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learn the lessons with joy. The little kids     private school has been a challenge. Then

               are     introduced        to    innovative      the team of teachers headed by Bhagya
               teaching-learning methods to improve            Lakshmi started to visit every house in the
               their basic competencies. The school runs       village and the surrounding villages and

               with a vision for students and the              convinced parents to join their children in
               headmistress keep aiming high all the time.     MPPS Borragudem. They have promised

               Her happiness lies in the complete involve-     the parents that MPPS Borragudem would
               ment of the child in the curriculum.            be responsible for the child's all-round

               However, she faced ups and downs                development. Keeping up the promise, the
               during her journey of school development        school has come up with student-friendly

               and these upheavals gave her sleepless          teaching learning techniques.
               nights.

                     In the academic year 2014-15, the

               school suffered low student enrolment
               with just 32 students. In view of it, the

               headmistress Bhaya Lakshmi has
               formulated an action plan to increase the

               enrolment. One of the many strategies to
               attract parents and students was to paint
               the walls of the school and the classrooms

               with mathematical, science related
               concepts along with other meaningful             Process followed

               artistic paintings. She completely
               transformed the look of the school in no              The walls of the classrooms are

               time. It was made possible by having the        turned into useful learning resources for
               dedicated and responsible teachers. The         students. The teachers impart basic

               teachers and the headmistress jointly           concepts through TLMs and reinforce their
               painted the walls during summer holidays        learning by conducting quiz and through
               and the second major step was to offer          flashcards. When students are given an

               teaching curriculum in English medium.          activity, the students on their own divide
               After the successful implementation of          into      groups       and      participate

               proposed initiatives, the enrolment began       enthusiastically, this can not only improve
               to rise but pulling the students out of         their intellect but inculcates the ability to
                                                               coordinate with each other as well.


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