I like Akanksha because of the good teaching in school - Bimal

They beat me. – Vignesh

Teachers never teach us very well because every time they are chatting with other teachers. They hit students very badly and talk with bad manners. –Kavita

In my school they insult us about our parents, ourselves and they make fun of us. Because of this we don’t go to school and we spoil our life -Meena

I would like to improve teaching in my formal school. In addition, I would like to improve the language of the students. I would also like to improve the toilets because they are not clean.- Renuka

‘A lot of teachers hit with a cane or ruler. I am scared of my didi and hate going to school.’ – Pratibha

“We like school and teacher’s but sometimes they go out and don’t come back. Then there are no studies and only noise and fighting.”

‘A large part of my center goes to an English medium school but are taught in Hindi!’, Nikki didi

Teacher does not give us prizes or stars or tell us stories - Savita

“I feel that my formal school is good. They teach us good things, but they hit children and I don’t like it. They do not explain, just hit for no reason” Maduri

“I feel that formal school should learn some values from Akanksha, because in school they never teach us properly. They never respect the child and that makes children worse day by day. They should not keep exams, because if the child flunks, he or she gets hurt a lot and that make them hurt themselves. In formal school, there should be an assessments system which will be useful for the child and for the school.” Sumeet

‘At school, if I have a problem, they don’t really care. They set hard question papers and if we don’t do home work, they beat us. But there are some good teachers who help us in our difficulties. Our head principal is very kind. She cares. If there is a poor child, she gives concessions or sometimes even scholarships.’ Tauqeer

I am an Akanksha student and I feel that formal school should be like Akanksha.’ Kavita

‘My school is good, but in school teachers always give chance to clever student but in Akanksha Didis and Bhaiyas give chance to everyone. Sana