week. We will continue to provide stationery aid here, and we are very happy about that. We have 12 clubs affiliated with our faculty. Among these, our construction club is one of the most active. From time to time they organize seminars, technical trips and social responsibility projects. We had already planned to paint and renovate a village school. “We carried out this event with the sensitivity of our students,” he said. UAV