Our Mission

When people try to explain or define India, they often talk about numbers alone. That is, how big things are, how many people there are, how much money there is, or how much growth and development have happened. But what they don’t ask, or they don’t look at, is this: why things are the way they are.

Even though we have ways to check India's growth by comparing and quantifying areas such as education and health, we don't really try to understand how much of that progress (or lack of it) is due to its unequal social classes – a very large gap in people’s wealth. When it comes to education, the history of India shows how education was a privilege only a few could afford. To date, there is a large section of society that has never had the opportunity to learn. Although we’ve come a long way, young students from disadvantaged communities continue to face a wide range of challenges in attempts to access quality education (Ref.).

These difficulties are made worse by financial limitations and insufficient guidance, hindering their academic progress well before college. There is a significant lack of exposure to career options and even college counselling, which truly further intensifies these challenges. Students from highly disadvantaged backgrounds are often left to navigate a complex educational landscape on their own, a task made considerably harder by their financial circumstances.

The Higher Education Access Collective (THEAC) was therefore founded to address these systemic issues. The core component of our comprehensive support involves providing adequate financial support for coaching as well as valuable informational resources and guidance (Ref.). THEAC aims to empower these students by helping to bridge the financial gap that often prevents them from realising their potential and seizing educational opportunities.