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• Annual Report 2018-19

Shaping the future of software driven business

Education

Working with 15 schools, 25 study centers 50+ colleges and 14 NGO partners, reaching out to 6,106 students

and 38 teachers, through 13 initiatives across 5 locations.

All drives under the thrust are of education aims at

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Improving quality of education through various intervention and mentoring program

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Financial support to students to complete their education

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Support for infrastructure development

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Enabling students to get opportunities for overall personality development

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Enabling through skill development program, improving employability

Kiran – Girls’ Scholarship Program:

Persistent Foundation started Girls’ Scholarship Program in the year 2010-11 with

the objective to help needy and competent girls to become educated, confident, skilled and employable. The scholarship

amount is decided on the basis of the fee structure of the engineering colleges. The Foundation provides

40,000 per

year to each girl student, till the completion of her curriculum. During the year, total of 55 girls were selected for this

program. In total, around 166 girls were supported under this program. Mentorship is an integral part of the program.

These scholars are mentored by your Company employees, while a residential mentoring program is conducted twice a

year in Pune and Bengaluru, in order to educate the students on current technological advancements and ensure that

they are industry-ready.

Study Centers:

Study center is one of the major drive through which Persistent Foundation reached to 1,061 students. The

program was implemented at 3 locations – Pune, Nagpur and Hyderabad. In Pune and Hyderabad, the program addresses

the needs of students in slum areas and in Nagpur the program focuses more on need of rural students. Along with

support for scholastic improvement, study center across locations ensures that every student gets the opportunity to

explore his/her own areas of interest.

Integrated School Upliftment Program:

Under this program, the Foundation aims at infrastructure development, teachers

training, life skill education, support for extracurricular activities, support for improvement of scholastic performance and

career guidance. The Foundation undertook following activities under this initiative:

Teachers Training Program:

During the year, 24 teachers from 4 Pre-Primary and Primary Schools and 14 teachers from 2 NGOs were participated

in the training. The program covers teaching-learning methodologies that are strongly grounded in the principles and

current understanding of Cognitive Science, Child Development and Learning.

Teachers training program for secondary school was also conducted along with the Institute for Psychological Health.

During the year, total 8 sessions were conducted, 9 teachers attended the program from 6 schools.

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Reading Writing Improvement program

This program was implemented in 6 schools covering more than 1,200 students for last 3 (Three) years.

iii. Life Skill Education and WaSH

Under this program, the Foundation has reached to the more than 1,000 students through 35 sessions.

iv. School Infrastructure

Under infrastructure development, the Foundation has helped the schools by way of construction / refurbishment

of toilet blocks, rain water harvesting, assistance in enriching libraries, science labs, etc., provided benches and bunk

beds, sports equipment, etc.

Skill Development program:

Through this program, The Foundation aims at enabling young men and women to have

a sustainable source of livelihood. In the financial year 2018-19, 132 young women got trained under skill development

program, out of which 85% have jobs and are earning

7,000 to

9,000 on a monthly basis. The same has not only

improved their financial status in the society but also has improved their social status.