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When peers turn teachers to promote girls’ education
When peers turn teachers to promote girls’ education

By Manoj Choudhary

A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.

A Jamshedpur-based non-profit YUVA (Youth Unity for Voluntary Action) has roped in college students to hold free tutorial classes in five villages of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand to ensure that girls from tribal communities have an opportunity to pursue their education.

‘पढ़ने में अच्छी थी वो, आगे स्कूल नहीं था तो घरवालों ने शादी कर दी’
‘पढ़ने में अच्छी थी वो, आगे स्कूल नहीं था तो घरवालों ने शादी कर दी’

By Kushal Mishra

Teacher's Diary: ‘Now girls are coming to school and not falling prey to child marriage’
Teacher's Diary: ‘Now girls are coming to school and not falling prey to child marriage’

By Vineet Srivastava

Vineet Srivastava is an assistant teacher at the Khairahna Primary School in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district. In his village, child marriage used to be a common practice for the girls in the past, but now they have started studying. He is sharing how this was made possible.

Vineet Srivastava is an assistant teacher at the Khairahna Primary School in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district. In his village, child marriage used to be a common practice for the girls in the past, but now they have started studying. He is sharing how this was made possible.

A rural teacher’s Jhola Pustakalay in a desert village of Rajasthan
A rural teacher’s Jhola Pustakalay in a desert village of Rajasthan

By Kuldeep Chhangani

School teacher Hardev Paliwal is committed towards girls’ education and safeguarding the environment. His bond with the school in Mandala Khurd village in Phalodi district goes deeper than just that of a teacher as this government school is where he too studied.

School teacher Hardev Paliwal is committed towards girls’ education and safeguarding the environment. His bond with the school in Mandala Khurd village in Phalodi district goes deeper than just that of a teacher as this government school is where he too studied.

Teacher’s Diary: ‘When I joined, the classrooms were mouldy; I didn’t feel like opening my tiffin box. Today the school is transformed’
Teacher’s Diary: ‘When I joined, the classrooms were mouldy; I didn’t feel like opening my tiffin box. Today the school is transformed’

By Vineet Kumar Mishra

A teacher in Anta village of Kanpur Dehat, UP, rallies around support from the entire community of village administration, students and their parents into making the school a space where his students will feel uplifted.

A teacher in Anta village of Kanpur Dehat, UP, rallies around support from the entire community of village administration, students and their parents into making the school a space where his students will feel uplifted.

Photo Essay: When A School Is An Architectural Marvel
Photo Essay: When A School Is An Architectural Marvel

By Kuldeep Chhangani

A school at a village in Jaisalmer, is turning heads as much for its architecture as its mission to educate girls

A school at a village in Jaisalmer, is turning heads as much for its architecture as its mission to educate girls

A Teacher is Empowering Girls Through the Bitiya Ki Bagiya Initiative
A Teacher is Empowering Girls Through the Bitiya Ki Bagiya Initiative

By Danish Iqbal

Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.

Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.

कभी पढ़ना सपने से कम नहीं था अब मरीजों की रोशनी बढ़ाने में मदद करती हैं इस गाँव की लड़कियाँ
कभी पढ़ना सपने से कम नहीं था अब मरीजों की रोशनी बढ़ाने में मदद करती हैं इस गाँव की लड़कियाँ

By Ambika Tripathi

उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर के गाँवों की जिन लड़कियों के लिए कल तक पढ़ाई पहाड़ से कम नहीं थी वो आज न सिर्फ बेहतर ज़िंदगी जी रही हैं पैरामेडिकल की ट्रेनिंग लेकर दूसरों की भी मदद कर रही हैं।

उत्तर प्रदेश के लखीमपुर के गाँवों की जिन लड़कियों के लिए कल तक पढ़ाई पहाड़ से कम नहीं थी वो आज न सिर्फ बेहतर ज़िंदगी जी रही हैं पैरामेडिकल की ट्रेनिंग लेकर दूसरों की भी मदद कर रही हैं।

We wanted to study, but …
We wanted to study, but …

By Shivani Gupta

For young girls in villages, education is a luxury. But most of them are forced to discontinue their studies even before completing secondary education. Besides safety issues, there are many reasons behind their dropping out. In order to understand the roadblocks, Gaon Connection interviewed many girls in villages in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh

For young girls in villages, education is a luxury. But most of them are forced to discontinue their studies even before completing secondary education. Besides safety issues, there are many reasons behind their dropping out. In order to understand the roadblocks, Gaon Connection interviewed many girls in villages in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh

From dropouts to achievers — a village school is bridging the education gap for tribal girls
From dropouts to achievers — a village school is bridging the education gap for tribal girls

By Manoj Choudhary

Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.

Over 1,300 rural girls from the tribal communities of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand have got a second shot at education thanks to the initiative of the Camp School which offers a nine-month course and helps enrol girls in government schools.

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