More than half of primary school students in the developing world – nearly 300 million children – go to schools without access to electricity, as revealed by the latest Poor People’s Energy Outlook report. Emerging countries are currently facing burgeoning energy demand challenges, which are therefore putting a brake on their economic growth and plunging population into darkness.
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Solar energy at the BEC schools in Mauritius
The meeco Group installs rooftop solar power on 67 schools in Mauritius
Spread across the island, the Bureau de l’Éducation Catholique’s (BEC) mission is to offer quality education to all students by helping them develop advanced educational, cultural and social skills. To support this teaching methodology, the Bureau has put in place in 2011 its own ecological footprint program involving students. This step marked the beginning of a new and greener path at BEC.