India’s education facilities feel the strain

Quota for poor students is benefiting the lucky few but millions more in government-run schools are missing out.

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In India, some of the country’s poorest children benefit from a quota system which allows them to go to private school.

But the vast majority are forced to rely on government-run schools, where resources are almost non-existent.

Al Jazeera’s Prerna Suri reports from New Delhi on the growing calls for the government to upgrade its own education facilities.


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