Economic growth and development is attached to the demand and supply chain, comprising not only raw material, but also skilled workforce that can drive the economics of the business in the right direction. According to estimates, India’s population will rise to 1.3 billion by 2020, out of which 60% will be within the working age, that is, 15-59 years. This presents tremendous opportunity to build a skilled and professionally trained people.

There are significant inequalities in access to secondary education as far as income, gender, social group and geography are concerned. The capacity of the secondary schooling system needs to be significantly expanded across India.

For instance, only 16% of India’s education budget is spent on secondary education compared to 62% for primary education (K. Biswal, 2011; Secondary education in India: Development policies, programmes and challenges). The gross enrolment rate (GER) for combined secondary and senior secondary stages (Classes IX–XII) was nearly 50% in 2009-10. Besides, not a single Indian University figures in the top 200 of the QS World University rankings 2013. To accelerate the educational quotient of India, Eudane Social Eudane Social Foundation's educational programs address the need of the hour and fosters the youth by providing open access to quality education and skill building activities using a multi-pronged approach: Providing access to quality education by organising skill building activities in schools Supporting like-minded partners to establish skill building centers.