Sayli Gadakh

A qualification does not always translate into employability. The EEE framework seeks to bridge that gap by connecting education, skills and employment. When Aarav Kulkarni, a commerce graduate from Pune, completed his degree, he had good academic marks but struggled to find a job that matched his qualifications. Like many young Indians, Aarav realised that a degree alone was not enough to secure the right employment. Employers were increasingly looking for practical skills, digital...

Bharat cannot control rising prices, but he can control how prepared his family is. Bharat is not a businessman or a high-salaried executive. He is an ordinary middle-class working man whose salary comes in every month, but before he can really feel that the money is his, it is already divided between rent or a home EMI, school fees, groceries, electricity, fuel, mobile bills, medicines for his parents and the small expenses that somehow become big by the end of the month. Last year, Bharat...

The real question is not what education costs, but what educational outcome every rupee delivers. Bharath, a 34-year-old salaried professional, recently sat down to calculate the annual cost of his child’s education. On one side was a government school, where education is substantially supported by public expenditure. On the other was a private school, charging tuition fees along with transportation, books, uniforms, activities, and other expenses. Bharath had a simple question: How much does...