Education

A school that rocks with the wind, a community that refuses to give up, and a lake that tests them each day. The story of Loktak’s floating classroom is full of small surprises and quiet courage.

In a little Bengaluru village, children run a 5,000-book library that now brings 250 young readers together. They manage everything from lending to lessons, turning a simple room into a space where children learn, teach, and grow with the support of one another.

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.

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.

Through determination and compassion, Darshna Chaudhary turned a remote Rajasthan school into a centre of hope, empowering children to dream, learn, and build brighter futures despite limited resources.

Twelve years ago, Sangeeta Maurya cried at her posting in Raebareli when only 30 of 130 students turned up. Today, through stories, songs, and compassion, she has filled her classrooms with laughter and hope — proving that teaching in villages is more than a job.

In Dholpur, over 50,000 students embrace democracy through Bal Sansads, debates, and Constitution Clubs. Abandoned buildings now thrive as libraries, empowering girls, boosting confidence, and turning the Preamble a lived reality of everyday citizenship.

Every day, over 100 children gather at Than Singh Ki Pathshala — a volunteer-run initiative led by a Delhi cop who believes in the transformative power of education.

In Tonk, Rajasthan, IAS officer Dr Saumya Jha led a bold experiment to fix the district’s math crisis through PadhaiWithAI, an AI-powered personalised learning platform. In just six weeks, it transformed government classrooms — raising the Class 10 math pass rate to 96.4% and setting a model for how AI can bridge learning gaps in rural India.

Once labelled a failure, Azad is rewriting the meaning of education with Azadwadi, a forest school in Udaipur. Built on freedom, nature, and community, it blends traditional wisdom with modern learning to show children that lessons can be lived, not memorised.