While every child in India has the Right to Education, in reality illiteracy is still high among the poorest communities in India. The reasons for this range from poor school infrastructure, lack of teachers to non-availability of functional schools in remote areas.
In many communities, a school is no more than a classroom in which children of multiple ages study and at best they gain functional literacy. Born to poor parents who are illiterate, they do not get the home support to build on their learning.The classroom itself is dull and learning is repetitive and tedious for children in rural India.
Many children drop out of school early because of poor learning outcomes, or because the school is too far or because they have to work in the fields to help their families earn wages to feed themselves.