EdYouth Learning Foundation
Vision
Enabling a secure career path for every youth through education and life skills learning.
Mission
Empowering youth by providing affordable education along with mentorship and vocational guidance.
The Problem
Access to quality education among youth from marginalized communities being unavailable creates a roadblock for them to pursue their dreams. Being a leader among the developing nations and a growing economy, India is in need of talented and well-educated professionals to steer the road of development ahead. Due to lack of awareness, economic backwardness, or social realities, a large section of young adults is denied access to quality education and opportunities. The backwardness of infrastructure, costs involved and no access to information are among the major impediments for a young adult growing up in an adverse socio-economic situation.
The young adults growing up in marginalized communities especially "slums", even with sparks of academic brilliance may not get the appropriate guidance required for the full expression of their potential. In the fast-moving competitive reality of 21st century India, holistic mentoring and personality development is more important than ever. A focused and nuanced approach is required to overcome these primary hurdles in ensuring inclusive education.
The COVID - 19 pandemic has multiplied problems faced by youth in accessing quality higher education. The long lockdowns and shifting of the entire education process to an online medium have put a large section of the "youth" population in a disadvantaged position. The combination of economic problems caused by the pandemic and lack of access to quality teachers and educators remains a hurdle In several cases the practical need to ‘earn’ has cast a cloud over the dream to ‘learn’. As education in itself goes through a transformation with the coming of modern technologies, these problems will only be exacerbated. As hybrid learning and virtual reality-based knowledge delivery slowly become mainstream, the need for ensuring inclusivity is more relevant than ever.