That was until her husband, a sweeper at the Suraj NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies) Foundation Gram Dnyan Kendra (SNFGDK), mustered the courage to enroll his wife for computer education and personality development.
Today Sonal, a high school dropout and a resident of Sangli, a small town about 280 miles from Mumbai, India, is not only a teacher in a primary school in her hometown, but also manages the correspondence for the school’s office. Recently, Sonal enrolled in a graduate course at an open university. “God has been kind to me by providing opportunities in the form of SNFGDK ,” says Sonal. Despite hailing from the lowest rung of society as well as from a rural area which is especially conscious of the caste system, Sonal dares to dream of one day being the principal of the school.
