Attention Economy


Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Meritocratic Education for the Poor

A bold Indian experiment:
“There are about 200 places on offer each year - but such is the appetite for families to get a better life for their children, there are 250,000 applications. The school, set up by the Shiv Nadar Foundation, is completely free, and offers the type of education usually available only to the very wealthy. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, a businesswoman and trustee of the foundation, says the school has been modelled on India's private schools, which put students on the pathway to top universities and high-flying careers. But the VidyaGyan school is open only to the very clever and very poor - which she describes as the "top of the bottom of the pyramid"”