EDUCATIONAL AID

The Right Investment - Educational   Aid & E-Shiksha Programmes

Out of all socio- economic interventions, education has always been considered the most powerful tool & GAIL has been regularly and consistently active in rendering contributions towards education, either by means of providing infrastructure support for classrooms, playgrounds, lab equipments to the under-equipped schools, or through   direct scholarships, etc., it has taken this thrust forward by way of setting up a Trust to carry out the programmes in this area in a focused manner. The GAIL Charitable and Education Trust was set up in 2009 with a corpus of Rs.20 crore for dispensing scholarships and awards to meritorious poor students on merit-cum-means basis.

Sponsoring students belonging to the lower societal strata for specialized coaching for IIT & Engineering entrances under its project “Utkarsh Superb-30” & setting up of 50 non formal education centres for slum children of Delhi & Noida  under project “Padho Aur Badho” , “E-Shiksha” programme for computer literacy, participation in “Mid-day Meal” programme of Govt. of Delhi  and Corporate sponsorship of orphan children of SOS homes at Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Delhi are some of the very successful and satisfying programmes undertaken over this year for supporting & promoting education among the rural and urban poor

One of GAIL’s most satisfying interventions in education has been the E-Siksha programme; wherein computer labs have been set up in a self sustained, power equipped mobile Vehicle along with one qualified instructor and teaching aids. This has been implemented in Vijaipur and Pata as a pilot project, reaching computer education to government schools and facilitating these students to accomplish their regular computer school curriculum through this mobile computer aided labs. After school hours, these computer vehicles were available to the villagers of Pata and Vijaipur for the adults to take up a course in typing and basic computer literacy with the assistance of a trained instructor. This programme has not only facilitated the school children and brought about computer awareness in them but has also empowered the village youth to undergo basic computer literacy at the end of which a certificate of completion was awarded to the youth by the NGO, which has helped them to gain employment with the local contractors as clerks or book keepers. These computer courses were registered with the Ministry of HRD.

GAIL has undertaken several other projects in this area, for example, creation of infrastructure, providing equipment, furnishings, stationery, mid-day meals among other things. These support activities have not only helped to enhance creativity and independence among the students and improved the attendance of children in schools. Our support to special children through hearing aids and by providing computer with special software for visually challenged school children has also helped such special children to join the main stream of education.

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