Tag: Infrastructure
Elusive Amenities
“We have to travel 5 km on this road to get to the hospital, that too carrying the cycle on our shoulders because it cannot be used on this road. My child has severe fever and we have already traveled 5km like this. It just gets worse and worse day...
Road to Bhubaneshwar
Close to the capital of Odisha is ward ward no.1 of Shikharchandi which is administered by the Bhubhaneshwar Municipality Corporation. The road which connects the whole community to the rest of the state, primarily Bhubhanshwar, the capital of the state, is in a bad condition. The community is facing problems...
The Ramshackle School
The primary school in Khutdobara village of Kondagaon district in Chattisgarh is one of the many examples of poor implementation of the Right to Education Act. The building has been in a dilapidated conditions for years. It requires a long list of repairs among which the broken ceiling is a...
The Miracle School
Our videos on the Right to Education in India have uncovered a number of schools in the most abysmal of conditions. Often the very people running them are the root of the issue. Today’s video is different. It is the story of a school that is running against all odds,...
Quality Education Required
The Right to Education Act came into effect in India on 1st April 2010. A few things that the Act envisions for all schools in India are: · Clean drinking water for all students · Hygienic, separate toilets for girls and boys · Library for studying · Playground It also...
Arduos Trek to Education
India Unheard, Community Correspondent Abhishek Kumar Dash brings story of 15 children who have to travel through the forest to attend Aganwadi Center. As, their village Majipada (Odisha) doesn’t have an Aganwadi Center of its own. The children along with their parents trek for 3km to reach Aganwadi Center in...
Distance to Education
“Kawajhar’s main area falls about 2km from here, so our children face difficulty going to the anganwadi center there. Someday they go and someday they don’t”, says mother of one kid from Dindori district, Maltikra tola, Madhya Pradesh, where there is no anganwadi center for kids. As there is no...
Education Outside the Box
‘According to the Right to Education ( RTE ) Act, primary school should provide students with basic infrastructure but students of Primary School in Kawajhar Rayyat in Madhya Pradesh had to sit outside during winters as there are no enough class rooms for students to sit in’ reports our community...