“I Want to Learn”
by Stephen Steacy on March 11, 2009 in Opinion
A student practices his Telugu script on the chalkboard in a Rishi Valley classroom. Photo: Stephen Steacy
Just seventy miles away from the economic miracle of Bangalore, India, with its gleaming IT campuses reminiscent of Silicon Valley, lies an obscure rural valley experiencing a miracle of its own: the Rishi Valley Education Center. While Rishi Valley may not have the media appeal of companies like Infosys and other upstart IT companies that are changing the way the world does business, it is having a profound and fundamental impact on the Indian educational system. Read more
