August 20, 2012 10:12 AM

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School on wheels educating slum children

It’s a school on wheels. The unique initiative of transforming buses into classrooms in Mumbai is educating many slum children. With 5 school buses transformed to classrooms, the “Door step school” reaches out to many slum children. Bina Laksharia, a teacher, started this Door Step School in 1997 where a school-bus is converted into a travelling classroom across Mumbai slums. These children are taken for picnics and provided food on special occasions. Today, Door Step school has 5 buses in Mumbai and Pune and hold 3-hour long classes everyday. With 10 teachers on their payroll, the school costs over 6 lakh rupees per year. Learning how to read and write is a dream comes true for these little minds. And through Door Step School, Bina Laksharia is igniting some minds.

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