Page 13 - Chambal Fertilisers - CSR Compendium Revised 23 july 2019 font file

CSR COMPENDIUM 13 Creating Value, Transforming Lives 13

Educated youth, equipped with skills to transform Educated youth, equipped with skills to transform
their own lives, can become the engines of societal their own lives, can become the engines of societal
change and economic development. Government change and economic development. Government
of India aims to harness this promise through of India aims to harness this promise through
adoption of an overarching education goal that adoption of an overarching education goal that
encompasses expansion, inclusion, and excellence encompasses expansion, inclusion, and excellence
along with equity and quality. along with equity and quality.

Though India boasts of one of the largest education
systems in the world, Lower enrollments and
access to quality education remains a cause for
concern. Of the 229 million children enrolled in
Classes 1 to 12, only a small percentage have
access to quality teachers and advanced teaching
aids. Efforts are also afoot to increase the national
Gross Enrolment Ratio to 30% by 2020. Inspired
by our mentor, Dr K K Birla’s deep belief in
education’s transformative power, we partnered
the Government in addressing the country’s
education challenge.
Project Askshar follows a holistic “Pre-school to
Livelihood” concept. With a long term sustainable
approach aimed at molding self-reliant, responsible
youth, the project is building an ecosystem for
delivering quality education in rural India. Akshar’s
four pillars include building a robust education
infrastructure, providing adequate facilities,
integrating technology and improving pedagogy.

Over the next two decades, India’s education Over the next two decades, India’s education
sector faces an uphill task - providing quality sector faces an uphill task - providing quality
education to an additional 7 million education to an additional 7 million
children annually. children annually.