Indus Community School: Equal Quality Education!

In the 11th grade, I was given the extraordinary opportunity to lead a team of students in creating the Indus Community School. This concept is in accordance with the Right To Education Act of India and was a brainchild of the CEO of the Indus Trust. The CEO's idea was to provide IB quality education to the poor at merely $5 per day! To be able to do so would be accomplishing a feat never done before, and would serve to aid the underprivileged and assume ethical responsibility for the basic right to education for all individuals. My team's role was to find an appropriate location for the school and create an entire business plan including the hiring of teachers and staff. I divided the team into different groups, each of which was responsible for one of three functions: curriculum design, fund raising, and marketing. I was responsible for the activities of the three groups, as well as for presenting a comprehensive plan to the CEO. While assuming a critical role in designing an equal opportunity school, I learned a valuable lesson on how a successful business should function. I hope the knowledge I gained through this project will benefit me in college and beyond!

Below: Indus Community School in Bangalore



Learning objectives achieved:

1. Undertaking new challenges
2. Planned and initiated activities
3. Working collaboratively with others
4. Engaged with issues of global importance
5. Consideration of ethical implications