Desert village school

Imagine YOUR children playing on a playground like that...

The rate of literacy in India is very low. In 2001, it was only 65.4%, in some states like Bihar much lower. In particular in rural areas and for girls it seems to be unnecessary to go to a school

The governmental education system is bad and corrupt. Teachers do other work at school time since they are underpaid. There are rural initiatives where villages organise their own private schools. However, altogether the literacy rate is slowly increasing

After I arrived, the teacher changed the lesson. He started to count, slowly, in english. After each word, the children repeated the number... in Hindi

There is a well in the middle of the school yard, and some women use it to fetch water. The water wells in some villages are still separated according to the castes.... you do not want to have your water polluted by somebody of a lower caste, who throws his bucket into your well.