No teachers, textbooks or school bell…
The sound of pencils scratching away on ruled paper filled the room. The ninth grade at Bombay Welfare Society High School was tasked with writing an essay titled ‘My School’ during the English period. “In my school, there will be no teachers, textbooks or school bell. It will have a lot of trees, a library […]
The English-Medium Anganwadis of Rural Tamil Nadu
“Everyone refers to us as the school that provides the teachers with electric vehicles!” chuckles Lakshmi Ramamurthy, founder of Amyga Academy. The Academy is paving the way to world-class education in remote villages around India while empowering the rural women who contributed to the local rural schools—also known as the Anganwadi. Lakshmi’s career started in […]
