A few months back a report published in a daily drew my attention where Bharti and its associates have committed Rs 200 crore for Bharti Foundation which will set up 200 schools within two years to provide primary education in next two years.

Two hundred crore, two hundred schools, may be it is a good gesture but, I believe, it will cater only the upper crust of the society, who, anyway, will get an upscale education whether these schools come-up or not.

In spite of everything, I feel certain; Bharti (and other corporate) make greater profit from the ‘lower part of the pyramid’. If it is so, why can’t the poor have a small share of this pie?

Won’t it be admirable if the foundation also adopts a few marginal Hindi medium schools in remote towns where the quality education is missing? If these steps become a possibility, one could well imagine its far reaching effect.

Can’t they adopt a few marginal schools with the intent of enhancing the students’ proficiency in English and developing their soft power that can make them more confident in deciding their future?

Or, won’t it be better still if they open some schools in remote areas where student can get enrolled for, say, 4 or five hours a week at a nominal fee?

This would be only a small gesture but it will create a unique environment not only in the school but also initiate a healthy trend to be followed by other schools in the vicinity. A revolutionary transformation may take place soon.

This objective, I believe, can be achieved fast and without splurging lots of money