Forty nine students of Tribal and Honhar Education Schemes of Bhilai Steel Plant’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department were taken on an educational tour to IIT-Bhilai campus at Sejbahar, Raipur on Saturday.
The students residing at Gyanoday Chatravas, Sector-IV and studying in Classes 11 and 12 in BSP’s Bhilai Vidyalaya, visited the campus and interacted with the faculty in the laboratories. The students were accompanied by two teachers from Bhilai Vidyalaya and staff members of CSR Dept.
It may be recalled that a fresh batch of 18 Tribal and 12 Honhar Scheme students was inducted at a function on 5th July 2018 at Gyanodaya Hostel. The CSR scheme for adoption of Tribal children started in the session 2002-2003 with adoption of 36 tribal children from remote areas of Durg district.
These children were admitted in class VI in BSP School and all facilities for their lodging, boarding, and education were provided to them free of cost at Bhilai. Subsequently, from the year 2005-06, 20 students are being adopted every year.
From the year 2009-10, hostel has also been established in Rajhara township and the scope of the scheme has been widened to cover the students from Kanker and Narayanpur districts (Rowghat area). Thus from the year 2009-10, intake of 20 students/ year in class VI is taken in Rajhara hostel. Since 2014-15, the intake in Class-VI has been increased to 30 with ten more students from Rowghat Project Rail line Affected Families joining the scheme.
After completing Class X studies at Rajhara, these students move to Bhilai for Class-XI & XII education. After class XII, scholarship of Rs 2000/ month is given to the students who take admissions in government colleges for higher education. Coaching for professional exams has been extended to Class-XI & XII tribal students from 2015-16.
At present, 126 students are put up in Rajhara hostel and pursuing their education in BSP Higher Secondary School No. 2 from class VI to class X. 51 students (including Honhar Scheme students) are put up in Gyanodaya Hostel,Sector -4, Bhilai and studying in Class XI & XII at Bhilai Vidyalaya.