Advocate Peesh Chopra

  I was recently asked why I’m helping build a private school in a country with one of the largest public education systems on the planet. After all, shouldn’t the goal be to fix government schools ? Shouldn’t we be fighting for policy reform, budget alignment, teacher incentives? Isn’t a private school, even a small one, an escape hatch—and a privileged one at that? The answer, in theory, is yes. But on the ground? India’s education crisis isn’t theoretical. It’s operational .   🧠 Let’s Talk About the Real India If you want to understand education in India, ignore the shiny CBSE schools with their glass buildings and LED panels. Instead, go visit: A government school in rural Bihar with one teacher for 93 students A school in Rajasthan where girls drop out by Class 6 because there’s no toilet A low-income school in Delhi where students in Class 8 can’t read Class 3-level Hindi This is not a resource gap. This is a syste...