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Across north and central India, government school education, especially in rural areas, is a challenge, both in terms of the number of teachers in every school and the state of the building that houses children. Reporters from four States track the state of school education. Amarnath Tewary, Ashna Butani, Mayank Kumar, and Mehul Malpani examine teaching quality and infrastructural support

For the roughly 300 students of Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya in Pratapganj, the school day begins with a boat ride across floodwaters. 

In any State where secondary schooling has not been extended to the villages, it is the daughters who have been the first to be left out.

In Kannagi Nagar, free tuition centres are becoming places to study, play, make friends and hang out — giving children a safe space after school. More than 25 centres offer free lessons, with some also providing silambam, yoga and kabadi

The petition followed shortly after the announcement of the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign by CJP to audit and improve the neglected infrastructure of government schools in rural India