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Sion school swaps annual day glamour for real-world skill training
Updated On: 12 December, 2025 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Aditi Alurkar
For the past four years, at Lion MP Bhuta School’s annual day, local slum kids learn about business, earning money, and uplifting their families
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Principal Jagdish Indalkar (left) with students preparing scented soaps for Umang at Lion MP Bhuta School, Sion. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI
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With December comes the season of annual day rehearsals in schools across Mumbai. But in a bold departure from tradition, Lion MP Bhuta School in Sion has replaced the usual dance and drama programmes with something far more practical, an event that teaches its students real-world skills.
Located inside a Jain housing society, the school draws most of its students from the slums of Dharavi and Matunga Labour Camp. Many are first-generation learners whose parents work as domestic workers, drivers, potters, steelware sellers, restaurant staff and hawkers.
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