In response to the evolving landscape of challenges and enabling factors within the education sector, and in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), DRF has designed its Education Strategy for 2026-2030. This strategy serves as a guiding compass to direct our collective efforts towards strengthening the learning continuum and providing mentoring support that enables students from low-income communities to access the right career opportunities.

DRF acknowledges the broad range of critical interventions emphasised in the NEP. However, based on our past work and ground-level understanding of education, we have chosen to focus our time and resources on three priority areas – (a) strengthening Foundational Literacy and Numeracy among children who are at risk of being left behind, (b) developing an affordable, high-quality school model with effective career mentoring to prepare students for future opportunities, and (c) empowering bright young women from underserved backgrounds to pursue STEM education and careers, thereby fostering transformative changes in their lives and communities.

In the strategy paper, we have deep-dived into the following areas: (a) Our Work in the Area of Education, (b) Evolution of Education in Post-Independence India, (c) Assessing the Progress Made, (d) Launch of NEP 2020 for a Forward-Looking Future, (e) Challenges and Enabling Factors in Achieving NEP’s Vision, (f) DRF’s Education Strategy, (g) Strategic Principles, Priorities and Components, (h) Building Partnerships, and (i) Envisioned Impact.

To know more, please download our Education Strategy Paper.