India is a country of 1.3 billion people, where 67% of the Indian population lives in rural areas. Approx. 196 million elementary school going children, out of that 146 million are enrolled in rural schools (Source: U-DISE 15-16). The good news is that almost all of these children are enrolled in school, enrollment of children for the age group 5 to 14 has been above 95% in rural India ( ASER 2018).
The school education in rural India is mostly dependent on Government and Government aided schools. For rural India journey of education is not easy, children from rural areas face many challenges till they finish their education. Few of them listed below.