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Private firms to help improve education in Noida's govt schools

Gautam Buddha Nagar administration inks MoUs with two private firms to improve infrastructure and quality of 46 schools

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The Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday with two private firms to improve infrastructure and quality of 46 government schools, through their CSR initiatives.

The administration have signed MoUs with the Power Corporation of India Limited and DLF Charitable Trust which will fund the upgradation of facilities in the schools of the district.

As per its MoU, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is adopting 26 schools for improving sanitation facilities in these schools as well as ensuring a clean supply of drinking water.

There are about 685 government schools in the district and so the administration, along with Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, are reaching out to more and more CSR partners to better facilities in these institutions. Around 100 schools have already been adopted by different CSR partners including HCL, DLF, among others.

Similarly, DLF Charitable Trust is adopting 20 schools out of which four will be taken up on priority, initially in the first phase. The upgradation of the other 16 schools will be taken up in the second and third phases.

"It is our constant effort to better the facilities of Government schools in the district. Gautam Buddha Nagar being an industrial town, we made it a point to offer this opportunity to interested CSR partners who can directly align with the district administration and work in this direction" said BN Singh, District Magistrate, Gautam Buddha Nagar.

According to Pankaj Singh, Noida MLA, the need for the corporate to invest in education was crucial."We all understand the significance of providing the best possible education and educational environment in our government schools and hence there are continuous initiatives in this direction. We are happy that so many corporates are coming forward to fund these reforms,"he said.

FACTFILE

  • There are about 685 government schools in the district
     
  • The administration is reaching out to more and more CSR partners to better facilities in these institutions.
     
  • Around 100 schools have already been adopted by CSR partners
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