Education

“When I quit my job in Singapore, my parents, particularly my father, wasn’t happy at all. But they knew I always had the dream to educate children. Today, they are very proud of what I’m doing for nearly 250 underprivileged children in Assam.”

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Quitting his job with consultancy giant McKinsey, the founder of Samagra went onto fix some of India's biggest governance problems. And the impact is real.

Haimanti has been on a mission to equip them with necessary skills so she can enrol them in a regular school under the Right to Education act.

At 13, she happened to read the autobiography of Helen Keller and that was when she realised that the power to transform her life was not with anyone else, but rested completely with her.

In such a tragedy, one can only imagine the plight of the marginalised and the helpless, who were most impacted. The sad reality is that even under such circumstances, the necessary support rarely reaches them, grossly increasing their time to recovery.

Students, teachers as well as the management staff of Our Lady’s Convent Girls Higher Secondary School have played a significant role in contributing money for the homes.

“My position as an IAS officer gives me the opportunity to work in issues that need to be addressed urgently. I feel that the opportunities that my children can get should also be given to rural children who come from a less privileged background."

Teachers, trained in scoring and assessment of the tests will do so after the students take the KYA exam. They will share the results with parents so they can extend their support to their kids in their career choice.