Barefoot College
Public school in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barefoot College, previously known as the Social Work and Research Centre ("SWRC")[1] is a voluntary organisation working in the fields of education, skill development, health, drinking water, women empowerment and electrification through solar power for the upliftment of rural people,[2] which was founded by Bunker Roy in 1972. It is registered under Friends of Tilonia Inc.[3]
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Type | Public |
Established | 1972 |
Founder | Bunker Roy |
Campus | Tilonia |
Website | www |
The "Villagers' Barefoot College" in the village of Tilonia gives lessons in reading, writing and accounting to adults and children especially the "drop-outs, cop-outs and wash-outs." Girls heavily outnumber boys in the night schools.[4] In 2008 there were approximately 3,000 children attending 150 night schools.[5][6]
In the profile acknowledging Roy as one of Time 100 most influential people for his work with the Barefoot College, Greg Mortenson wrote that the grass-roots social entrepreneurship has trained more than 3 million people for jobs in the modern world, "in buildings so rudimentary they have dirt floors and no chairs" so that poor students feel comfortable.[7]