Education

L&T’s CSR projects in the area of education are focused on increasing access to quality education for children. These initiatives, which mostly cater to children from 3-18 years belonging to marginalised strata of society, provide support for better learning abilities of young minds, are community-based and supplement learning in schools.

The projects go beyond academics and cover various aspects of education, including nutrition at the pre-primary level, providing infrastructure (setting up smart classes or refurbishing of classrooms or community learning centres and providing water and sanitation facilities) to supplement soft skills provided (support classes or remedial classes or STEM education). The education programmes are made even more robust by empowering stakeholders through teacher’s training programmes, and regular interactions with heads of the school and school management committees including parents.

In 2020-21, L&T supported more than 500 schools and reached out to over 2 lakh children with its education initiatives pan-India.

An overview of the education programmes across various campuses and project sites of L&T:

Augmenting infrastructure

Children, especially girls, in resource-poor schools are prone to absenteeism and dropping out due to the lack of basic infrastructure like classrooms, toilets and drinking water. L&T’s School Adoption Programme helps augment school infrastructure by repairing buildings and compound walls, building toilet blocks, drinking water stations and kitchens and equipping laboratories and libraries. It refurbishes playgrounds and classrooms by providing furniture in resource-poor Government schools.

Pre-school interventions

Early childhood intervention through Balwadis/Anganwadis helps develop school readiness among children and addresses concerns regarding immunization and monitoring the health status of children. Such programmes are ongoing in both rural and urban areas. Through these initiatives we also help provide supplementary nutrition to children as part of their physical and mental development and reach out to young mothers to inculcate better child-rearing practices. It also encourages cognitive learning by building the capacity of balwadi teachers and supplying relevant toys to aanganwadis. During the pandemic, nutritional support was provided to the children and parents who were involved in educating their children over telephonic calls and through WhatsApp groups.

In School Programmes

Mobile toy libraries in Mumbai and Chennai (called the Nanha Munha Express) have been visionary in making learning fun through play-way methods. Besides regular support classes, training in various Indian classical dance forms (through programmes like Nritya Parichay in association with NCPA) help in holistic development of children.

After-school interventions

Community learning centres are a large part of our education initiatives, they cater to primary and middle school children and provide remedial after-school classes. There are also youth engagement programmes in place for students between Grades 9 and 12 which intend to make children career and job ready. Spoken English classes, digital literacy and building social & emotional learning skills are included in these youth engagement programmes.

Initiatives for vulnerable children

Pathbreaking initiatives like setting up of a help-desk for vulnerable children (PCVC i.e. Pratham Centre for Vulnerable Children), especially those who drop out of schools due to unavoidable situations, have helped get many such children back to school. Such an initiative has been ongoing in Mumbai. In 2021 a programme for school dropouts was initiated in Bhim & Kumbalgarh, Rajasthan as part of our flagship Integrated Community Development Programme.

Bridging the technology gap

In sync with our inherent expertise in technology, L&T launched the ‘Engineering Futures,’ flagship STEM education programme which delivers easy-to-understand, technology-driven, project-based learning by well-trained teachers. This programme covered around 23000 students of 6th, 7th and 8th standard in 103 government schools across five states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Pondicherry in 2020-21.

Remote Learning

Schools close but Education continues- Responding to the Covid Pandemic, L&T’s education interventions were re-strategised to include digital platforms and online modes in order to keep children engaged in education. The Company trained teachers in the use of digital media for teaching, encouraged them to use online assessments, helped the children access digital media and tools and addressed connectivity and electricity supply issues. Children and parents were provided information on how to prevent COVID-19 and family counselling services were extended to them. L&T ensured learning continuity by mobilising teachers, parents and children to participate in the process of remote learning.

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