Former Rickshaw Puller's Daughter Brings Low-Cost Coaching to Rural Uttar Pradesh
In short
- Shiksha Saathi runs over 78 learning centres across six districts of Uttar Pradesh.
- The startup reaches more than 7,650 students with 67 teachers.
- Founder Archana Jaisal was inspired by her father, who studied while pulling a rickshaw and later joined the railways.
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The source says many village children attend school but struggle to understand their lessons. Shiksha Saathi targets those learning gaps through local centres and teachers. The story traces the idea to a family history of hard work and access to education.
From The Better India
“Archana ma’am!” The voice comes from one corner of the classroom. “Ma’am, I have a question.” Another hand goes up. Archana Jaisal turns, listens and answers. Then comes another doubt, and another. In a rural Uttar Pradesh classroom, these may seem like ordinary questions. But to Archana, every child who feels comfortable enough to ask one represents something bigger: the opportunity to learn close to home. It is the kind of classroom she wished more village children could have. She knows what it means when education depends on circumstances : whether a family can afford coaching, whether...
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A girl named Archana wanted children in villages to learn well. Her dad once studied while pulling a rickshaw, and he got a railway job. Now she runs classes that help more than 7,000 children understand their lessons.
