Lakshmi Murmu Smriti Shishu Vidyalaya

20/09/2025

✨ Today was a day of learning and exchange!
Teachers from Lakshmi Murmu Smriti Shishu Vidyalaya visited Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram for an exposure visit focused on child-centric pedagogic techniques. 🌱📚

The interaction created a meaningful space to share ideas, observe practices, and reflect on how classrooms can be made more engaging and nurturing for children. A small step towards strengthening education through collaboration and collective growth. 🤝✨

Thank you Boro Baski and all other teaching and support staff of Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram.
A huge thank you to the staff of Museum of Santal Culture, Bishnubati (https://museumofsantalculture.wordpress.com/) for showing us their exquisite collection of Santal Cultural Artifacts
Thank you to Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust for the warm welcome that we received at your Village.

Thank you to our teachers and support staff
Das Mal and


Education

05/09/2025

On this Teacher's Day we celebrate the voice of Teachers and pay tribute to their efforts.
Krishna Das Mal
Mondal
Murmu
Tudu
Murmu
Gourav Dey thank you for helping us editing this video and for helping us celebrate our teachers

02/10/2022

Our school, our story

18/08/2022

New Uniforms for our students. A big Thank you to the teachers from Calcutta Corporation Schools for their generous gesture.

13/04/2021

Memories from January 2019.

In frame (from left to right): Mamoni Di and Balika Di

Two relentless fighters.
Two of the kindest souls.

Worthy sisters of Reba Di.

At Reba Di's house, Chhachanpur, Bankura.

21/03/2021

Thank you for taking this forward@বৈশাখী

বাঁকুড়ার এক প্রত্যন্ত এলাকায় অবস্থিত ছাচনপুর। সেখানেই মহিলা কল্যাণ সমিতি দ্বারা পরিচালিত লক্ষ্মীমূর্মু স্মৃত.....

08/03/2021

We extend our gratitude to Mrinmay Chanda and Eei Samay for writing this piece on our founding members; Late Sri Lakshmi Murmu and our current secretary Sri Reba Murmu. As an organisation and as a School we pledge to continue with our work and our commitment towards the Santhali and other adivasi communities of Chhatna Block of Bankura district.

21/10/2020

TAKE THE SCHOOL HOME: A fundraiser for our School

Take the School Home is about reaching out to the last mile rural children who are missing out on basic school education due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
We need to financially support teachers who are travelling to the last mile to reach-out and educate children at their homes. Reba Murmu a Santhali community leader who alongside six teachers teachers of Lakshmi Murmu Smriti Sishu Vidyalaya; a community run school in Chaachanpur Village of Bankura district of West Bengal are reaching out to students within their administrative block to ensure that the students do not drop out of the school or do not fall out of practice. Often the teachers travel over twenty to thirty kilometres to reach out to the last mile villages of Chhatna Block of Bankura district to ensure that students from dalit and adivasi families are not left out. The school currently has
100 students registered across six standards from LKG to class 4.
We wish to run the programme of reaching out to the students and teaching for a year or until the school can be reopened. We currently plan to work with six teachers. Once the school reopens we shall ensure that teachers motivate the students and the parents to come back to the school.

Fund Utilization Plan:

1. Monthly honorarium of 4000 rupees for each teacher (4000 INR x 6 teachers=24000 INR X 12
months= 2,88,000 INR)
2. Text Books and stationeries worth INR 50,000
3. Nutritional supplements for students worth INR 1,62,000

Existing Capacity and Credibility of the Organization:

We have a team of six motivated teachers who are ready to work for the goal of making education accessible for children from marginalized families of the region. Reba Murmu's crediblity in the region as a leader and educator is unparalleled. Alternative news platforms such as PARI and Vikalp Sangam and Universities such as Azim Premji University have written about her work on education.

http://vikalpsangam.org/article/baba-m-santhali-sch-hindi/

http://vikalpsangam.org/article/recreating-the-joy-of-learning/

https://practiceconnect.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/bringing-santhali-traditions-to-mainstream-schooling-lessons-from-lakshmi-murmu-smiti-vidyalaya/

Donate now through OUR DEMOCRACY:
https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/taketheschoolhome?smed=wh

Donate directly Bank Details:

LAXMI MURMU SMRITI SHISHU VIDYALAYA
STATE BANK OF INDIA
KHARBANA-DUMDUMI BRANCH
VILL P.O.-JHANTIPAHARI DIST- BANKURA
IFSC: SBIN0009717
A/C:37472212528