Coal Secretary inaugurates Digi Vidya under CSR initiative of Coal India’s subsidiaries
‘Digi Vidya’ aims to ensure students of schools situated in mining areas of eight states where CIL’s subsidiaries operate get quality education and none of them are left behind in the journey of ‘Viksit Bharat’.
Coal Secretary inaugurates Digi Vidya under CSR initiative of Coal India’s subsidiaries
Secretary, Ministry of Coal Shri Vikram Dev Dutt virtually inaugurated digital classrooms of government schools in Jharkhand, installed under ‘Digi Vidya’, a CSR initiative of Coal India subsidiaries.
Shri PM Prasad, Chairman, CIL, Smt. Rupinder Brar, Additional Secretary, MoC, Ms Santosh, Deputy Director General, MoC, Shri Samiran Dutta, CMD, Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Shri Nilendu Kumar Singh, CMD, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and other senior officers of the ministry of coal and CIL and its subsidiaries were present at the occasion.
‘Digi Vidya’ aims to ensure students of schools situated in mining areas of eight states where CIL’s subsidiaries operate get quality education and none of them are left behind in the journey of ‘Viksit Bharat’. In the first phase, 272 government schools were upgraded under Digi Vidya with Smart classrooms. More schools will be added in upcoming phases.
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Bharat Cooking Coal Ltd (BCCL) has implemented Smart Classrooms and ICT labs in 79 schools in the Dhanbad district, with an investment of over Rs. 10.69 crores. It aims to enhance the education landscape, benefitting more than 1,00,000 students and 400 teachers by providing them with personalized, engaging and technology-driven learning experiences.
CCL, another Jharkhand-based subsidiary of CIL, is implementing Digi Vidya in 193 schools, situated in Chatra, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Pakur, Hazaribagh, Latehar, Ranchi and Giridih. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), as part of its CSR initiative, has launched "Project Sambalpur Sikshotthan – MCL Ke Shayog Say" to significantly improve the educational infrastructure in Sambalpur district.
In this connection, an MoU was signed between MCL and the District Administration, Sambalpur, marking the commencement of the project. Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) launched a project worth Rs. 1.46 Crore in the operational district of Sonbahdra (U.P) covering the renovation of the infrastructure of three schools.
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