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Guwahati School Leads By Example, Accepts Plastic Waste As School Fees
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 IST
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Guwahati School Leads By Example, Accepts Plastic Waste As School Fees

Akshar School in Guwahati has hit headlines for a very unique reason. The school has launched a first-of-it's-kind fee structure: students bring with them bags full of plastic waste and give it to the school as fees.
 

 
 

Akshar School is certainly ruling the game when it comes to sensitising children towards the subject of plastic waste. 
 
Mazin Mukhtar and Parmita Sarma opened the school in 2016 with aim to help the downtrodden section of the society and to promote the importance of environmental protection.
 
And, boy! They are doing a great job!
 

 
According to reports,  the children deposit at least 10 to 20 plastic items per week, with a pledge to not burn plastic.
 
Mazin who completed his education in New York, got back to Assam to build a school. At the time, Parmita helped him understand the social landscape of Assam. 
 

"Our school is different in many ways. We have designed the curriculum basically for poverty-stricken children. While they are regularly imparted lessons on mathematics, science, geography and so on, we have also incorporated vocational skill training so that they can become skilled professionals at the end of the course,” Mazin told Northeast Now. 
 

“Here we have noticed that use of plastic is huge. The plastics are not only harming the environment but also affecting the ecology of the area. People here also used to burn plastic during the winters to keep them warm from cold. So we hit upon the idea of recycling the used plastic and save the environment,” said Parmita.

 
 
 
 
 

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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

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Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

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