DLF Foundation firmly believes that every child has a right to quality education and schooling, a necessary foundation block for a bright future. There are a number of ongoing projects wherein we work with schools, communities and other stakeholders to make mainstream education accessible to children of all ages. To further augment the conventional education system, we strive to develop local knowledge and leadership and promote implementation of innovative teaching methodologies appropriate to the target community.

We also support a number of initiatives in the field of education designed to make a difference in the lives of needy and deserving children, focusing on children and adolescents both within and outside the formal education system. The need to bolster the formal education system is being addressed through successful establishment and management of schools like the DLF Summerfields School and the SBM Senior Secondary School while more of similar proposals are in the pipeline. The emphasis on improving the knowledge base and learning levels in formal schools is reflected in the 44 DLF Rural Learning Excellence Centres and Rural Libraries, established to promote new innovative teaching and learning techniques. For students and adolescents outside the ambit of formal education system, we have DLF Swapan Sarthak Schools for educating children of urban poor and slum dwellers. We have also launched a number of vocational training programmes in partnership with a number of NGOs by delivering quality training in various vocations and helping them in securing gainful employment.

A big scholarship scheme is also being launched by DLF Foundation to help meritorious and deserving students belonging to underserved sections of society to help ensure that they are not deprived of quality higher education due to economic constraints.

Our key focus areas in the sphere of education are:

• Bringing children from underprivileged backgrounds within the realm of mainstream education.
• Enhancing quality of education in rural areas by supplementing government intervention.
• Promoting entrepreneurship and employment linked vocational training.
• Honing and nurturing talent.