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Process followed                                little teacher programme is conducted in

                                                             which one of the students act as a teacher
                  In view of students frequently             and demonstrates the lesson to her

            falling sick, the school headmaster decided      peers.Apart from core subjects, the school
            to construct multi handwash points. The          teachers also focus on language skills
            helped in improving the attendance               including English, Telugu and Hindi. The

            percentage as the children were regular to       school offered dictionaries with the funds
            school without any health issue. The             collected from donors. Another important
            hygienic environment is always main-             activity to sustain the development is

            tained since the school took a shape. In         conducting monthly parent-teacher
            terms of academics, for providing the            meetings. The concerned teachers report
            children with latest teaching technology         the progress of students to their parents

            integrated teaching learning techniques,         periodically. Besides academics, the active
            the school have equipped classrooms with         participation of students in sports, music,

            computers for knowledge gaining. The             literature, easy-writing too created a good
            headmaster could arrange a computer lab          opinion on the school.
            with the financial support from village

            leaders, elected representatives and             Outcome
            villagers.The funds were systematically
            pooled in. The video learning happens                 Therefore, with the available

            now in the classrooms thus a shift from          resources now, the school is functioning
            conventional to non-conventional                 well and extremely focused on improving
            teaching methods taken place. The school         academics. All these consistent efforts of

            not just give attention to good performing       teachers and students in academics
            students but also the low performing             resulted 100% results and around two

            students. For them, special classes are taken    students secured seat in IIIT Basara.
            to help them cope with other students and






















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