India
Why here? India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world by GDP, and the country has made progress in improving literacy rates and access. But advocates warn that more needs to be done to ensure that inequality borne out of the country's improving wealth, combined with centuries of certain groups being denied education based on their gender and social class, will not widen the gulf in access to good schooling. An estimated 250 million children across the world cannot read or write, and approximately 40 percent of them are in India.
Aid organizations: Institute for International Education, Pratham
About these groups: IIE focuses on exchange programs and aid for international students; one of its most well-known instututions is the Fulbright Program. Pratham is one of India's largest NGOs, with a mission of increasing educational access and improving literacy rates for underprivileged children in the country.
