Success of this corporate led CSR intervention are attributed to (I) taking up the intervention in the existing schools instead of setting up new school,(ii) identifying and bridging the gaps, (iii) Involving the teachers and utilising services for running the facility, and (iv) close and continuous care, supervision of the local management. This instance of E learning facility under corporate imitative providing quality primary education to the disadvantaged may be small in magnitude but it provides rich lessons.
Provision of equal opportunity for growth to all citizens is a laudable goal, but it has been a herculean task in a country of India’s size and diversity. It is a fact that government interventions in the last seven decades have led to significant developments.
However, the gap between the rich and the poor, the empowered and the disadvantaged continue to persist in several fields including access to quality basic education. In this context, mobilisation of the strength of all stakeholders along with identifying and replicating the best practices will make a meaningful difference in making the growth inclusive.
CSR and Education, CSR in India, Dr Sanjay Kumar Panda, Education in India
