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'<keyword id="17077595" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="mowgli-schools" source="Orion">Mowgli Schools</keyword>', set up deep in the Dudhwa-Katarniya forest area here, have become an oasis of learning for children of forest dwellers. The schools -- one located in Motipur and another in Barda areas of the forest reserve -- impart education together to around 350 children, most of them aged between seven and 10 years. <br /><br /> These children used to wander in the forest area to collect firewood which made them susceptible prey for the wild animals, before the schools were set up by the <keyword id="6356408" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="forest-department" source="Orion">forest department</keyword> officials. <br /><br /> Named after the main character "Mowgli" of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', the schools operate in the evening from forest department buildings. <br /><br /> "The children are provided with colourful books, comics, sports items, and are also shown cartoons. The schools are run more like tuition centres where children from nearby areas come in the evening and study," said Akashdeep Badhawan, Divisional Forest Officer. <br /><br /> Forest department officials said most of the children are from marginalised families. <br /><br /> They help their parents in farms during the day and in the evening come to school, the officials said. <br /><br /> Earlier, these children use to venture inside the forest in the evening to collect firewood or simply play that made them susceptible prey for wild animals especially big cats like leopards. <br /><br /> Located along the Indo-Nepal border, the Dudhwa-Katarniya forest area is a hotspot of man-animal conflict and many cases have even been reported where leopards killed locals, the officials said. <br /><br /> The idea of 'Mowgli Schools' took birth five years ago. <br /><br /> "The idea is to prevent the children from venturing into the forest by providing them a safe place to play and learn. The number of students in schools has increased over the years. We want the children of the area to become an important part of the society rather than becoming a victim of man-animal conflict," Badhawan said. <br /><br /> The children are also taught about the ecology of the area and various animals residing in the reserve. <br /><br /> Though there is a dedicated teacher at both schools, forest officials, veterinary experts, <keyword id="413960" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="special-tiger-protection-force" source="Orion">Special Tiger Protection Force</keyword> (STPF) personnel and other government officials also volunteer and take classes. <br /><br /> "The parents and other villagers after seeing the educational development of the children are supporting the initiative," the DFO said. <br /><br /> The forest department gets support from the <keyword id="95620" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="world-wildlife-fund" source="Orion">World Wildlife Fund</keyword> (<keyword id="14979691" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="wff" source="Orion">WFF</keyword>) and other social organisations to run the schools. These organisations donate teaching equipment, projectors, books and sports items to the schools on regular basis, he said.<br /><br /><b>SEE ALSO:</b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-revises-indias-fy24-growth-outlook-expects-softer-inflation-on-the-back-of-lower-commodity-prices/articleshow/99290005.cms">RBI revises India’s FY24 growth outlook, expects softer inflation on the back of lower commodity prices</a></b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbis-monetary-policy-committee-keeps-repo-rate-unchanged-at-6-5/articleshow/99284354.cms">RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, for now</a></b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/after-the-ides-of-march-analysts-pick-best-stocks-that-can-be-bought-on-dips/articleshow/99272438.cms">After the Ides of March, analysts pick best stocks that can be bought on dips</a></b><br />

UP: 'Mowgli Schools' -- oasis of learning for children in Bahraich's forest

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>One of <a href="http://www.techinsider.io/the-13-most-innovative-schools-in-the-world-2015-9">the most innovative schools in the world</a> is now little more than&#xa0;floating pile of driftwood.<p>After getting pummeled by a heavy rain storm in early June, the Makoko Floating School - located just outside Lagos, the country's capital - now sits in the lagoon as a crumpled version of its former self.</p><p>The collapse strips the local community of its meeting center and space for elementary <keyword id="6355445" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Education">education</keyword>, both desperately needed in the poor region.</p><p>The three-story wooden structure was designed by the architecture firm&#xa0;<a href="http://www.nleworks.com/case/makoko-floating-school/">NLÉ</a>&#xa0;in 2012 as a prototype for a whole fleet of floating buildings. With little money to spend on infrastructure in the lagoon, the residents could use the raft-tent hybrids as a way to discuss community issues and politics, create makeshift classrooms and play spaces, or simply throw parties.</p><p>They were meant to reverse Makoko's image as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/23/makoko-lagos-danger-ingenuity-floating-slum">the world's biggest floating slum</a>.</p><p><div></div></p><p>&#xa0;<div></div></p><p>Some news outlets <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/11/kunle-adeyemis-floating-school-posed-danger-to-the-kids-headmaster-claims/">have questioned</a> whether the building ever had the level of structural integrity&#xa0;NLÉ claimed at its launch.&#xa0;</p><p><span>"We fell into a PR trap, which hinged on sexy Iwan Baan&#xa0;</span><span>photographs and respected publications not having the budgets to properly investigate their features thoroughly,"&#xa0;<span>Phineas Harper, deputy director of the Architecture Foundation, wrote on his Facebook page.<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span>In Architectural Review,&#xa0;<span>Tomà </span><span>Berlanda, a University of Cape Town professor, <a href="http://www.architectural-review.com/archive/media-attention-overload-the-collapse-of-makokos-floating-school/10007451.article">wrote</a> the firm's defense of the school was "worryingly misleading" and implied that many of the photos could have been staged to give a heightened sense of success, <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/11/kunle-adeyemis-floating-school-posed-danger-to-the-kids-headmaster-claims/">Dezeen reports</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>In any case, losing 1,000 square feet of clean, dry space in an area like Makoko makes it much harder for people to discuss important issues or set up programs for kids. </span></span></span></p><p>A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/28r3gs2k">GoFundMe page</a> has been set up in the hopes of&#xa0;rebuilding a similar structure. As of the time of writing, the campaign has raised $9,280 of its $49,800 goal.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/makerspaces-diy-schools-2016-5">These high-tech classes are the coolest thing happening in schools today</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="hqZjg5MzE6Xk0vtbMKWT80-8tPNlWB9n" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p>Rapper Waka Flocka Flame says he is "disgusted" and has canceled his upcoming performance at the University of Oklahoma after fraternity members there were filmed reciting a racist chant this weekend.</p><p>Members of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-fraternity-leadership-closes-oklahoma-chapter-after-racist-video-2015-3">OU Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter were seen chanting about lynchings and using racist epithets</a> in a video leaked online Sunday. The university and the national SAE fraternity have both taken action against the chapter, which has been closed on the Oklahoma campus.</p><p>In <a href="https://instagram.com/p/0AvepJwyMD/">a statement posted to his Instagram account</a>, Waka Flocka writes that he's "disgusted and disappointed in the actions of the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma." The rapper was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fratshows/posts/700605693324790">scheduled to perform at the school next month</a>, but says in his statement that he is canceling the show.</p><p>"SMFH.. I know for a fact the whole school and SAE don't agree with those kids actions so know that I'm not madd at the whole #SAE just those disgusting kids!!!!!! #WFF We can't change history but we damn sure can create our own future #DeathToRacism," he writes in the Instagram caption.</p><p>Read Waka Flocka Flame's full statement on the University of Oklahoma SAE chapter below:</p><div><div></div></div><p>Watch the video below, <a href="https://twitter.com/OU_Unheard/status/574716402277355520">via OU student group Unheard</a> [video includes offensive language]:</p><div><div></div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-headphones-tricks-2015-2">14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="o2OGM3czpWcydnvhjbkDBd6feXPuExiD" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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