Village school adopts unique initiatives to motivate students in Aurangabad

A governmentrun primary school in a hamlet in Maharashtras Aurangabad district has been coming up with novel ways to keep students engaged with the institution and ensure attendanceThe zilla parishadrun primary school at BabuwadiChartha village has only 50 students and two teachersThe village is located on a hillock around 45 km from the district headquartersOver the years the school catering to students up to Class 5 has been adopting unique initiatives to teach children social responsibility make sure they care for the environment around the school and motivate them to study wellWhether it is helping their teachers clean the school every morning planting saplings or enjoying no bag days children have come to love the school because of its initiativesSpeaking about the latest smile badge programme the schools headmaster Sudhir Tupe said The Covid19 pandemic changed the studying habits of students The smile badge initiative was started to ensure that children are motivated to finish their homeworkChildren who finish their homework win the badge and wear it during school hours he said adding that a committee of students has been formed to check the homework every dayAlso Read From Chhattisgarh to Maharashtra Forest dept seeks help of experts to reduce manelephant conflictSchool begins at 930 am every day But the children come half an hour early to help teachers clean the premises Tupe told PTIIn order to keep the students motivated to come to school no bag days have been observed since the last four to five yearsOn nobag days we do some gardening yoga and other fun activities This has helped improve attendance and children love to come to school because of it he saidThe school has also undertaken a plantation programme to maintain green cover in and around the facility Tupe saidWe have planted nearly 60 saplings since 2013 in the school premises Students save some water in their bottles and water the trees on their way home every day Tupe saidOn the academic front three students from the school were granted admission to Navodaya Vidyalayas while 15 students have bagged scholarships since 2017 he saidZilla Parishad education officer Jayashree Chavan said the schools initiatives have been unique and some of them were replicated by other institutions in the districtThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever