mumbai times foundation is taking up education projects in maharashtra and andhra pradesh for improving the quality of education and providing holistic learning to children going to municipal schools according to a foundation press release children in municipal schools are as good as children in public schools in terms of merit intelligence or emotional intelligence however they do not perform as effectively because of a lack of facilities the methods of teaching to which they are exposed and their inability to present themselves effectively research done by times foundation revealed that these children needed coaching in english personality development and remedial classes in maths and science the maharashtra state education secretary and the mumbai municipal commissioner have urged the foundation to volunteer to improve the plight of 51 municipal schools in mumbai the foundation is starting a pilot project with 100 children in collaboration with sophia college the foundation is also starting educational efforts in three municipal schools the colaba municipal secondary school the vile parle e municipal secondary school and sion municipal secondary school which are estimated to cost rs 32 lakhs industries corporate houses trusts and committed citizens can come forward to provide funds to the times foundation contributions to the fund are exempt under section 80g of the incometax act every contribution of more than rs 2000 will be acknowledged in the columns of the times of india details can be had from foundation director ashoke k maitra over phone no 2731969