Our companies are involved in numerous education projects that support the local communities where we are based. Some examples are recorded below.
We manage 16 schools that cater for 15,725 children, wherein the overall pass percentage was 80%. All the schools are affiliated with government-recognised boards. They deliver classes up to higher secondary levels.
8,580 children in the 3-6 age group study in the 93 child care centres that are run in partnership with the Sterlite Foundation.
We operate six midday meal kitchens in Rajasthan that ensure that local schoolchildren receive at least one substantial meal each day. In conjunction with the state government, there are plans to extend the programme to older children. This will mean that the kitchens will service more than 200,000 children in three districts. We have plans to expand these projects in Rajasthan and Orissa.
Sterlite’s copper business and MALCO operate 27 evening study centres that ensure continuity in education for over 1,600 local school children.
BALCO, HZL and MALCO operate 65 adult literacy centres involving 944 local women. The module includes completion of three levels of study. 70% of the women have reached the third stage in the year ending 31 March 2008, and the remaining 30% have now been declared literate.