Rooted Learning. Rural Empowerment.
Taking Education Back to Its Roots
Across Bengal’s villages, children are rediscovering what it means to learn — not just from books, but from life itself.
Through the Apni Mitti Se Judi Shiksha model, we have partnered with 101 schools to integrate rural life skills with mainstream education.
From agriculture to architecture, from textiles to technology — every subject connects to the soil, the seasons, and the community.
Our Approach
Integrate 18 rural skill subjects like farming, renewable energy, natural dyes, and hygiene and others into existing state curriculum.
Train local teachers in activity-based, experiential pedagogy.
Use technology to monitor progress and classroom practice.
Involve parents and panchayats to root learning in community life.
The Impact So Far
Scale
101 schools, 12 districts, 814 teachers,9002 students
Training
32 days of teacher training
Teaching Impact
Participation, curriculum use, and digital adoption rose
from 30% to 82%.
School Environment
96% of schools use dustbins and ensure a hygienic school environment.
Attendance increased by 21%
Infrastructure in 101 Schools
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Computers
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Charkas
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Inside our classrooms
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A language session that turns folk stories into reading comprehension.
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A math lesson that measures irrigation flow.
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A science class that tests soil quality.
Empowering Educators
A key to success lies in empowering the teacher — the bridge between curriculum and community.
Through our Teacher Capacity Building Programme, we have trained 814 educators for 80+ hours to use:
Activity-based pedagogy
Contextual lesson planning
Regular reflection circles and peer learning
Every teacher becomes a change catalyst — nurturing not just students, but the ecosystem around them.
The Village Connection
Every child spends part of their learning time in community settings — local farms, temples, homes, and wetlands.
We have onboarded 151 artisans from the community — they bring their stories, observations and new ideas into the classroom, weaving together academic learning and rural wisdom.
It’s how the model restores a simple truth that education doesn’t change just individuals, but it strengthens villages.
The Vision Ahead
The 101 Schools Initiative is just the beginning.
By 2026, Help Us Help Them will expand to 2,500 schools across 5 states, building a pan-India ecosystem of skill-integrated rural education, aligned with NEP 2020 and Viksit Bharat 2047.