Education is the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits. An educated person can overcome poverty and backwardness. But even after so many years of independence, India struggles to achieve a literacy rate of over 90 percent. The Government of India and the State Governments need to give top priority in providing quality education to all children. In India the government alone cannot bring all children into the fold of education. The civil society thus plays an important role to ensure that the benefits of education reach the lowest strata of the society. Many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have been working to strengthen the education system and to make more and more children educated so that they can have a better life. The present article aims to study and analyze the role played by the NGOs in promoting the right to education and to focus on the achievements made by them. Along with the government, the role played by the civil society is tried to be highlighted in the article.