India is battling an educational crisis of unprecedented proportions. Half of the country'sStandard 5 students cannot read a Standard 2 level text in their native language. Seventy-sixper cent of Indian students don't make it to college. The list of alarming statistics doesn'tend there. But who are the faces behind these statistics? What are their stories? What wouldit take to alter their futures and subsequently, the future of India?Grey Sunshine tells the human stories behind the national crisis we see-and yet don't see-every single day: the state of Indian education. It is an invitation to walk in the shoes ofhundreds of thousands of children from less privileged backgrounds. Battling the injusticesof poverty alongside them are 4,000 unlikely leaders from Teach For India, a two-yearfellowship programme that places young people as full-time teachers in governmentclassrooms across the country. The stories of these students and teachers represent thestruggle to reform a failing education system and the hope for a brighter sun to shinetomorrow.
About the Author
Sandeep Rai is the Chief of City Operations at Teach For India. He has played acritical role in growing the Teach For India movement in the last decade, serving invarious leadership positions across the organization. Prior to joining TFI, Sandeeptaught secondary science in Washington DC, as a Teach For America corps member.Sandeep holds two master's degrees: one in Teaching and Education from AmericanUniversity (Washington, DC) and the second in International Affairs and EconomicPolicy from Columbia University (New York).He currently lives in Pune, India.
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