Education

A charity is using audio stories accessed through mobile phones to educate boys on gender equality and social issues in rural Rajasthan. Here's how!

Cal Brackin talks about joining a school in rural Tamil Nadu that promotes holistic youth development through traditional Kattaikkuttu theatre as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India.

Sometimes, determination and perseverance can help even the most unexpected people script truly fairy-tale stories. Alston talks about how Vijay Kumar Chauhan, a Class V dropout, grew to today teach and coach hundreds of students, inspiring all of them with his courage and never-say-die attitude.

Education and school environments play the biggest role in moulding the generations of tomorrow and their attitudes towards nature. Hema Patidar talks about how she was inspired to turn her Indore school into an institution of holistic education and all-round development.

Hundreds have commended the young man for his commitment to his studies but have also expressed dismay that children in the country still have to resort to labour.

She worked as domestic help, a construction worker, a sweeper and took on every other odd job she could find to ensure her children had the best education and life.

Using Gandhian principles, Man Singh Rawat has successfully helped the tribal communities of the Garhwali Himalayas get access to education and better quality of life.

Yogendra Singh has co-founded a society for educational development in the village that helps young children get better quality of education.

A total of 40 student finalists at the competition walked away with $1.8 million in grants.

Lack of access to English language skills can be a severe restriction to higher education for many children of India. Pranil Naik, and his organisation Leap For Word, hope to remove this stumbling block by making English literacy accessible and sustainable on a large scale.