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World in Progress: Educating people at home instead of sending them away

For decades, access to higher education had been sorely lacking in Ladakh. Students had to travel hundreds of kilometers to other states of India to be able to further their education. Eucationists want to provide higher learning courses that are adapted to the region - at institutes in Ladakh.

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. 

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