At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.

At Parijat Academy, a school in Pamohi village near Guwahati, first generation learners receive free education and learn various skills. Making sanitary pads is a part of the curriculum.

For the past three decades, national award winning teacher Gamchi Timre R Marak has been providing education in remote town Williamnagar in northeast India.

For the past three decades, national award winning teacher Gamchi Timre R Marak has been providing education in remote town Williamnagar in northeast India.

National Teacher Awardee Santosh Nath, a science teacher in South Tripura, has left no stone unturned to spark scientific curiosity in his students, many of them girls, who are on the way to becoming researchers, doctors, and engineers.

National Teacher Awardee Santosh Nath, a science teacher in South Tripura, has left no stone unturned to spark scientific curiosity in his students, many of them girls, who are on the way to becoming researchers, doctors, and engineers.

The students of a government middle school, in Kohima, Nagaland, under the aegis of their teacher, grow their own vegetables for mid-day meals; learn to make pickles and products out of waste.

The students of a government middle school, in Kohima, Nagaland, under the aegis of their teacher, grow their own vegetables for mid-day meals; learn to make pickles and products out of waste.

Karna Telenga helped set up a school in a village in Sivasagar district of Assam to educate underprivileged children of tea garden workers. Despite losing his vision in an accident, he continued to teach them. He passed away this month on August 1.

Karna Telenga helped set up a school in a village in Sivasagar district of Assam to educate underprivileged children of tea garden workers. Despite losing his vision in an accident, he continued to teach them. He passed away this month on August 1.