A politician from Nagaland named Temjen Imna Along recently shared a video of the Akshar Foundation, a school for underprivileged students...
Digital Desk: From the bottom of the ocean to the tops of mountains, humans have left the planet with tiny shards of plastic. The amount of plastic garbage produced globally has doubled over the past two decades, and the majority of it is dumped in landfills. A very small portion of it is effectively recycled. However, a school in Assam is paving the way forward with its innovative approach to recycling plastic.
A politician from Nagaland named Temjen Imna Along recently shared a video of the Akshar Foundation, a school for underprivileged students in Assam's Pamohi village that only accepts plastic as a fee. Students are asked to provide 25 plastic bottles each week.
Taking to X, Temjen Imna Along shared the video and wrote, “If this doesn’t surprise you, what does?”
Parmita Sharma and Mazin Mukhtar co-founded the school together in 2016 after observing two significant issues: too much trash and illiteracy. They constructed a school where students can learn for free if they collect plastic bottles each week to solve both issues. Then, bricks, roads, and even toilets are created using the collective plastic. The older students at the school teach the younger ones, for which they also earn money.
Along with learning the traditional subjects, students also learn languages, crafting, gardening, and plastic recycling. In fact, the school has a 0% drop rate.
People were impressed by the concept and praised both of them for their leading efforts, which opened new doors for sustainability and education.
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