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’.

Masti ki Pathshala is a unique initiative by a social activist in Kolkata, West Bengal, to get children to read books again. A cart loaded with 300 books in English, Hindi, Bengali and Urdu trundles into Rajabazar where children from nearly 400 families enjoy its benefits, free of cost.

As part of a unique initiative to enrol more students in government schools, and to encourage play-based learning, the basic education department in Varanasi and a non-profit have jointly opened toy libraries in two government schools. More such libraries to come up across the district.

ELFA International, a non-profit, is working with hundreds of government schools in the Union Territory and educating and training students in school safety, disaster management, mental health, and gender based violence.

ELFA International, a non-profit, is working with hundreds of government schools in the Union Territory and educating and training students in school safety, disaster management, mental health, and gender based violence.

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.

Chandrayaan-3 — India’s much awaited mission to manoeuvre a safe landing on the lunar surface is about to begin as the launch of the propulsion system is scheduled at 2:35 PM. The mission seeks to accomplish a soft landing on the Moon’s surface at the south pole — a feat which no country has achieved so far. Details here.

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.

In West Bengal’s tea belt, a hearing impaired teacher is leading a silent crusade. Loknath Chhetri is creating opportunities for speech and hearing impaired children in remote villages at the Niswarth School for Deaf and Mute, the first English-medium school for the deaf in the Dooars region of North Bengal.