Akanksha National will provide high-quality education to low-income communities across India, serving as a model that can impact both the lives of individual children as well as policies that can create systemic change. Entrepreneurs will become leaders and advocates for the communities they serve as well as help build a workforce dedicated to alleviating educational inequity in India.

A recent study of Akanksha’s impact on its alumni has shown the tremendous potential of this model to fundamentally impact and transform children’s lives. Children are not only learning about values, but they are learning to live by them. They not only discover their potential, but also learn how to take concrete steps to reach it. Over 87% of Akanksha students who sit for the 10 th standard exam pass and move on to higher education. Recently, 5% of those students passed with distinction; 38% passed with first class honors. Akanksha’s alumni are pursuing work in professional fields such as finance, sales, human resources, social work, and education.

Through this model, entrepreneurs can not only reach over 1,000 children over the course of three years, but can create additional clusters of Akanksha centers within their cities, create new programs to meet region-specific needs, and explore new initiatives in their respective regions that allow them to meet the needs of the children and communities they serve.