Education has been regarded as the topmost nation-building exercise: and hence, the thrust on our action agenda. To our belief, education is the process towards fulfilling the optimal development of children and it can enable them to have a productive life. Considering the challenges faced by poor children, especially in tribal households, we took education as a mission and focused on residential mode of teaching-learning for all-round development of the head, heart, and the hands simultaneously.

Educational Complex for Tribal Girls
In the initial phase, over two decades back in 1998-99, to address the educational need of tribal girls in Kankadahad block of Dhenkanal, BAHIRKANCHALI SRISTI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY with the support of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India, opened Pravasini Educational Complex for Tribal Girls (residential) at Tandimunda in Batagaon, Kankadahad. The complex presently provides free boarding and educational services at no cost to 240 tribal girls from Class-I to Class-VIII; each class having 30 tribal girls students each year. The Complex provides free education with coaching facilities during morning and night, teaching-learning materials, free health check-ups, uniforms & clothing materials, educational tours, and vocational training as appropriate.
Given the recent developments and achievements, BAHIRKANCHALI SRISTI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY plans to upgrade this PEC into an institution of a 12-year study complex for tribal girls, reaching up to the rank of a Centre of Excellence in formal schooling. The output and impact are well observed in the reduction of school dropouts among girls in the region and district. On the other hand, the retention aspect has scaled up to 87% compared to 21.39% in 1997.

Residential Primary School
To ensure routine schooling facilities for poor tribal children from the region, the Residential Primary School was set up in 1998 with all amenities and the teaching-learning process extended free of cost. The current strength of this school is 190, both boys and girls, and the total number of benefitted students stands at 2180 cumulatively. All the pass-outs have been facilitated admission into higher classes, thereby contributing to their continuous study and overall growth. As observed, some of them have achieved great heights in the field of sports and traditional art. At the same time, the school has given a boost to child education among primitive tribal communities like Munda, Shabar, and Kolhas in the region.

School for Scheduled Caste Children
To facilitate educational access and proper schooling for Dalit (Scheduled Caste) children in one of the most remote regions of Sambalpur district in Western Odisha, this school, titled Sangram Junior Secondary School, was set up at village Bhadimara under Jujumura block in 1998-99. With all residential facilities & amenities free of cost, this residential school, with 100 pupil-cum-boarders (Class-VI, VII, and VIII) in each batch, continued till the year 2016 and later shifted to Ambapada in Gondia block of Dhenkanal district as a demand-driven necessity, with all features intact. During the past 22 years, 2200 students from Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, and Jajpur districts have availed of model residential elementary schooling through this school.