Bharti Foundation Schools, India

Key Facts

• Nearly 300 million children aged 7 and above are illiterate.
• 42 million children between the ages of 6-14 do not attend schools.
• 236 Bharti Foundation Schools have so far provided free education to about 30,000 children in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu. In full capacity these schools will provide education to about 50,000 children.

Bharti Foundation’s Response

The Satya Bharti School programme aims to make available free, high quality primary and secondary education to poor children in the rural areas of India. Additionally, the programme generates employment by hiring local talent as teachers and support staff in the school. The schools are built using the most environmentally sustainable building practices and aims to be a catalyst of social reform in the communuity where it is set up.

Our Support

• The British Asian Trust, working on behalf of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has supported the building of one school in rural Punjab. This school will provide education to over 200 children.

Charity News & Events

Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Mittal, was named the Philanthropist of the Year by the Asian Awards 2010 for his contribution through the Bharti Foundation in the area of education for disadvantaged children.

The Bharti Foundation won the Economic Times Corporate Citizen of the Year Award 2009-2010. The award seeks to honour the contribution to public good through commitment to critical social causes that influence the lives of thousands of disadvantaged Indians.

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