Ten-year-old Prince Singh’s excitement is unmissable as the clock strikes 2 pm, signalling the end of the school day at SDMC Pratibha Vidyalaya in Delhi’s Defence Colony. His favourite part of the day is just about to begin — the after-school maths lesson.
What fuels this love for a subject that is often dreaded by most of his classmates?
Prince says his mentor Savya Mittal is the reason behind making these classes “exciting and fun”. Savya is one of the 100 student volunteers who has registered on the ‘Volunteers for MCD Schools’ mobile app, an initiative by Delhi resident Anant Bagrodia, who himself is a student in Class 12 at the Vasant Valley School.
While Prince is in awe of how Math can be simplified to such a degree, Savya, too, thoroughly enjoys the process of teaching. While the two spread out their notes, ready for another class of learning mixed with fun, Anant says this was exactly the motive with which he launched the mobile app.
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