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In India, Village Girls Inspire Backward District to Send Daughters to School

Anjana Pasricha

   NUH, INDIA - Wasima Khan dropped out of school six years ago. She is
   not an exception but the norm in Nuh, a district in northern India
   where the female literacy rate of about 30% is barely half the national
   average.

   The reason the 19-year-old left her studies is the same as in most
   village homes. "I had to help my mother look after my younger brothers
   and sisters and do housework," said Khan. "And there was no middle
   school here."

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