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Goals Achieved in Tata Steel Parivars
Educational Statistics
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Children in five camps of Kalinganagar attend ‘Shishu Bachans’ (Balwadis) located in each of the Parivar Colonies. These children are prepared for admission at Ashram Schools managed by the State. Those who want to pursue higher education are provided scholarships in technical training centres and engineering & medical colleges. Specific initiatives in education have been discussed below.
- Tata Steel has built or facilitated the construction of 200 educational institutions in Jajpur district. To improve the educational infrastructure of schools in the neighbouring areas, the Company has taken proactive initiatives in repairing and construction of buildings, construction of boundary walls, distribution of desks and benches to schools, apart from distribution of essential items to students.
- To popularise education and provide a healthy environment for the students to pursue their studies, Tata Steel provides mattresses, pillows, blankets and trays to various residential schools located in Kalinganagar area. Besides, medicated mosquito nets, notebooks are also distributed to the school students by Tata Steel.
- Education in Tata Steel Parivar at present is being handled through 12 education centres running at five locations, catering to children in the age group of 3 to 14 years.
- Computer Based Functional Literacy (CBFL) programmes are conducted through six adult literacy centres.
- A thorough monitoring system tracks performance of children on a monthly basis.
- Various extra curricular activities are conducted to foster both mental and physical well being of the children. In the past years series of workshops were held on the occasion of Sishu Mela. A children’s magazine called 'Ama Prathama Lekha' is being published annually. Centres are also provided with monthly subscription of other children’s magazines.
- Experts from 'Prathama Orissa' conduct specific training programmes for teachers to update them in innovative teaching and learning methods.
- Three computers have been provided in each of the rehabilitation colonies.
- Under project 'Asha' Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS) is providing sports materials (Football, sports attire, Football shoes, Discus, Shot-put, Skipping ropes, Ring Balls, Carom Boards) to the students of various residential and non-residential schools in the region.
New hope, New life The recently published ‘Ama Pratham Lekha’ has the experiences of students and teachers involved in the Sishu Bachan Kendra in Kalinganagar. Sishu Bachan Kendra is a module developed by Tata Steel Rural Development Society to create interest in study among kids as well as older boys and girls. One of the teachers in Danagadi centre, Naguri Jamuda says, “I was not able to do anything except my day-to-day household work. Now I’m teaching the students in Sishu Bachan Kendra. I’m really enjoying teaching these students. We are playing, singing and dancing together.” Sifa Rani Mukhi, a resident of Gobarghati says, “I knew few letters when I was studying in my village. The school was not good for me. Here I have started learning arithmetic…New books every day has created interest in me.” The students are provided every kind of facility, including a bus to commute to school. After this initial schooling, students have the benefit of going to Ashram schools in various parts of the state. |
Tribal Education
The commitment of the Steel Company for providing exemplary education for the tribal community in Odisha is testified by the MOU signed by the Company with Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). As many as 159 tribal children have been enrolled in the residential schools in the district and 50 children have got the opportunity of studying in one of the premier schools in Odisha viz. KISS. In addition, as many as 213 children have enrolled in schools as day scholars.Tata Steel also provides continuous support to the Adivasi Vikash Samity (AVS) Vidyalaya in Serenda, Keonjhar district. Founded by Padmshree Tulasi Munda, a pioneer in revolutionising education in the State, the School receives infrastructural and other benefits from the Company. Tata Steel also sends a Mobile Medical Van to the school every Saturday.
Employability and Entrepreneurship Education
Tata Steel has engaged CAPS Foundation for imparting Employability and Entrepreneurship education skills in Jajpur and Keonjhar districts of Odisha with placement facilities in various peripheral service related industries. More than 2000 students have benefitted from the courses in the last couple of years. The Foundation had started training centres at Duburi & Baragadia in May’07. It conducts programmes in sales & marketing, automobile repair, hospitality services, mobile repairing etc.
The Seyan Marshal Technical Training Centre has been established at Kalinganagar with technical support from Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Bangalore for nominated members of the relocated families of Tata Steel Parivar.
Tata Steel Parivar Scholarship
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Birendra Jamuda – a budding doctor Birendra Jamuda is one of the beneficiaries of Tata Steel Parivar Scholarship, who is currently studying for an M.B.B.S. degree in Hi-Tech Medical College, Bhubaneswar. Tata Steel provides for the tuition fees and hostel charges for the entire duration of the course. Birendra Jamuda has shown a lot of promise and it is only a matter of time before he embarks on a successful career in the medical profession. |
