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  1. Educating Tribal India

    “I recently appeared for my board exams and have obtained 84 percent,” says Sunanda. Dressed in a blue skirt and checked shirt, her articulation and clear usage of language might betray you to think of her to be a product of a metropolitan school. Dig a l ...
  2. Free Education: A tour through Guntur... Sri Sri Seva Mandir!

    Innocence in the eyes, Curiosity in their speech, Sharp, observant mind, yet playful all the time, They exhibited the qualities no different from any other child. Yet, they were not just any kids- special, one of a kind. Running around joyfully in the wet ...
  3. Schools of a Different Thought

    SANDEEP It’s 5 in the morning in Amjhor, a village situated in the heart of a naxal belt in Jharkhand. A little girl and her brother wake up, looking forward to another day. They brush their teeth and go for a bath, the whole time humming a ‘bhajan’ they ...
  4. Tribal children go to school

    An Endeavour to spread Self-Sufficient, Holistic Education Chandan Soren comes home each evening to his mother and three sisters, pleased after attending school, alongside earning a salary by driving his teacher’s home. He is one amongst many who found an ...
  5. Revolution for Education

    A revolution for education. 618 free schools in rural, tribal and slum areas of India are teaching thousands of first-generation learners. Imagine a world in which children from rural areas, tribal areas, and slums are able to receive free school educatio ...
  6. Our Volunteer- Beejal

    50 children from Meghalaya, 20 from Assam and Manipur and lately 16 girls from Meghalaya have come to the ashram. They have came from a tribal culture, a different lifestyle from our modern day society. The parents happily sent their children to be educat ...
  7. Education Testimonial_15

    Another student, who passed out from school in 2003 I studied in the school without paying any contribution. I was also given scholarship for 2 years to pursue higher education. Teachers not only supported me academically, but personally as well. The scho ...
  8. Education Testimonial17

    I studied in the school without paying any contribution. I was also given scholarship for 2 years to pursue higher education. Teachers not only supported me academically, but personally as well.The school, without expecting anything in return, has given m ...
  9. From Germany, with love

    Computer donations spur availability of German language courses for refugees and migrants From Germany, with love A group of refugees and migrants in Berlin received an unexpected gift to help them settle in their new environs: the gift of language. In ad ...
  10. A future etched on the blackboard

    Text by M Rajaque Rahman; Photo by Namita Malik In a society where schools are benchmarked by the number of swimming pools and air-conditioned rooms they have, these schools may not even qualify as one. Put them in the context of the place they are locate ...