Background

Public schools in India do not receive adequate funding; therefore, students attending these schools struggle to access sufficient learning resources. India continues to face high dropout rates from school; secondary education, in particular, has the highest dropout rate at 8.2%, suggesting that many students are dropping out because their learning environment is not conducive to meeting their educational needs. Unfortunately, most public schools continue to use uniform, lecture-based methods to teach their students, and as a result, many students, especially those from underserved areas, tend to drop out of school at an early age.

Students who do not benefit from traditional classroom methods start to lose confidence in themselves, experience drops in their academic performance, which, as a result, leads to teachers feeling unprepared, as they are not trained to change their teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse learners. Over time, this cycle continues with overwhelmed teachers, disengaged students, and limited routes for children who simply learn differently. Students without teacher support or early intervention will be more likely to either fall behind in their education or lose interest in continuing their education.

The Learning Curve has been created to break down the barriers of access to training and provide alternative methods of learning that are easy for students to use. By offering simple and student-friendly tools for learning as well as guides for teachers, this initiative hopes to create an inclusive approach to education. Ultimately, it seeks to empower both teachers and students with the strategies needed to support and accommodate different learning styles, thereby providing every child with a fair opportunity to learn and succeed, regardless of where they come from.