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Transforming
Rural India
Foundation (TRI)
Innovative models of community-led learning like ‘Shiksha
ki Deewar’ ignite young minds
in india
, 78 per cent of grade III and
50 per cent of grade V students can’t read
grade II texts, and only 27 per cent of grade
V students can solve a division problem.
Primary education figures are good, but the
dropout rate in middle school is very high.
Add to this, the inadequate infrastructure in
schools, ill-equipped teachers, disinterested
parents and other socio-cultural barriers, and
we are faced with a system badly in need of
intervention. is is where Transforming Rural
India Foundation (TRI) comes in, working to
make rural villages worthy places to live with
inclusive and equitable education.
‘By designing, developing, and
demonstrating innovative solutions, TRI
aims to tackle these complex problems. Our
approach includes a ‘360-degree systems-
view’ and interventions in Educationally
Backward Blocks (EBB), partnerships with
Rajya Shiksha Kendra in Madhya Pradesh,
facilitating policy changes and creating large-
scale impact. ird-party assessments of TRI’s
interventions show significant improvements
in government entitlements and learning
outcomes, with notable gains in reading
and math skills,’ says Javed Siddiqui, Lead
Education Vertical, TRI. Attendance by both
Founded by Anish Kumar and Anirban Ghose
in 2016
Transforming Rural India Foundation
was born to transform opportunities
for rural communities through
participatory methods for impact at
scale. It works through a 360 degree,
multidimensional development
approach to break the complex cycle
of poverty for the rural poor. TRI
works to transform rural education,
impacting over 90,000 children across
2200 schools in 1100 villages across
7 states of India. Its team collaborates
with policymakers to plan and design
rural development initiatives, while its
practitioners operate at the grassroots
level, piloting these ideas in blocks
and districts.
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