We had seen that the large section of adults in Yelandur taluk were illiterate. Their education had not been addressed holistically and had pre-primary, primary and high school education been working in synergy, these individuals might not have dropped out and might have been able to achieve at least a minimum level of literacy. In all our areas of work, it was also becoming increasingly evident that the government alone could not address all development needs. There were some very good schemes and programmes that were available, but it was in the implementation that there were gaps.
What is really required is the coming together of multi stakeholders, who can work in partnership with the government to enable progress. For this we saw public private partnerships as a viable and effective means. We have attempted to facilitate just such a partnership in the Samagra Shikshana Yojane.
