ACC Vidya Utkarsh encourages reading and education in Chandrapur District

ACC Limited today facilitated a book distribution drive providing students of Chandrapur District access to 31,000 new books weighing about 28 tonnes, worth INR 80 lakhs. As part of its flagship programme ACC Vidya Utkarsh, ACC TRUST has provided quality reading material ranging from storybooks and textbooks on science and social studies to literary masterpieces to over 123 schools, and has set up 29 new libraries at Cluster Resource Centres within Chandrapur District in Maharashtra.

Additionally, ACC TRUST has organised a two-day workshop for headmasters and librarians from government and private schools to brainstorm on ways to improve the quality of existing libraries and how they could improve reading habits among students. At the end of the two-day workshop, all the learnings and suggestions will be compiled and handed over to the district administrator for their consideration and action. Through these efforts, ACC is empowering over 65,000 students from 123 Schools and 32 colleges in the district.

ACC Vidya Utkarsh facilitates quality education to children in host communities through a hub and spoke model. 15 ACC established schools have developed into Centres of Excellence over the past decades which play the role of a hub to enhance the quality of education in government schools.