India, Dec. 4 -- According to the 2011 Census, India's literacy rate stands at 74 percent, significantly below the global average of 86 percent.1 The overall school enrolment in the country has gone up to 97.2percent, thanks to the Right to Education Act, 2009. But the quality of education remains low with just 51 percent of students being able to read a Grade II level text after five years of schooling.2 There is no doubt that education is one of the key indicators of a developed nation and it is inextricably tied in with socio economic progress. But the question is - is it only the Government's responsibility to ensure that the nation hits its education objectives? Is there anything that we can do to address the challenge? I believe there is. Paying it forward is just what the country needs to achieve 100 percent literacy and universal access to quality education that is the need of the hour....