| 'Read to Lead' is an initiative by ICICI Bank to facilitate elementary education for 1,00,000 children. It will provide underprivileged children, including the girl child, tribal children and children from remote rural areas, with access to education. The 'Read to Lead' initiative will not create a parallel education system, but will strive to make the current system stronger.
All the 100,000 children who will benefit from this initiative have already been identified. This is a nationwide initiative and currently spans the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
ICICI Bank has partnered various NGOs who have vast experience in this field to share their learnings and help the Bank run this programme effectively. The Bank’s partners have been chosen on the basis of their years of experience in the field of education, their ideologies, the sustainability of their models and their outreach. To know more about ICICI Bank’s partners, please click
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'Read to Lead' aims to make the underprivileged children of our country self-reliant and self-dependent by getting them into the mainstream of our education system. It is a movement to strengthen the future of our nation, an attempt towards a better life...
ICICI Bank is implementing this programme through ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth with the help of the Foundation's partners – CSO Partners and ICICI Centre for Elementary Education (ICEE). Committed to improving social, economic and human development outcomes at the national level, the ICICI Group has established The ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth. The Foundation's mission is to increase the incomes of low-income households in India in a sustainable manner.
- CSO
Partners works with ICICI Foundation to facilitate strategic partnerships between civil society organizations and experienced service providers in areas including organizational governance, human resources, communications, legal aid and accounting, volunteering and financial management. CSO Partners works with specialized entities such as GIVE India and MITRA to facilitate linkages between corporate and retail contributors and deserving NGOs. The 'Read to Lead' programme will be co-ordinated by CSO Partners.
- The ICICI Center for Elementary Education is an interdisciplinary organization working towards the universalization of elementary education in India. This focus derives from the belief that education up to the elementary level is a minimal and necessary condition for individuals to participate meaningfully in socio-economic processes, and collectively contribute to the development of society.
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