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Since 1990 · Govindpuri, Delhi

Katha Lab School

Imagine a whitewashed building in a huge slum cluster in India's capital, where children learn every subject through storybooks. Begun with five children in 1990, it has shaped the lives of more than 100,000.

PhotoClassroom abuzz — children mid-activity, theatre or art

A Centre of Creativity

Our model school (known in the community as Katha Khazana) is a NIOS-accredited, low-cost school for children from 3 months to 17 years. Teachers use theatre, dance, music, sport, storytelling and film to bring classrooms alive, and bring community issues — water, sanitation, health, environment — into learning so children become agents of change.

56%graduates in college (vs 7% nationally)
20×graduate earnings vs family

Programmes under one roof

Creche & Phulwadi

Childcare and preschool so older girls can attend school, plus early support for children with special needs.

KENGA

The Katha English Academy lifts the employability of youth through conversational and written English.

KITES

Katha IT & E-commerce School — quality IT skills for children and adults from the community.

KSE

The School of Entrepreneurship — bakery, tailoring, AC/refrigeration and computing, MHRD/NIOS certified.

Robotics Lab

Children build models that solve real community problems — and win at zonal science meets.

KREAD curriculum

Katha Relevant Education for All-round Development — a curriculum for life, anchored by ASBL and PAR.

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