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Annual Report 2018-19
There are 15 schools, 25 study centers, and 50+
colleges involved. We reach out to them with our
14 NGO partners. All drives under the thrust area
of Education aim at:
• Improving the quality of education through
various intervention and mentoring programs
• Offering financial support to students for the
completion of their education
• Providing
support
for
infrastructure
development
• Helping students get opportunities for their
overall personality development
• Improving employability through skill-
development programs
Kiran Girls’ Scholarship Program
This is the flagship program of Persistent
Foundation. It aims at enabling girl students
from underprivileged sections of society to
pursue further studies in Computer Science and
Information Technology. The objective of this
program is to transform them into educated,
confident, skilled, and highly employable young
women. This year 1,300 girls across five locations
applied for the scholarship. After meeting our
selection criteria and going through our selection
process, 55 students were onboarded.
In addition to the scholarship, we provide all
onboarded students with one-on-one mentoring.
We also have a residential mentoring program,
which both students and mentors look forward
to. Of 28 girls who graduated this year, 21 have
successfully found job placements.
Employees’ Contributions to the Cause of
Education
Education has always been an area supported by
Persistent Systems employees whole-heartedly
through their skills, time, and money.
Out of 3,383 volunteers in FY 2018-19, 1,789
(52.88%) volunteered for 2,364 hours to further
the cause of Education.
Out of 5,548 donors in FY 2018-19, 1,708
(30.78%) donated
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26.97 lakhs.
Integrated
School
Dev. Prog.
Cyber
Champ
Study
Center
Support
Green
School
Initiative
Rural
Science
Center
Kiran
Girls SS
Prog.
Skill
Dev.
Prog.
4435
1150 1100
540
250 166 141
No. of beneficiaries covered
Support
for Trans.
Teachers
Training Prog.
Early
Intervention
for hearing
Impaired
Student
Sponsorship
Prog.
Support to
Matrushakti
Kalyan Cen.
Const. of
Anganwadi
43
38
32
32
32
20
No. of beneficiaries covered (contd.)
Employee Contributions towards
the Cause
Support for the cause of
girls education
No. of Employees Students Benefited Amount
Student Sponsorship Program
275
807
340
18.17
25
1.57
Employee Contributions towards
the Cause (contd.)
No. of Employees Students Benefited Amount
School Kit Drive
School Health Program
446
180 200
0.93
1614
6.30