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Tucked away in Kodaikanal’s misty hills, Sholai School shows what education can become when fear, ranks and pressure are replaced with freedom, sustainability and real-life learning.

A playful world of puzzles, patterns, and curiosity, Ramanujan Math Park is showing India that maths isn’t just a subject but a living, breathing experience where children discover, question, and fall in love with learning all over again.

When ex-techie Muneet Dhiman left his IT career in Germany, he dreamt of reimagining education. At Vidyakshetra in Bengaluru, 157 children now learn for free—through farming, weaving, science, music, and Sanskrit—without the pressure of exams or fees.

Burnt out by hustle culture in the UK, Renata and Sridhar moved to Tamil Nadu to live intentionally and raise their children without school. Through farmschooling, they turned a barren plot into a food forest, proving that learning can grow naturally, just like the land they cultivate.

What happens when a child never goes to school? Garima and Aditya’s unschooling journey with their son Vedas shows a life of deep learning, play, and freedom. From quiet hills to bustling cities, families across India are exploring this radical, heart-led path of trusting their children and themselves.

Struggling with culture shock in big cities, five friends built Nanakmatta Public School in Uttarakhand — replacing rote learning with curiosity through films, debate, and real-world exposure.

"During the winters, most families here create bonfires out of plastic waste and huddle in front of it to beat the cold. We wanted to change that and so started to encourage our students to bring plastic waste as school fees."

Anand Gopakumar explains that issues with such learning are mainly found in students and freshers coming from the low-income strata of the society—they find it quite challenging to work in teams, for example. And that's where TAP steps in.

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Finding the right school for your child can be a challenge, especially with the education field evolving rapidly in the digital age. Be sure to keep these three major changes in mind when making the big choice for your kid’s future.