Godavari Valley schooled by dropouts

Koitur Bata, an academic movement launched in 2001 by 55 school dropouts from three tribes, transformed the lives of thousands who had discontinued education, during the peak of Left-wing extremism in Andhra Pradesh’s Godavari Valley. Over its 11-year span, the school provided education and produced over 30 writers and artists who are now dedicated to preserving their tribal language and culture, finds T. Appala Naidu