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Challenges for the School

● The problem situation is preparing students for Board Examination as they come from
Telugu medium schools and from very poor economical and educational background.
Children do not come regularly and on time due to lack of transportation. Most of the
children come from 25-30 km to the school. Children arrive at the school -

● Making the students to understand and speak in English fluently. Most of them do not
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know English alphabets when they join 6 class in our school.

● Bringing the drop out students back to school merrily and happily.

We have started our journey in A. P. Model School, Gampalagudem with only three PGT‘S and a regular
Principal. We had many teething problems, mainly lack of teachers. At times, we felt that the school
system might collapse. Many mile-stones we have crossed to fulfill our responsibilities and to sustain the
institution and to get best result.

Efforts initiated or the process of Transformation

1. Remedial Teaching
Tenth class students were given remedial teaching from the month of August before and school hours.

2. Adoption

We inspire students to pursue meaningful lives based on Self respect and intellectual curiosity. Each
student is challenged to discover their best self and master with confidence to think independently and act
ethically. So for this, we have divided X class students for adoption to each teacher (5-6 students for each
teacher) for intensive personal need based care.
3. Routine Tests

Every day a test is being conducted from the month of January, in each subject and evaluated on the same
day.

4. Peer Mentoring

Our school is successful in achieving 100 percent results. At this juncture, we feel privileged to bring to
your kind notice that a renowned Child Psychologist and Scientist Mr. Sydney Strauss from Israel has
come to study the value of peer learning during skill development workshops, conducted in our school in
September 2016. He stressed the importance of peer learning.

5. English Laboratory

An English lab is being made - by the generous donation of forty Laptops and forty tabs by Andhra
Pradesh Skill Development Corporation in appreciation of our support given to them during the seven
workshops conducted during the summer holidays (April, May and June 2016). We are the pioneers in the

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