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However, this rejection from parents      resources required for running digital
               didn't deter him from taking his mission        classes thus one could witness a paradigm

               forward. One day, he convened a meeting         shift in teaching learning methodologies.
               with his staff members and instructed them            Apart from academics, the students
               to throw up some ideas that can help to         are encouraged in arts. The students write
               raise the dignity of school. The dignity lies   poems, stories, draw images and paintings.

               in students who come to school for              On noticing the students increasing
               achieving greater heights.                      interest toward literary, the school has
                                                               scheduled a library hour. The students have

                Process Followed                               become aggressive readers and gained the
                                                               skill to write small stories. In an act of
                     The teachers have come up with            giving them a boost to do much more, a

               creative ideas of which a few were planned      book 'JAMPAMDLU BADIPILALA
               to execute. Amongst all, the formation of       KATHALU' was published. It the
               houses - blue house, green house, red           collection of stories written by children.
               house, yellow house, created a huge
               impact on the change that the headmaster         Achievements
               envisioned. The concept of these houses               •     The school has published a
               is to equally divide the students into four                 book titled "JAMPANDLU" a
               groups and place them in one particular                     collection of their school real
               house. The house members are given                          time stories and incidents which

               some dedicated task to be monitored for a                   has received lot of appreciations
               week. Each week the task given will                         from our  honourable Chief
               change. This idea excited students and                      Minister of  Telangana,
               made them to attend the school regularly.                   K. Chandrasekhar garu,
               They eagerly wait for the task every week.                  district officials like District

                     On seeing the school with children                    Collector
               all around, the headmaster and the
               teachers felt happy and satisfied but their
               incessantly worked hard to sustain the
               achievement. For it, the school constituted
               two committees - Balala Sangalu and
               Balika Chetana Committee. The Balika
               Chetana Committee is specifically aimed

               at addressing the issues of girls and
               empower girls to fight back for their
               dignity. Later came the introduction of
               digital classes.  With the help of the
               donors the school could accommodate the


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