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RAJASTHAN

Rajani Bhardwaj
Govt. Senior Secondary School Booj
Jaipur Rajasthan
Email id: rajbha.29@gmail.com

Abstracts

The school predominantly caters to children of schedule tribes and schedule castes.
Child marriage is a common feature in the local community with restricted rights of
women. The school head began with addressing the grievances of staff and inspired
them to work together for the school. Initiated interaction with the community;
personally visited each and every household in the community and shared their vision
for the school. The school launched novel competitive activities for students as
drawing, essay writing, slogan writing, rangoli designing, making mehndi patterns, uses
of waste material etc to boost their inner talents, communication skill and confidence.
Progressive metamorphosis is visible in the improved look of the school in all spheres,
e.g. academics, co- curricular activities, extra- curricular activities, infrastructure up
gradation and community participation. A total of 21 students of the school were
selected in the state teams of hockey and football.

Socio-Cultural Context of the School

The school has its historical significance and acquired heritage status as it runs in the garden
raised for the erstwhile queen of Vijaypura, so it is popularly known as ‗bag wala School.‘The
school is located in the interior rural area about 21 kilometres far from N.H.11 (Jaipur –Agra
Highway) from Kanota mod to Nayla.
1. Predominance of schedule tribe and schedule caste students.

2. Scarcity of water for irrigation.

3. Most of the people are daily wagers earning their livelihood by making carpets, gota patti
work on sarees and kurtiis. Their monthly income ranges from 3000 to 10,000 per family.

4. Caste based groupism, orthodoxy and superstitious practices are conspicuous in the area.
People are largely indifferent to girl child education. Child marriage is a common feature
and women are generally kept in veil. Gender discrimination is still prevalent.

5. The poor plight of women is evident as there is very little scope of participation of
women in socio- economic- political decisions at the level of family as well as at the level
of community.

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