literacy
‘Education should make people capable of helping others’
Technology plays an extremely important role in providing access to education and addressing the big rural-urban literacy divide, says Indraani Singh, the founder of Literacy India.
30 hours to literacy
Spending an hour every day on activities and custom-made lessons in a cheerful environment helps migrant workers of all ages come out of literacy poverty.
Girls quit labor work to teach each other
Girls were forced to work in brick kilns and farms during lockdown. Educated youth have helped them quit so they can learn, and teach younger ones.
Women get a second chance to complete education
Girls who had dropped out because of lack of access to schools and early marriage have enrolled in a program, so as to complete education
Mayurbhanj villagers forced to ford river to reach schools, hospitals
Inadequate and inconvenient road connectivity due to poor planning compels many villagers in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha to risk a dangerous crossing of Burhabalang River everyday to reach the nearest town
Girls join football clubs to resist child marriages in rural Bihar
Once topping the charts in child marriages in the country, Bihar has reduced the incidence of this social evil considerably, helped by innovative interventions such as starting girls clubs for solidarity and encouraging them to play football