Gender equality training by Schools of Equality is an activity-based program that examine the concept of equality, power and injustice in the context of gender and its attendant issues including class, religion, sexuality, disability and caste; understand how societal institutions, media and culture perpetuate violence and discrimination; and shift social attitudes that perpetuate various forms of social injustice. Students are engaged in discussions to understand the stereotypes and biases they carry and how society conditions them a certain way. The team from Schools of Equality visits the campus every term and conducts sessions for students and teachers.
RISE School was set up in a remote village where the requirement for a quality school was very high. A detailed survey was carried out in early 2000 and Samiyandipudhur village in Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu was identified as an ideal location to start a school for rural children as there was a need for a school which provide equal educational opportunities as their urban peers at affordable cost.