When by and large parents reel under the burden of exorbitant fees and students are crushed under the weight of heavy school bags, there is a school in Pune in Maharashtra being run on cooperative basis, giving full scope to hidden talents of the students while imparting coaching as per curriculum.

    The school “Aksharnandan”, located at Bahiratwadi, has adopted innovative practices to make the curriculum relevant and linked to actual life. It strongly believes that real education is that which connects the children to the society. It believes that the education is a process to awaken intelligence, not merely intellect, to cultivate independence of mind and to inculcate values to help children grow into wholesome, productive, creative and responsible human beings.

    That is the reason the students of this school are frequently taken out for field visits. Individuals from varied walks of life and active in public....