Loading ...Rarely do I hear about good work being done using public funds in India. I was pleased to hear about a municipal school in Hauz Khas, Delhi. The school charges $1 a year as fees .
It operates upto 5th grade ( standard). A child I know joined as a first grade student. He received free books and would have got free uniforms ( they were out of stock). At school he gets a free meal. The school is clean and the people who told me about it said that though the class sizes were large ( 50+ students) the teachers seemed quite good. Getting admission was easy. No exams/bribes etc.
I do not know for sure that the funding is public money or charitable donations but I am hoping its tax rupees at work and the education cess that we pay is making a difference.
I for one would love for the media to make stories such as this front page news rather than the cola wars, fights in parliament etc.
‘Going to School in India’ by Lisa Heydlauff ( http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/viewprofile3.cfm?reid=144953 ) perhaps as a book project but has gone way beyond and is Lisa’s life mission I think. Do check this out.
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