For most young people, the transition from school to university is an exciting milestone. But for a rural child from a disadvantaged background, it can feel like standing at the edge of an unfamiliar world filled with hope, but also uncertainty, fear, and financial barriers. This is where a strong education ecosystem becomes the bridge, transforming vulnerability into confidence and potential into purpose.
At the Each One Educate One Foundation, this transition is not an isolated event; it is a carefully structured continuum of growth. With a model grounded in educational continuity, values-based learning, and comprehensive financial support through both school education scholarship programmes and higher education scholarship opportunities, students move from school to university with dignity, preparedness, and purpose.
Laying the Foundation: Transforming Lives in Grades 6–12
The journey begins in our Gurukulam schools, where students from some of the most underserved rural regions are welcomed into a nurturing learning environment. Through the Each One Educate One Programme, every child’s school education, including academics, boarding, food, clothing, and daily essentials, is supported fully. This school education scholarship ensures that financial struggle never becomes a reason to drop out.
But the intervention is not just economic; it is deeply human. Our teams conduct:
- Village surveys to identify children in genuine need
- Counselling sessions with families
- Personalised guidance to prepare parents and students for long-term education
With this, the education ecosystem forms its roots, stable, trustworthy, and transformative.
A Seamless Pathway to Higher Learning
For many students, the fear of discontinuing studies after Grade 12 is distressingly common. But through the Each One Higher Educate One Programme, this fear ends once and for all.
The programme provides higher education scholarship and complete support for college-level education, right from undergraduate degrees to postgraduate programmes and even research pathways. Through this initiative, students who are first-generation learners step into university life without financial pressure, student loans, or societal obstacles.
The transition from school to university education becomes smooth, confident, and seamless, something unheard of in underprivileged rural settings.
Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence
The Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence (SSSUHE) in Kalaburagi (Karnataka) was established in 2019-20, making the Gurukulam system of education available right until the culmination of a student’s formal education, providing them a seamless passage from Secondary and Higher Secondary School levels, all the way to Graduation, Postgraduation and even PhD!
This uninterrupted flow is the result of an integrated education ecosystem where values, academics, leadership, and life skills evolve hand-in-hand.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Beyond Academics: Building Human Excellence
Two signature pillars ensure that students entering university mature into grounded, socially aware leaders:
A. Self-Development Programme
B. Internship Programme
When Transition Becomes Transformation: Stories That Inspire
A Journey From the Himalayas to the Skies: Bibek’s Story
Coming from the mountains of Sikkim, I joined the Gurukulam in Grade 8 and grew up in a system that nurtured both my education and my values. With the institution’s constant support, I completed my science education, pursued Mechanical Engineering, and later cleared my aviation exams. Today, as a Commercial Helicopter Pilot trained in Hawaii, my dream is not only to fly but to serve
My dream is to return to India to use helicopters to reach remote, inaccessible villages in the mountains, bringing education, resources, and hope to communities that have long been isolated.
His story exemplifies how a seamless education ecosystem, combined with a student’s grit and purpose, can carry a child from the foothills of the Himalayas to the skies above, creating impact for generations to come.
A Holistic Model that Strengthens Rural Futures
Through carefully designed programmes, the Foundation ensures:
Emotional readiness
Academic preparedness
Financial stability
Values-driven leadership
Cultural grounding
- Professional exposure
This is what makes the transition from school to university education not just smooth but life-changing.
Join Us in Empowering the Next Generation
Thousands of rural students dream of stepping confidently into higher education, but dreams need support. Through our scholarship programmes, we ensure that no child’s journey ends prematurely.
Your support can turn a school student into a scholar, a rural child into a leader, and a first-generation learner into a nation-builder.
Support a student’s journey today and empower them for tomorrow.
