School

Every summer, as nomadic families move to Kashmir’s high pastures, their children walk miles to study in tent schools. These mobile classrooms are taking education to places where no road or building can reach.

Former journalist Hitarth Pandya left his newsroom career to start Kids for the Environment Development Initiative (KEDI) in Vadodara. Through farming, skits, and hands-on activities, he has introduced over 20,000 children across five Vadodara schools.

In Meghalaya, schools are creating nutrition gardens, enabling students to cultivate and harvest fresh produce. Here’s how this initiative promotes healthy eating and hands-on agriculture knowledge.

For nine years now, Kolkata's Satarupa Majumder has been running the Swapnopuron Welfare Society (SWS), an English-Medium school in the Sundarbans.

Built by architects Saurabh Gupta and Akanksha Gupta, the EuroSchool near Bannerghatta National Park in Bengaluru imbibes sustainability at its core, and aims to impart learning immersed in nature.

Jivam Foundation was started by Isha Godara in September 2020 in Sirsa, Haryana. Along with her brother Abhijeet, she provides access to quality education for the students in her village.

In Kerala, the Chavara Darsan CMI Public School is moving towards carbon neutrality with its ecofriendly initiative, growing a lush bamboo garden, organic vegetables, aquaculture farm, a herbal garden, and more on its campus.

Suseela Santhosh, director of Vishwa Vidyapeeth school in Bengaluru, is the brains behind the school's organic farm that feeds its 1,400 students and staff for free.

From conducting classes at home to going door-to-door to help with lessons, each of these teachers went out of their way to ensure none of their students missed out on an education.

Surjeet Lodhi from Madhya Pradesh was conferred with the Diana Award for his courageous fight against eradicating alcoholism and child labour in his village.