New Delhi, July 18 (MExN): Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and Coal India Ltd (CIL) has partnered for improving the quality of education given to the tribal students in the state of Chhattisgarh. CIL will support 68 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in Chhattisgarh under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which will be benefiting more than 28000 tribal students, stated a PIB update.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India establishes EMRS to impart quality education to ST children thereby enabling them to avail of opportunities in higher and professional educational courses and get gainful employment in various sectors. EMRS in addition to imparting high quality education also takes care of their nutrition and overall health and development. As on date, there are 479 functional EMRS across the country.
CIL has announced that it will support the Tribal Affairs Ministry under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and sanctioned Rs 10 crores towards the following interventions: Promotion of digital education by setting up of computer labs; around 3200 computers and 300 tablets will be purchased; Health hygiene of girl students by establishing around 1200 sanitary napkin vending machines & 1200 incinerators in schools and hostels; Comprehensive mentorship for students; and Residential entrepreneurial boot camps (In IIT/IIM/NIT) for students
The project will be implemented through National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), a section 8 company under the Ministry.
