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transferred from this school and it became been broken, dangerously
more difficult to provide basic education hanging into the class rooms
with a single teacher. So the parents had and it was a dreadful scene.
lost their hopes on quality education for 2. No teachers and No students.
their children. Therefore many of them
dropped out and some started sending their School Transformation
children to private schools and others were "Never wait for somebody to make a
taken their wards to work So the strength change in your life, be the change you wish
of the school has been reduced to 13 to see" As Mahatma Gandhi says,
students. This condition was a challenge Mr. Panthu Naik, teacher of the school
for the school authorities to tune the took the responsibility of the cleaning the
mindset of the villagers to increase the stu- premises, he didn't wait for anyone to come
dent strength in the school. and help him instead he himself was
involved in cleaning and clearing the
Vision & Mission bushes and brambles around the school.
He didn't allow anyone to graze the cattle
"The vision of the school is to
provide basic quality education" in the school ever again. After cleaning
the surrounding, he planted number of
"The mission is to provide the basic saplings around the school as a part of
amenities like Infrastructure and placement HARITHAHARAM. Apart from those
of teachers" saplings, he brought some other
decorative flower plants and planted along
Challenges the compound wall and other important
places which changed the complete look
1. No proper Infrastructural Fa- of the school after these plants blossmed.
cilities:
All class rooms were partially
dilapidated. The doors and
windows of class rooms
decayed and walls got blackish
marks everywhere. All students
used to sit on the floor as there
was no furniture, no teaching
aids except one non functional
radio. The concrete ceiling had
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