Three schools near the Bibiyana gas field area are now set to recruit three additional teachers each to improve the standard of education after receiving a donation from Chevron Bangladesh. On July 2, 2007, the Chevron Bangladesh President Steve Wilson handed over three cheques each amounting to BDT180000 to three headmasters of three schools, Pradip Ranjan Das of Nadampur High School, Shaesta Mian Jaigirdar of Dhigalbak High School and Billal Hossain Chowdhury of Gholduba MC High School and Vocational. The funds will go towards payment of one year’s retainer for the teachers recruited to improve the standard of math and English teaching.
During the cheque handover ceremony, the presidents of each three schools were present among others. Also present in the program were, Chevron Bangladesh’s Director of External Affairs Naser Ahmed and acting chairman of Inatganj union of Habiganj district Aftab Ali.
During the program, Chevron Bangladesh’s President related to the representatives of the Bibiyana community that the company’s future social development efforts will prioritize education. He said, “Education is the area I am most interested in, as it ensures sustainable development.”
The grants to three schools were provided as part of Chevron Bangladesh’s Education Support Program. Under the program each school will also receive educational materials worth of BDT 20000 in the current year.
Earlier, Chevron Bangladesh had also sponsored the construction of a school building and provided school furniture to a school next to the Bibiyana project.
Chevron Bangladesh is a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, which is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. The company has about 56,000 employees, and Chevron’s subsidiaries conduct business in approximately 180 countries. Chevron operates across the entire energy spectrum—exploring for, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas; refining, marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products; generating power; designing and marketing large-scale energy efficiency solutions and commercializing the energy resources of the future, including bio-fuels and other renewable.
Chevron Bangladesh has been active in oil and gas exploration and production in Bangladesh for a number of years, predominantly in Blocks 12, 13 and 14 in the greater Sylhet district. More information on Chevron is available at www.chevron.com .
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