This story originally appeared in the July 2011 edition of the Searchlight South Asia newsletter created by Intellecap for the Rockefeller Foundation.

By Usha Ganesh

Mainstream education and education policies and programs let millions of children and adolescents slip through cracks that are often simple to spot but difficult to plug. In India, the Right to Education Act (RTE) has been a step forward to mobilize policy and public action to ensure primary education for all.  However, there is a need to take this further and explore the plight of those that cannot attend school because they have to work to survive or are, at this point in time, simply too old to benefit from the RTE. » Continue reading “Masoom Education: Transforming Night Schools”

By Saumya Roy

If children don’t start going to school by the time they are six, they get busy with managing the house or find a job, surveys done by educational organisations have found. And while the recently passed Right To Education Act makes free and compulsory education the fundamental right of every child, it only covers children between six and 14.

This, activists say, is a drawback in the act because getting an education before six is crucial in developing language, cognitive and motor skills and is often the key to integrating them in to the school system. » Continue reading “Right to Education Should Include Children Under Six”

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By the Numbers

Gray Matters Capital recently assessed affordable private schools in Hyderabad. The results, which provide a glimpse into this growing sector, will be published in a report this month.

29%

Percentage of school leaders who are female

83%

Percentage of schools that have female toilets » Continue reading “Data: Empower Through Education”