Recognising that education is a crucial pillar on which the upward mobility of communities rests, Essar Foundation has established multiple programmes that enable children in various locations in India to read and write. The Foundation began a school improvement programme some time ago with the objective of setting up schools in places where government and private schools are absent or inadequate. The Foundation ensures that these schools have modern classrooms, libraries, playgrounds, residential quarters and hostels.
To provide the amenity is one thing, but to encourage children, especially young female students in rural areas, to remain enrolled in the school quite another. To ensure that more and more students continue their studies, Essar Foundation rewards meritorious students with scholarships.
Essar Foundation awards scholarships to students in Dantewada
Gyanjyoti Scholarships are special rewards given to students from underrepresented groups, who live in remote areas and have limited access to quality education. Essar Foundation recently organising programme at Padapur village in Dantewada where 18 students from government-run primary schools in Padapur and Benpal villages were awarded quarterly scholarships. A post office account was set up for all the selected students in nearby Dugeli village so that the scholarship amount could be safely deposited.
Essar Foundation supports secondary education; awards scholarships to 30 meritorious students
In Vadinar, scholarships were awarded to 30 students from 15 villages, putting the prospect of higher education within their reach. Essar Foundation ensured that at least one female student in each village received a scholarship.
The scholarships were awarded in the presence of Head-Technical of Essar Oil, Mr KC Swain, and CEO of Vadinar Oil Terminal & Essar Bulk Terminal Salaya, Capt. Deepak Sachdeva. The students also received a certificate, badge, and dictionary as tokens of appreciation.
