In this Assam school, children pay their fees with plastic waste: How Akshar School is turning trash into a tool for education |
The school was founded in 2016 by Parmita Sarma and Mazin Mukhtar. (Photo Credit: AFP) Every morning, children at a school in Assam arrive carrying something unusual in their school bags. Not many would believe plastic waste could be an item used for a barter. But at Akshar School in Pamohi village, students collect plastic…