Join Hands To Re-Build the Mehragaon School
Poor infrastructure, connectivity, and the digital gap in our rural schools have always left the young minds from rural hamlets worried about their future. We at Sukarma Foundation are re-building a well-equipped school in Mehragaon, Narsinghpur (MP, India).
“School design starts and ends with the child. Every factor must be related one way or the other to the children. The school is one which serves the emotional as well as the physical needs of the children.” –William Caudill
This school is a government primary school located in Village Mehragaon, district Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Sukarma Foundation founder Maya Vishwakarma went to this school from grades 1 to 8, 1988 to 1996.
The area of this school is 12,000 square feet. The old building has been demolished, hence, only a few rooms are left for the kids. Other school buildings are in the other corners of the village where only a handful of kids studying in 9th and 10th grade.
The idea is to have classrooms from 1st grade to 12th grade in one building in the school as this location is at the center of the village. Moreover, Choupal, Gram Panchayat Bhawan, temple, and weekly farmer’s market are also close by. Kids will feel connected and will be under the supervision of villagers. We have a vision of 100 years in terms of school infrastructure and sustainability where kids can learn real hand experience of all the handful of work required to survive in life.
Objectives of the project:
- To make the school a part of a lifestyle.
- To maintain and extend academic excellence.
- To foster in pupils a sense of personal worth, and to promote their welfare, to help each achieve his or her potential.
- To offer, and encourage pupil participation in, an extensive range of co-curricular activities.
- To prepare pupils to become responsible members of society and prepare them for the world of work.
- To develop and sustain close links between the school and the community.
Site of the Project: Location: Mehragaon, MP.
