Students at Adhigam Bhoomi attend skill-based classes as they learn to weave clothes and mats from cotton.

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A residential school of 1000 girl children on the outskirts of Kolkata is reimagining education beyond the books and four walls of the classroom. Through practical skill development based on real-life examples, the young girls are learning and paving the way for change. The school, Adhigam Bhoomi, by the non-profit Help Us Help Them, has been running this free-of-cost residential school program where students have a no-books curriculum up to class 5 and learn their lessons through practical examples and life lessons.

The Adhigam Bhoomi campus in Joka, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

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