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“Despite receiving my admission letter, I did not know how I could make it happen. My parents’ savings were limited, and the banks kept giving confusing answers. I feared my dream might slip away entirely.” These words belong to Ankit Kumar, a 24-year-old from Rajasthan preparing to pursue an MS in biomedical engineering at the University of Florida. For many students, particularly those from smaller towns, the challenge does not end with securing admission. Tackling the opaque world of […]

At a time when many young Indians are moving away from traditional careers, an unexpected shift is taking root inside agricultural classrooms. Across the country, lecture halls that once struggled to attract students are now buzzing with fresh energy, ambition, and ideas. Enrolments in agricultural universities have surged, even doubling in recent years, and what’s more striking is who is filling these seats — young women, now making up nearly half the student population. This isn’t just […]

In a small village in Piplodi, a tragedy changed the course of education for dozens of children overnight. When the roof of a government school collapsed, seven young lives were lost, and with it, nearly 90 tribal families lost their only access to a nearby classroom. As the village came to terms with the loss, the question of what would happen to the children’s education remained unanswered. Among those watching closely was 60-year-old farmer Mor Singh, who had never been to school himself […]

Imagine walking past a small village classroom and seeing students reciting the alphabet, solving basic math problems, and giggling over nursery rhymes. Now imagine that the “students” are all grandmothers — women in their 60s, 70s and even 90s. It may sound surprising at first, but this is exactly what happens at Aajibaichi Shala, India’s first school dedicated to educating elderly rural women who never had the chance to attend school in their childhood. What began as a simple idea has […]