Atul Adhyapikas reach out to schools in remote villages to provide joyful education to students through interactive learning methods. The project selects qualified women from villages and extensively trains them for six months to become trained primary teachers. The adhyapikas are placed in the schools of their own villages where they cater to the individual needs of the students by providing a better environment filled with love and care. Belonging to the same village, they can understand the local dialect, can deal with any issues that may arise and are always available for interaction with the parents. This approach ensures better class participation and holistic development of the students. This year, we extended our initiatives to anganwadis by introducing Anuja Adhyapikas, who provide joyful pre-primary education to children.

2023-24 highlights

• initiated education in 35 anganwadis through 23 Atul Anujas
• organised activity-based workshops in 112 schools
• reached out to 10,000 students through science and mathematics workshops in 104 other schools
• developed 46 model adhyapikas: they have brought visible changes in 46 schools

Education above all

‘The strength of the school was just 16 when I joined as an adhyapika three years ago. Parents were hesitant to send their children in the village primary schools as they doubted their quality of teaching and upbringing. Instead, they sent their children to schools that were far from their homes. After persistent efforts I have been able to convince the parents that education is beyond our social divide and today the strength of the school has increased to 58 students,’ shares Rina Vank, an adhyapika placed in Bhensdara village.