How is Martin Foundation Helping Reduce Inequality in Education

1
How is Martin Foundation Helping Reduce
Inequality in Education? It is a well-known fact
that India has been lacking immensely in its
education system. If we talk about 2020, India
reported an average literacy rate of 77.7, with
Kerala topping the list with a 96.2 literacy
rate, followed by Delhi and Uttarakhand. The
lowest literacy rate was that of Andhra Pradesh
(66.4). There has always been a stark
difference between the education received by the
rich and the poor. While in the early years,
kids from well-to-do families got the luxury
called education, while the poor had to suffer,
the conditions havent changed much over the
years. In the rest of the world, education is a
right that every citizen has, whereas in India,
until a few decades back, education was centered
among the rich and middle class. With numerous
initiatives introduced by the government,
students from poor families also saw the light of
the day and received education. Time and again,
Martin Foundation has stressed the fact that to
tackle the educational inequalities, it is
essential to bridge the gap between rich and poor
and ensure that every student gets equal access
to education and opportunities irrespective of
their walk of life, and economic status. But
what is also essential to know is that change
cant be achieved without taking action. Martin
Karnataka does exactly that. They reach out to
numerous poor schools to support education by
adopting those schools. In the past few years,
Martin Foundation has adopted many such schools,
mainly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
etc., and provided education to many children
from downtrodden families. Martin Karnataka has
also organized numerous programs in association
with other government organizations to provide
students with equal opportunities similar to
those available in private schools. One of the
initiatives taken by the organization was
sponsoring 500 government school students chosen
from across the country for designing the Femto
Satellite that was launched on 9th February 2021
at Rameswaram. The underlying reason behind this
initiative was spreading awareness about
satellite technology among underprivileged
students. Martin Group also supports poor
children who are intelligent and dream to achieve
something in life but dont have the funds to do
the same. Aspiring to make a positive impact in
the country
2
and also prove a point, that underprivileged
masses, if given proper education and equal
opportunities can lead a life of their
dreams. Not only education, but Martin
Enterprise stresses that high hygiene level and a
good environment also played a predominant role
in helping poor students lead a good life.
Keeping this into mind, Martin had donated ample
money to numerous schools in Pudukkottai to build
new toilets with high hygiene and also clean
classrooms. The aim of the Martin Karnataka has
always been to create self-sufficient government
schools focused on giving high-quality education
and graduating intellectually intelligent
students from every school.