Bangladesh is no stranger to floods. Almost every year, the country battles them during the monsoon season. However, this year unprecedented heavy rainfall has brought devastating floods, earlier than usual in the month of May. It's been almost two months and the north and northeastern regions of the country are still struggling as flood waters have washed away millions of houses and inundated hundreds of thousand hectares of farmlands. A ground report from the flood-hit Sylhet region.

Shravan Kumar Devangan is a role model for teachers of government-run schools in India. A school in Mardapoty, Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, stands out with smart classrooms, a good ambiance, a kitchen garden and flowerbeds with both teachers and students taking care of them. It would be difficult to imagine such a school in a tribal village. But Devangan made it happen

The director-cum-teacher at a private school in Balotra has spent Rs 16 lakh from his earnings to finance a minibus for students who come to study at the school from far flung villages. Introduction of the school bus has led to a jump in enrolments.

In a welcome move, close to 3.3 million students in 35,773 government schools in the state are being offered nutritious madua (ragi) laddu every Wednesday. But the money allocation is not enough, complain school managements.

Prakrati Mitra is a campaign which facilitates collaboration of organisations working for environment protection in ensuring that schools in Uttar Pradesh become ‘carbon neutral’. The efforts are aimed at neutralising the carbon emissions of the schools by planting trees and conserving energy.

Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.

Ayodhya Kumari Gaur is 80 years old and a teacher who wants to ensure every child has access to education, unlike herself who learnt to read and write only when she was 15 years old. Despite long gaps, several unsuccessful attempts at passing exams and the duties of a mother and wife, she completed her B.Ed when she was 47 years old. Since 2001, she is running her own school in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Government school children in Varanasi district prepare to welcome the G20 delegates to their district with models they have made with discarded scraps. The students of Kharavan English School have made a flower pot holder in the shape of a cycle which is 5.5 feet long, 3.5 feet high and weighs 42 kgs.

The CM Rise Schools will be equipped with modern libraries, laboratories, playgrounds, and smart classes. These facilities are expected to bring government schools in the state at par with private schools.