India • Education
- Sector: Education
- Headquarters Country: India
- Operating Regions: South Asia, Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Mozambique, Germany, Nepal
- Founders: Rama Anumula
- Problem Identified: It caters to the needs of schools in rural and urban areas where there is no correlation between age and ability, and the dropout rate is significant.
- Solution Offered: It has a technology component where content can be delivered through affordable tablets. It can be scaled up, without the standardization that scaled-up programmes tend to require.
- Social Impact: Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resource’s (RiVER) has initiated several satellite schools in and around the Rishi Valley. These are currently reaching out to approximately 550 children. RiVER’s work over the past 30 years has led to the development of the RiVER multi-grade multi-level methodology (MGML) methodology, which aims to solve problems endemic in the Indian countryside.
- Website: http://www.rishivalley.org/
- Score: 8 Seed conservation maintaining agricultural diversity
