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MEENAKSHI UNIYAL
PRINCIPAL
RAJKIYA ADARSH PRIMARY SCHOOL, LALOTNA
JAUNPURA, TEHRI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND

The school is located in a remote area in Tehri Garhwal district of
Uttarakhand, which has an unique culture and language. The school caters
to a community who are small scale farmers. The school has the challenge
of limited staff and lack of coordination with SMC members. With the
vision of considering each child as unique, the school principal through
effective discussion with staff and SMC members, improved the quality of
teaching through introducing Activity Based Teaching. The enrolment of
children increased and few students got admission into ‘Him-Jyoti’ schools
(free residential schools for girls). The faith of the parents in the school has
improved.

SURAJ KUMAR SHARMA,
HEADMASTER
GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL LINGI PAYONG
SOUTH SIKKIM

The school is situated 28 kilometers from Block Resource Centre, 66
kilometers from District Headquarter Namchi and 56 Km from State
Headquarter Gangtok. The challenges that were faced by school authority
were lack of interest and coordination between parents and school staff
resulting in adverse effect on student learning. Despite repeated verbal
assurance to parents they don’t turn up during meetings and any other
school activities. Initiatives taken up by the school include students
welcoming their parents during school meeting with traditional scarfs
and parents felicitating their wards during Annual Result Distribution
Programme. Success stories and achievements that the school had made
include change in mindset among parents, developing positive attitude
among students and their parents, increase in attendance, whole of which
positively impacted student performances.

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