Education has become the driving force of economies in today’s world. A 350 billion dollar industry and still growing at an average rate of 15% yearly, it offers multitude of investment choices. With the demand of quality education increasing globally, there are plenty of opportunities for investors.

Some of the features of this sector are:

•    Growing and sustained demand for quality education
•    Satisfaction and sense of accomplishment in being part of socio-economic growth
•    Enhanced brand value for investors
•    Assured growth of investment and long term success
•    Education provides long term benefits to investors with reduced volatility

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

As today’s world gets flatter with nations having similar access to technology advancements and natural resources, the defining factor in a nation’s economic growth depends on its demographic factor, its workforce. The quality of this workforce is directly dependent on the education system present in the country. Thus it’s become imperative for nations today to shift focus on building a robust education system that empowers its workforce.

The reform of educational development remains a major preoccupation of many nations. Whatever may be a nation’s development, an updated education sector is a must to tackle changing political, social and cultural changes, and to stay in tune with scientific and technological advances.

To be successful in today’s competitive world, organizations have realized that it’s important to cut excesses, move faster and grow more efficient. They must, periodically, reassess their strategies, identify core capabilities and monitor operation efficiency while constantly finding points of differentiation and adapting to change.

Some of the issues educational institutions face in operations and management of existing facilities are:

•    Are we making optimum utilization of our infrastructure? How further can we develop it?
•    Are our operations efficient and tuned for maximum performance? Can we improve them?
•    Are our quality standards meeting global best standards?
•    How can we measure our performance?
•    Are we equipped for dealing with external changes?

Quality education and access to it has been an ongoing problem globally. Even with educational reforms and development programs sponsored and monitored by different governments and world bodies, the reach of education has not been able to touch all sections of the society. Various Non- profit organizations, with the vision to promote education for one and all, have been active in providing education to such disadvantaged sections of society.

Some of the problems being faced by Non-profit institutions in the field of education world over are:

•    How to deal with the growing pressure of getting the maximum out of limited funds?
•    How to balance economic needs while catering to social demands?
•    How to adapt to changing technological advancements with existing limited resources?