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SACHIDANANDA DAS
PRINCIPAL
UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BARINAGAR, BARARI
KATIHAR, BIHAR

The school is situated in Katihar district of Bihar, and the school has
recently got upgraded into a Demonstration school in Barari Block. The
major challenges include low attendance of children, poor quality teaching
and less support from the community. The school head with prime focus
on improving the academic culture of the school created a monthly planner
for each class and teacher and followed up with regular meetings of SMC
members and teachers.

HARBIR KAUR BINDRA
PRINCIPAL
GOVERNMENT SARVODAYA KANYA VIDYALAYA,
JAHANGIRPURI, DELHI

The school is situated in a resettlement colony of Jahangirpuri which has
a large slum cluster comprising of rag-picking families, mostly Bengali
Muslims migrated from eastern part of India particularly from Bengal,
Bihar and adjoining areas of Bangladesh border. The school caters to
students who belong to extremely marginalized and deprived sections of
the society. The school head, therefore, had to face multiple challenges
like low attendance, indifferent attitudes of the parents towards education,
shortage of staff and ever increasing strength of the students. The school
head along with the other stakeholders have introduced K-YAN for
teaching a larger section of students. Regular counseling sessions with the
students and the parents improved the level of their involvement with the
school. Innovative pedagogical practices like peer grouping and learning
through experience have led to the improved student learning outcomes.

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