Under this programme, the first batch comprising 93 tribal children have been sponsored to Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar.
Sponsored by Nalco Foundation, the continuous residential education programme, with a financial implication of Rs 70 lakh per year will help about 450 children from the remote periphery villages of Damanjodi to join the mainstream, company sources said today.
While majority of the students are being enrolled at KISS, the rest will be enrolled at Koraput Development Foundation (KDF), Jeypore, and Bikash Vidyalaya, Koraput.
Beneficiary students of this project have been identified from the villages of Laxmipur, Narayanpatna and Koraput blocks.
In the second batch, as many as 210 tribal children shall be enrolled in KISS.
Considering the fact that education can be a powerful instrument for societal development and change, Nalco Foundation had earlier signed MoUs with KISS, KDF and Bikash Vidyalaya, for providing quality education to the children from the periphery villages of Damanjodi in Koraput region by sponsoring the total education expenses that includes school fee, lodging, boarding and other expenses.
