By Gurvinder Singh
After remaining shut for almost two years, primary schools in Jhargram district reopened on February 16. However, the situation of 69 rural schools in Belpahari circle is pitiable as many have neither piped drinking water nor functional toilets. To cook mid-day meals, water has to be fetched from far away, and teachers say that all complaints have fallen on deaf ears. A ground report.
After remaining shut for almost two years, primary schools in Jhargram district reopened on February 16. However, the situation of 69 rural schools in Belpahari circle is pitiable as many have neither piped drinking water nor functional toilets. To cook mid-day meals, water has to be fetched from far away, and teachers say that all complaints have fallen on deaf ears. A ground report.
By Kuldeep Chhangani
Mahesh Prajapat, the principal of a government school in a village in Pokhran, Jaisalmer brings back students who stayed away from class and provides them with better infrastructure. He regularly counsels parents to send their wards to school.
Mahesh Prajapat, the principal of a government school in a village in Pokhran, Jaisalmer brings back students who stayed away from class and provides them with better infrastructure. He regularly counsels parents to send their wards to school.
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By Patralekha Chatterjee
Sarmita, a resident of Samasnagar village, has a cell phone, a bank account and an LPG connection. But she has no piped water or a toilet. There are many Sarmitas in this New India
Sarmita, a resident of Samasnagar village, has a cell phone, a bank account and an LPG connection. But she has no piped water or a toilet. There are many Sarmitas in this New India
By Vivek Kushwaha
Vivek Kushwaha, an assistant teacher at the Upper Primary School in Dahena, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh tells the story of how he brought back a school from a cattle shelter it had become.
Vivek Kushwaha, an assistant teacher at the Upper Primary School in Dahena, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh tells the story of how he brought back a school from a cattle shelter it had become.
By Daya Sagar
The Union Budget allocated ₹94,853.64 crore for education sector in 2019-20. Of the total ₹94,853. 64 crore education budget, ₹56,536.63 crore has been pegged for the school sector and rest ₹38,317.01 crore has been allocated to the higher education. The mid-day meal program has been allocated ₹11,000 crore. The Budget allocated the teachers training and adult education only ₹125 crore. While the numbers are impressive, but rural India wants more
The Union Budget allocated ₹94,853.64 crore for education sector in 2019-20. Of the total ₹94,853. 64 crore education budget, ₹56,536.63 crore has been pegged for the school sector and rest ₹38,317.01 crore has been allocated to the higher education. The mid-day meal program has been allocated ₹11,000 crore. The Budget allocated the teachers training and adult education only ₹125 crore. While the numbers are impressive, but rural India wants more
By Manoj Choudhary
Kadodiha, a forest village with 35 tribal families, neither has a proper approach road, nor any drinking water source except ‘chuas’, which are two to three feet deep dug out pits with stagnant water. The 21 students in the village school are also forced to drink water from ‘chuas’.
Kadodiha, a forest village with 35 tribal families, neither has a proper approach road, nor any drinking water source except ‘chuas’, which are two to three feet deep dug out pits with stagnant water. The 21 students in the village school are also forced to drink water from ‘chuas’.
By Jyotsna Richhariya
Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.
Gangakhedi village has recently won the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2022 for the collective work done by its residents along with their panchayati raj institutions and community based organisations. Non-profit TRIF is training villagers, including rural women, in decentralised planning and execution of schemes.
By Manoj Choudhary
Gaon Connection's recent report on the sorry state of the Lutheran Middle School in Chaibasa where Jharkhand's hero Birsa Munda studied, has caught the attention of the West Singhbhum district administration. The Regional Education Officer visited the school and submitted his report including requirements of the school.
Gaon Connection's recent report on the sorry state of the Lutheran Middle School in Chaibasa where Jharkhand's hero Birsa Munda studied, has caught the attention of the West Singhbhum district administration. The Regional Education Officer visited the school and submitted his report including requirements of the school.
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.