Captain Martin Howard MBE
Founder of the Gairatpur Baas Panchayat School
Martin Howard arrived in Delhi as a Naval Advisor in 1984. He then worked with Rolls Royce Engine in India for a few years. When the time has come, where others would plan for a peaceful retirement in a cottage in the Wales, Martin and Annie started a new ambitious project: building their new home ‘Tikli Bottom’ and changing the future of the villages around them.
By founding a school and implementing a unique education philosophy, with a focus on developing female alumni full potential and talents.
Our Purpose
To ensure that every child in the three villages of the Panchayat should have the opportunity to good education. GOOD being defined as one which teaches them to think as well as to remember, and which will send them out into the world to be good and thoughtful citizens.
Our Community
The school is located inthe middle of lush fields ringed by the Araveli hills. The school lies on village common land, which has been nominated for 33 years for educational purposes via a panchayat resolution.
The panchayat presides over three villages – Gairatpur Bass, Kheda and Pandala. Their combined population is around 2000.
Basic occupation of the villagers is Agriculture and Dairying.
Parents are mostly illiterate and can give their children little scholastic help.
Noticeably in the last few years, we’ve noticed that boys and girls from these villages have become more motivated and aspirational.
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