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Creator/Artist: Shubhangi Salinkar

Category: Communication Design

Document: P1 Project

Batch: 2013-2015

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf


Detailed Description

Ladakh is one of the most geographically isolated regions in India. Education in Ladakh is a relatively recent phenomenon. Across an area of about 60,000 square kilometres, that is, Ladakh, about 981 schools of different sizes and categories struggle to exist. Schools in Ladakh belong to three major categories: Private Schools, government schools, and monastery Schools.

The common thread that runs through the different categories of schools across Ladakh is a lack of exposure to the outside world for students and teachers alike. Today, various NGOs are working with Ladakhi schools, providing valuable material resources and sending volunteers to teach the children.

The basic aim of the film is to reach out to the educated people of the country and get them to volunteer in the schools of Ladakh. By documenting the types of schools, the problems they face, and the environments they have, the film is an effort to educate people across the country to spend their time and whatever knowledge they have, with the schoolchildren of Ladakh.