đź“š The Private School That Shouldn’t Exist—But Must

 

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 systemic execution breakdown.

And while yes, we should keep fighting to improve public education—it will take a generation, at best, to move that mountain.

Our kids don’t have that time.

 

⚒️ So Why a Private School?

Because we need working prototypes.

We need schools that show what’s actually possible when:

  • Learning is adaptive
  • Teachers are empowered
  • Assessments are real
  • Values are embedded
  • Tech supports—not replaces—human connection

And because policy only scales what has already been proven to work.

We can’t theorize our way to equity.
We have to build it.

 

🌱 Regarde Familia: A School for the India We Want

The school we’re building—Regarde Familia—is not elite. It’s small, personal, designed for curiosity and character. It blends core academics with meditation, entrepreneurship with Sanskrit, math with nature walks.

We don’t track kids by marks. We track them by mastery.
We don’t teach to the test. We teach to the child.
And most importantly—we build for the long arc, not just the next board exam.

It’s not perfect. But it works.
And when it doesn’t work, we adapt fast.

That’s the beauty of a private pilot: agility.

 

🧭 What This Has Taught Me About EdTech

Founders building for India’s education system often focus on scale first.
VCs love the word “distribution.” And why not? It makes sense on paper.

But here’s the hard truth:
Scale without soul just automates mediocrity.

The startups that will last are the ones that:

  • Co-design with teachers
  • Ground their models in pedagogy, not just UI
  • Measure impact, not just installs
  • Serve Bharat, not just Bangalore

If your EdTech can’t work in a Tier III school, is it really EdTech?
Or just slideware for pitch decks?

 

🎓 What We Need Next

Here’s what I believe the next decade of Indian education must prioritize:

  • Teacher-centered design: No EdTech should bypass the teacher. Train them. Respect them.
  • Offline resilience: Your model should survive a power cut.
  • Multi-lingual, multi-modal learning: India isn’t one language, one learner.
  • Micro-schools and decentralized learning hubs: We need 1,000 Regarde Familias, not one massive chain.
  • Open access content + paid premium layers: Let the ecosystem breathe. Build for impact and margins.

And most of all—stop copying Silicon Valley.
India isn’t broken. It’s untranslated.

 

đź’¬ Final Word

If you’re reading this as a founder, funder, or teacher:
I see you. I’m building with you. I believe we can do this better.

We can build schools that don’t just teach—but transform.
We can build platforms that elevate—not extract.
We can build a future where learning is love in action.

One school at a time.
One block at a time.
One child at a time.

Let’s begin.


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— Peesh

 

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