Sustainability Report 2010

Primary Education and Sanitation

The programme aims to increase employment opportunities through imparting skills and laying a solid foundation of education for children from poor families. The initiative primarily aims to maximise enrolment and minimise drop-outs through a variety of activities that enrich the process of learning (roaming laptop and libraries) and removes impediments to enrolment and learning, either by providing extra coaching or making government primary schools attractive (school infrastructure and supplementary learning centres). The primary education programme has, so far, covered over 2.29 lakh primary school goers. In addition, 577 government primary schools have been provided infrastructure support, consisting of benches/chairs, compound walls/gates/roof, additional classrooms, teaching aids and sport kits. A total of 2,937 low-cost sanitary units have been constructed so far, with one-third of the costs being met by the beneficiaries.