P. S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, has taken the initiative to organise community service events for high schoolers, making five hours of community service compulsory for the completion of each academic year.
The first community service event of 2025-26 took place at Anna Centenary Library in Kotturpuram from May 12 to 16.
Students who volunteered were split into eight shifts, with each shift lasting three hours—morning and afternoon batches on each of the five days.
The library staff assigned work on different floors to groups of students who helped organise and replace books which had been borrowed or used for reading.
“This is an exciting initiative by the school, offering students a great hands-on experience,” said Siddharth, a 9th grader. “For 9th graders, this was our first experience, and it was both engaging and fun. It really helps ground students and teaches them responsibility.”
- By Meghna J. ; she is attending the Mylapore Times Journalism course this summer