Towards A More Inclusive Society

DPS Gurgaon's experience with its own Shiksha Kendra convinces practitioners that this model works better than the RTE and other similar diktats

At 1.50 p.m. at DPS Gurgaon in Sector 45, the school bell rings pronouncing the end of the school day. 4000 students of the morning shift leave to head home by bus, car and foot. In file 1500 children for the afternoon school that runs on an open school syllabus and offers an education to a set of children who could never have afforded a DPS school.

The students filter in neat uniforms, shoes and with school bags and are at school till 5.30 p.m. A different set of teachers – guided by the morning cohort – teaches the students.