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Reliance                                            Educational initiatives


              Foundation Schools                                  at plant locations

              The 13 Reliance Foundation Schools teach over       Reliance Foundation continues to strive to improve
              14,000 children in Jamnagar, Surat, Vadodara, Dahej,   educational opportunities for young people living in
              Koparkhairane, Lodhivali, Nagothane and Mouda. The   communities around RIL plants.
              schools are affiliated with the CBSE and the Gujarat
              and Maharashtra State Boards, and provide           Reliance Foundation has built a new primary school in
              K-12 education.                                     Lalwadi, under the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation.
                                                                  Reliance Foundation also helped the local Meghpar
              Delivering exceptional results                      Government Primary School construct a new building to
              In 2021, 44% of students from these schools received   replace its outdated facilities. In Haryana, it provided a
              90% or higher in the CBSE Class 10 Board exams, and   new 10kW solar plant to power the computer lab at the
              41% received 90% or higher in the CBSE Class 12 Board   Government School Ismailpur in Jhajjar.
              exams. 746 teachers and 124 administrative workers
              completed 20,500 online courses and attended 28,717   During the COVID-19 pandemic Reliance Foundation
              webinars in academics and administration to enhance   worked to mitigate the disruption to the education
              their skills.                                       of children from low-income families. For instance, in
                                                                  Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, children who lacked access
              From online instruction to hybrid                   to the internet were given remedial classes.
              As the schools have gradually reopened for physical   In Jamnagar, students who had dropped out of school
              instruction in recent months after the pandemic, they   were successfully guided through the NIOS Senior
              are now working on a model of hybrid education      Secondary Examinations with the help of volunteer
              that prioritises the safety of students and staff, while   tutors who dedicated several hours each day to the
              providing more opportunities for children to play and   cause. Additionally, Reliance also distributed nearly
              improve their physical and mental wellness.         21,000 education materials to students across
                                                                  plant locations
              Winning new accolades
              Reliance Foundation Schools have brought home       Reliance Foundation arranges knowledge sessions with
              7 international awards, 27 national awards and 125   industry experts and coaching for standardised tests.
              awards at the zonal, state and district level this year.   For instance, the Lakshya initiative provides academic
              Some notable young achievers include five-year-old   mentoring and physical training for young people in
              Evelyn Iris, who set a new national record by identifying   Nagothane, Maharashtra, helping them apply to public
              26 pictures of inventors, and Lavanya Maske, who won   sector jobs in the military, railways, banking sector
              Gold at the national-level Thai Boxing Competition.   and police. In Shahdol, 100 students have recently
                                                                  benefited from in-person and online tutoring.
              The schools themselves have also won awards.
              Reliance Foundation School Koparkhairane was        Reliance Foundation Teacher
              named top ten schools by volume of entries in the
              All India School Contest run by the Indian Centre   Awards (RFTA)
              for Plastics in the Environment. Dr Kishor Nikhare of
              Reliance Foundation School Mouda won the National
              Best Teacher Award at the 15th National Mathematics   The Reliance Foundation Teacher Awards (RFTA) were
              Convention held by the All India Ramanujan Maths    set up to encourage and reward excellence in teaching.
              Club (AIRMC) VIPNET, an autonomous organisation     The awards are given to the top 1,000 teachers from the
              of the Department of Science and Technology of the   Teaching Professionals Olympiad (TPO), organised by
              Government of India.                                the Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA). Reliance
                                                                  Foundation also provides a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh to the
                                                                  top three national rank holders. Over 5,300 educators
                                                                  participated in TPO 2021, and Reliance Foundation’s
                                                                  backing of CENTA TPO over its last four editions has
                                                                  touched the lives of 38,300 teachers.






















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