Monthly Archives: August 2025

No Coaching Fees, No Limits: How Punjab’s PACE Program is Enabling Dreams of Students

“Life is a race. If you don’t run fast, you will be like a broken undaa.”This infamous line, delivered by the character Viru Sahastrabuddhe, better known as Virus, in the 2009 Bollywood film 3 Idiots (directed by Rajkumar Hirani), portrays the relentless pressure of academic competition in India. Played brilliantly by Boman Irani, Virus is…

Strengthening the Middle Layer: How Uttar Pradesh’s Super 150 BEOs Are Leading Education Change

Introduction: The Often Overlooked Link In education reform conversations, the spotlight is often on two key areas of the system — policymakers who design ambitious reforms and teachers who bring learning to life inside classrooms. However, between these two extremes lies a powerful and often overlooked layer: the middle layer of educational leaders. These include…