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Cover Story Pudami’s journey towards e(Q)uality in education The concept of starting Pudami schools began as a modest dream to provide high quality English medium education to children, primarily from underprivileged backgrounds, in four schools in 2006. Today, the Pudami model has considerably evolved and expanded, reaching out to nearly 6,000 children through 29 primary schools and four large neighbourhood schools. New Horizons decided to trace Pudami’s journey so far and find out what lies at the heart of its stupendous success. 2
3 Living the dream My child is a bright student and wants to study in an English medium high school. But if we shift her from a Telugu to English medium school now, she will lose an academic year! I am sending my daughters to a school where there are only two teachers, the syllabus is never completed, and their reading writing skills are close to nil though they are in Class III. If I change their school now, they will fail in the entrance test and be put in Class 1 again! My husband has deserted me and I am a single parent, but I want to give my child a good English medium education. Is this possible at an affordable cost? You may have very often heard parents make one or more of these anxious statements about their children’s education. These are some of the several important and varied education needs of children – from not just underprivileged families but also the middle and lower middle classes – that are not met by schools. There is a huge demand for quality English medium education, a school within easy reach of the foot and the pocket of every family that has a child requiring education. “There are simply not enough schools, and definitely not enough schools of the right kind”, says Usha Raman, a member of the Pudami Education Society, which was formed in 2006 to realize the education vision of <strong>Dr</strong>. Reddy’s <strong>Foundation</strong>. “And given the diversity and size of the country’s population, the government alone has not been able to cater to the education needs of our children. Pudami Neighbourhood Schools were our answer to the problems faced by children and parents who desired quality and affordable English medium education”, she adds. “A large mass of students are not able to receive quality education as do their privileged peers in private schools”, observed Dhananjay, also a member of Pudami Education Society and Director, Education Resource Center, “because of issues of grade specific competency and efficient accountable curricular delivery not being addressed in government schools. Also the huge demand for English medium education is not being met by government schools”. He adds the quintessence thus, “our campaign is that civil society, community and parents must take up the responsibility of investing in education”.
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