Access to Education

Sana recalls how she would often find these kids right outside the door, speaking in a crude language, hurling abuses at each other. Many of them never had the fortune to even look at a school gate.

Senior cleric, Maulana Wali Rahmani runs Rahmani 30, a movement to provide free coaching to students from economically, socially and educationally backward communities.

After completing his degree in 2004, he was offered a job in Europe, where he worked for four years. After that, he worked in New York when his annual salary was a whopping 50 lakh!

Today, while she continues to live in a temple in Chennuru, which is a village in Kadapa district, Janaki is a proud government employee.

While the scheme is stipulated to be rolled out this month for 100 youth, it will later be extended to 5,000 students the following year.

Yellappa, now 35, had dropped out of school in Grade 7, but his time in prison gave him the chance to reflect and reevaluate the decisions he had made. It was at the time that he decided to get back to studying.

They transformed it into a smart classroom, revamping it and installing a 55-inch TV screen with an internet connection!

Edudharma is a community initiative by a Coimbatore-based volunteer team. While the team first stepped into community-based service to fight 'No Food Waste' and resolve hunger needs, it is now crossing another milestone by exploring the education sector.

Sandeep Desai, a former marine engineer and academician, is a resident of Goregaon and the famous Mumbai man who begged on local trains to start rural English medium schools across villages in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Bihar.

Stay away from negative vibes and people, says Lt. Gen Zameer Uddin Shah, who is equal parts soldier and academic.