Investing in Altitude: How Darjeeling's Communities Are Rewriting the Rules of Rural Education
Faced with chronic brain drain and limited access to quality schooling, Darjeeling's mountain communities are not waiting for outside institutions to solve their education crisis. Local organizations are building their own schools, skill-training centers, and hybrid learning programs—and the results are beginning to reshape how the region thinks about its future workforce. For rural development advocates in the United States, these grassroots models offer a compelling blueprint.