Over half of the children in the rural areas of india
where bhawani Shankar Charitable Trust works do not attend school, and over a third have never been to school. Rural government schools are often far from tribal communities, and, when reachable, are often under-resourced, under-funded or, in some cases, closed. When they operate, classes are large, teacher absenteeism very high, pedagogic methods poor and very little learning takes place.
