Students are selected based on financial need, family circumstances, educational potential, and recommendations from schools and local communities.
Educate To Save prioritises support for children who face significant financial barriers to education. Student selection involves evaluating family circumstances, economic hardship, social vulnerabilities, and educational needs.
School administrators, teachers, and community representatives help identify deserving students. Priority is often given to children from economically disadvantaged households — including farmers, labourers, widows, and orphaned children.
Educate To Save supports children from financially disadvantaged families who require assistance to continue their education.
Students supported through the programme come from diverse backgrounds but share a common challenge: limited financial resources. Many belong to families of small farmers, daily wage labourers, widows, and orphaned children across rural Northern India.
Sponsorship support is typically prioritised for families experiencing financial hardship or circumstances that place a child's education at risk.
Many supported students come from families of small farmers, daily wage labourers, widows, single parents, orphaned children, granthi families, and households facing significant economic challenges. The objective is to ensure that deserving children are not denied education because of financial constraints.
Yes. Students supported through Educate To Save study in CBSE-affiliated Akal Academies that provide quality education in rural India.
Akal Academies follow the CBSE curriculum while emphasising academic excellence, character development, leadership, digital learning, and values-based education — preparing students for higher education, professional careers, and responsible citizenship.
Students receive a comprehensive education focused on academics, character development, leadership, technology, and life skills.
Education at Akal Academies prepares students not only for examinations but also for life. The curriculum promotes critical thinking, communication skills, ethical values, leadership, and personal growth — creating well-rounded individuals who contribute positively to society.
More than 9,000 children are currently featured on Educate To Save seeking sponsorship support to continue their education.
These students are part of a larger community of over 75,000 students studying in 130 Akal Academies operated by The Kalgidhar Society across Northern India. Of these, 33,906 students currently receive free or subsidised education. Each listed child has a verified background of financial need. Browse them on the Sponsor a Child page.
Educate To Save supports students from Kindergarten through Grade 12 in Akal Academies across Northern India.
Students are ideally enrolled from an early age so they benefit from the full educational journey at Akal Academies. However, students joining at later grades are also accepted depending on availability and need.
Students are enrolled in Akal Academies after a physical verification of their financial need by community representatives and school administrators.
On receipt of an application from an economically disadvantaged family, the team verifies the family's financial situation through a physical visit. Only verified students are admitted under the sponsored scholarship scheme, ensuring support reaches those who truly need it most.
Sponsorship support ends naturally when a student completes their schooling. If a donor discontinues or a student moves, the support is redirected to another deserving child from the waiting list.
Educate To Save has thousands of students waiting for sponsorship. When a student's sponsorship ends for any reason, the funds are seamlessly redirected so no donor contribution goes unused.
Beyond academics, students in Akal Academies receive character development, leadership training, digital education, and holistic community-based care.
Akal Academies follow a values-based education model that develops not only academic skills but also qualities such as honesty, empathy, self-discipline, and civic responsibility. Residential students (under the Live and Learn programme) additionally receive 24/7 care including boarding, meals, spiritual nurturing, and round-the-clock support from trained staff.