The Indian economy is booming. But only about 20% of the population get the benefit of this. The majority of people are still “the poor”. The youth in rural areas, children of agricultural labourers, have no education that qualifies or prepares them for work in the “information age’.

In India, young people from poor families can not afford the high fees for private colleges or technical training institutes. The government schools do not provide sufficient capacity.

Young women from poor families have few chances to pursue higher studies after 10th or 12 grade because of a lack of financial resources, physical security, long travel distances, and gender prejudice.