Birsa Public School Continues to Empower Rural Children with Strong Focus on Girls’ Education

19 December 2025, Ichak (Hazaribagh, Jharkhand): Birsa Public School, located in Devkuli village of Ichak block, Hazaribagh district, is playing a vital role in expanding access to quality education for children from nine remote villages, with a special emphasis on promoting girls’ education. The school is supported by the local community, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK), and Action Village India.

The co-educational school currently runs classes from Nursery to Class X and has an enrollment of 145 students, including 102 girls and 43 boys. To ensure that girls from marginalized and distant villages are able to continue their education without interruption, Action Village India is supporting 75 girl students by providing school uniforms, textbooks, learning materials, and timely payment of school fees.

Birsa Public School offers a conducive learning environment with regular academic classes, extracurricular and co-curricular activities, safe drinking water, proper sanitation facilities, and a spacious, child-friendly campus. To address the challenge of distance and improve attendance, 40 new bicycles have recently been added to the school’s Bicycle Bank and distributed to girl students from far-off villages. These bicycles will be reused by other girls after the current beneficiaries complete their schooling.

The school has also recorded an impressive academic performance in the Class X board examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council. Out of 33 students who appeared for the examination—28 girls and 5 boys—the school achieved a pass percentage of 97 percent. The highest score recorded was 83.4 percent. Sixteen students, including 12 girls and 4 boys, passed in the first division, while 13 students—12 girls and 1 boy—secured the second division. Three girls passed in the third division, and one girl will reappear in the compartmental examination.

With continued support from the community and partner organizations, Birsa Public School remains committed to creating equal educational opportunities and empowering children, especially girls, to build a brighter future.