Premveer Singh went from door to door, practically begging the parents to enrol their wards at the government school in Khoradinh village. Gradually, he and fellow school teachers built bridges of trust with the parents and the admissions began to go up. The school now has 315 students of which 25% are tribal children.

A teacher of a government primary school in Varanasi district, doesn’t think twice before visiting the houses of students who are frequently absent. His strategy has paid off as absenteeism has dropped, enrollments have gone up and with that the infrastructure of the school has improved.

A teacher in rural Uttar Pradesh transformed a lacklustre school into a coveted institution by his progressive teaching methods and his initiatives to educate not just the children, but their parents too. The school won the School of Excellence award in 2020.

There is a lack of awareness about the importance of education in the tribal dominated Kakrad village in Uttar Pradesh, but a headmaster there has brought about smart changes in the teaching methods that have reduced absenteeism and transformed the learning environment.

Poonam Tomar is a primary school teacher in Behta Chauhan, in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. Tomar has ensured diverse positive changes in her school over the years. In this teacher’s diary, she is sharing the story of her journey of transforming the school.

Kumari Urvashi Das teaches 30 children at an anganwadi centre in Kendrapara district of Odisha and says her disability has never come in the way of her dreams to become an educator.

A government school teacher, Gopal Bhalwala, spent his savings to give the drab walls of a middle school in Rajgarh district a new life with bright murals to encourage children to come to study.

The parents in Jharkhand's Latehar allege that school teachers retire without any new appointments being made. This has led to an acute shortage of teachers in the primary schools in the district. Details here.

Anita Vishwakarma is a teacher at the primary school in Saida Pur, Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh. She teaches children as well as their grandparents how to read and write.

Subhash Yadav, a national award winning teacher from Madhya Pradesh, shares his journey as an educator where he has transformed not one but two schools in far-flung villages of Dhar district, from being derelict and non-functional to highly respected and popular educational institutions.