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School Score Card, a digital school performance tracking tool, is helping parents in rural Andhra Pradesh hold government schools accountable for the quality of education. With a simple pictorial, SMS-based system, mothers in villages are rating schools and helping authorities apply corrective measures where needed.

Arun. A.G strongly feels that a developed public education system is extremely important for the growth of any democracy. Here he gives some suggestions to revamp public schools and the system.

Lisa Heydlauff started off by telling children stories on entrepreneurial skills. And now, she’s funding them.

Rajasthan government is all set to introduce a chapter on child rights in the curriculum for government school students, with the aim of increasing awareness among children about their rights.

These fresh and colourful learning spaces are a far cry from the normal picture associated with government schools – of dull uniforms and duller classrooms, where children are bored and teachers often absent. And one young team made this possible.

Government schools in Hubballi have started providing nursery education to students with the view of increasing the number of students taking admission in class I.

When India could not qualify in hockey during the 2008 Olympics, Arumugam decided it was time to get to the root of the problem and teach young children to play. So he quit his well-paying job, and went on to make hockey players out of government school kids.

12,76,425 students washed hands simultaneously and attempted to create a world record. The record was earlier held by three nations jointly and MP has become the only state to surpass their joint record.

The government has taken an initiative to provide sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in government schools to combat the social stereotypes and hygiene issues that women face due to menstruation.

Crippling rains, lack of transport facilities and poverty are just a few issues that stop children from attending school regularly. This innovative tribal community is coming up with unique and interesting ways to make their kids reach school on time in spite of all the difficulties.