# Learning from a barefoot movement

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Bunker Roy
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy_learning_from_a_barefoot_movement)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.

## Lectures

1. [Learning from a barefoot movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bunker_roy_learning_from_a_barefoot_movement/bbaed96a02d5), 19 min (TED's player)