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A teacher Dedication Made an Abandoned

School into a Digital Classroom

How Dedication Revived a School

Edusure Team, SCERT Telangana

Gowraram, Ranga Reddy District – The story The pair implemented initiatives like the
of Gowraram Mandal Primary School is a “TAKE HOME FOLDER” and “STORY
testament to the power of a teacher’s dedication BOARDS” to enhance reading ability. They also
and a community’s trust. Once a newly built but introduced a precise, corporate-style record
abandoned school without a single blackboard, management system, using detailed folders and
it has been transformed into a thriving digital report cards, which significantly increased
institution, now a model for other schools in accountability and communication between
the region. parents and teachers.

The transformation began when the Within two months, the results were
Mandal Education Officer, as part of a undeniable. Parents noticed a marked
government initiative to reopen closed schools, improvement in their children’s reading skills
entrusted the task to V. Srinivasa Chary, an SGT and overall behavior. Seeing the dedication of
from UPS Shettipally. Chary faced a formidable the teachers, the villagers voluntarily came
challenge: winning back the trust of a forward and donated ¹ 1,50,000, which was used
community that had lost faith in government to provide essential facilities and convert the
schools, with 16 children from the village already school into a digital learning center.
enrolled in private institutions.
Today, the school is fully functional with
Chary met with the parents and made a two dedicated teachers and a renewed sense of
bold promise: give him two months, and he purpose. The success of Gowraram Mandal
would show them a remarkable change in their Primary School has inspired neighboring schools
children. He pledged to work tirelessly, without to adopt similar strategies, creating a healthy
a single day of leave, to improve the students’ competition to earn public trust. This story is a
educational progress. His wife, inspired by his powerful reminder that when dedication, proper
commitment, volunteered to assist him, and planning, and purity of intent come together,
together, they launched a series of innovative success is an inevitable outcome.
programs.

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