Nobel Laureate
Amartya Sen has pointed out that the opportunities promised by market-based reforms are
critically circumscribed in a nation where large numbers cannot read or write or count.
ITC provides poor children the greatest asset that they can aspire to: education for a
brighter future.
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ITC's education support programmes are
aimed at overcoming the lack of opportunities available to the poor. ITC believes that the
extensive network of government-supported schools must be made more attractive to
children. It provides critical support to state-run schools to maximise enrolment and
minimise dropouts.
Its initiatives include improving school
buildings, constructing toilets, providing electricity connections and supplying fans and
lights. ITC provides students with uniforms, satchels and books. So far, 20,000 children
have benefited in 4 states.
ITC has financed the establishment of
Supplementary Learning Centres to help poor students cope with their lessons and improve
their scholastic abilities, thereby preventing dropouts. This scheme also benefits
educated local youth who serve as tutors at these centres. |
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ITC-sponsored NGOs also conduct teacher training programmes to raise the standard of
teaching in government-run primary schools.
ITC helps NGOs to organise |
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An ITC-assisted Supplementary Learning
Centre for underprivileged children. The dramatic improvement in the academic performance
of these children has made such centres very popular with parents.
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| summer camps, sports and other
extra-curricular activities as part of the overall development inputs for children. |
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Education - at a glance |
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Milestones
Commencement
of initiative:
Year 2000
• Number of schools assisted: 70
• Students receiving books and
uniforms: 7,500
• Supplementary Learning
Centres: 70
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Agenda
for the
next decade
• Number of schools to be
assisted: 1,000
• Students to receive books and
uniforms: 50,000
• Supplementary Learning Centres
to be set up: 1,000
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