When we started our “Keshwa Gurukul School” after the pandemic, we were not sure how our school approach would be accepted by parents.
Private schools with similar quality standards are not affordable for the vast majority of residents in the Sonbhadra region.
We started with five children at the end of 2021, and in the 2023/2024 school year we were teaching 150 children regularly. For the current year 199 children are registered.
Our partner organization, the Creation India Society, has a license up to the 8th grade. We will discuss in the near future whether we should apply for a license up to the 10th grade in the medium term. But this also has consequences, as our Keshwa Welfare Centre is already well filled, as it also runs a vocational training centre for women in addition to the school.
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New-Playground
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This year, the 6,800 sqft plot, we bought four years ago, is being prepared for use. Significant soil work had to be carried out to keep the area dry even during the rainy season.
As usual, a wall will be built around the property. The access to the property must also be built because we want to park our school buses there at night. During the day, the property will be used as a play and sports area for the students, as well as for morning prayers and singing. We also want to grow some agricultural crops in one area, which the children will look after.
In order to obtain a license up to the 10th grade, we definitely need the playground and sports field, and it will serve the children and teachers very well until then. Whether we will expand the building with additional rooms will be decided within the next two years.
