Looking at the development process of the developed countries, development and education are closely linked. Research has proved that the primary determinant of a country’s standard of living is how well it succeeds in developing and utilizing the skills and knowledge, and educating the majority of its population. No country has achieved economic development without investment in human capital.

Despite immense efforts, India is not yet a developed nation. While India has taken great strides in Information Technology, services and knowledge-based industries, there are still children who do not receive even the basic level of education. Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment. It is also a fundamental right of every human being and crucial to the growth of an individual.

Unequal access to education has a negative impact on per capita income. Therefore, in spite of home to some globally recognized centers of excellence like the IITs and IIMs, unless India invests in making primary and tertiary education equally accessible to all its citizens, this lacuna will become the major determinant of whether or not India attains the potential that it has been demonstrating in the last few years.

Access to education is not the only problem, the increasing high drop-out rates is another major concern. It can be easily correlated to lack of infrastructure, absenteeism among teachers and ineffective methods of teaching. Although school attendance is higher in urban setting than rural places, bare percentage of children in poor areas, especially girls, never start school or drop out before finishing primary or even secondary level.

Today, one of the major challenges faced by corporate in India is to find the right people with the right skill and knowledge from a vast pool of work-force. For the younger people there is no transition from school to work. They do not have the opportunity to finish their education and acquire the life skills they need for healthy development. This problem will become more acute in the future, given India’s laggard global status in terms of government investment in education.

Another disappointing dimension of this issue is the gender literacy gap. India is amongst the five bottom countries in South and West Asia in terms of female literacy with countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Female education has always been a major concern. An educated woman means an educated family this assertion makes female education a necessity.

Education should be made available to physically impairment at every level. There is a great demand for teachers who are qualified to teach mildly disabled to severely handicapped masses

Initiatives have already been taken by government to guarantee quality education for everyone, girls and underprivileged groups in particular which concentrates on universalizing elementary education to enable all children completion of primary schooling. The sole purpose of this is to show the Quality Package in various schools and its results on learning, attendance, dissemination of cost and completion. To improve the quality of education, some effective ways have already started that have transformed the boring classrooms in to places with interactive life skills, problem solving, empathy, decision making that has led to child friendly arenas where there is no barrier between teachers and students.

In order to meet the growing educational needs, a large number of socially aware individuals and organisations have taken up the role of torchbearers and Care for India highlights the commendable work done by them to improve the lives of their own, as well as those around them. Care for India initiative makes us aware about our surroundings and gives an insight to what is possible.