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Vision                                          to tune the mindsets of the villagers and

                                                             increase the literary rate in the village.
                  To increase the enrolment numbers
                                                             Over a time, the school started off with
            with an action plan. The school staff
                                                             around 54 students. Here it begins.
            believes that self-motivation is
                                                                  In 2013, the fate of the school has
            instrumental in any success.
                                                             become unpredictable after the transfer of

             Story                                           the head master and a teacher.  Thereby

                                                             the parents lost confidence as it is difficult
                  The remotely located MPPS
                                                             for the school to provide quality
            Sawarkheda gives utmost importance to
                                                             education with a single Secondary Grade
            girl education.  The school and the
                                                             Teacher K Rangaiah, and started shifting
            villagers believe in that education not only
                                                             their wards to private schools. In view of
            enhance the in-built skills but also help
                                                             the massive shift of students to private set
            girls to lead a decent life.  Sawarkheda
                                                             ups, K Rangaiah came forward to join his
            villagers follow a systematic life and
                                                             daughter in the same school and started
            brought in most significant change in
                                                             teaching, as an attempt to inspire the
            school development. The school
                                                             parents. However, it took two years for
            authorities, villagers and SMC members
                                                             the villagers to realize the capacity of the
            have come together and collectively
                                                             in-charge headmaster K Rangaiah and
            working for the welfare of the students.
                                                             re-joined their kids into MPPS
            They ensure the child grow emotionally
                                                             Sawarkheda. As of, the school was able
            and academically strong. The students
                                                             to enrol 280 students after facing a lot of
            passed out of MPPS Sawarkheda are
                                                             hardships. In the year 2016 the strength of
            standing high in the society, Janabai and
                                                             the school was 96 and it escalated to 125
            Sai Jyoti are working for well-established
                                                             the next year. The success of the school in
            companies after they completed
                                                             providing quality education ignited the
            post-graduation and Mengaji completed
                                                             desire among parents to admit their
            D.Ed pursued teaching profession to
                                                             children in this school rather than joining
            enlighten the lives of students. Initially, it
                                                             in private schools.
            was a challenge for the school authorities


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