SBIOA Educational Trust

The State Bank of India Officers’ Association Educational Trust was promoted by the State Bank of India Officers’ Association in the year 1978 to educate and illuminate the next generation through education.  The Association [SBIOA Chennai Circle] was formed in 1965 and enjoys the reputation of being the Managerial Class Union in the country.  It is the recognized body for negotiations with the Bank Management.  It is also a part of All India Bank Officers’ Confederation which has more than 3,20,000 officers from SBI, Public Sector, Private Sector, Regional Banks, Rural Banks and Co-operative Banks.

The S.B.I.O.A. Educational Trust has 13 schools in its fold at present – 5 in Chennai, 2 each in Coimbatore, Madurai & Trichy and 1 each in Ernakulam and Salem.  They Schools are appraised among the best in the country.  They provide holistic education to the children, grooming them to become socially responsible, technically innovative and enriched with indispensable values of our mother land.  All the schools are efficiently managed and guided by dedicated, competent and committed Office Bearers of the Educational Trust.  Mr. A.V. Joseph, the Secretary & Correspondent of the 13 Schools leads them with his innovative ideas and practical knowledge.  He also shoulders the responsibility of the most prestigious position, the General Secretary of SBI Officers’ Association [Chennai Circle] and the Chairman of the All-India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC).

The motto of the Trust is ‘Educate & Illuminate’.  Its primary objective is to establish educational institutions of high calibre and quality for the benefit of the children of its members as well as deserving students irrespective of caste, colour or creed.  The S.B.I.O.A. Educational Trust strongly believes that education should inculcate high ethical and societal values in children.