When Arjun joined St. Mother Teresa ICSE in Class 3, his reading level was significantly below grade expectations. His previous school had flagged him as a "slow learner." Our approach was different.

Ms. Lakshmi Devi, Head of Primary, designed a personalized reading intervention that combined phonics instruction with high-interest reading materials. Arjun received 30 minutes of additional reading support daily, paired with a buddy reading program that connected him with an older student mentor.

By Class 5, Arjun was reading at grade level. By Class 7, he was the school's top scorer in English. Today, in Class 9, he leads the school's literary club and has won two inter-school creative writing competitions. The "slow learner" label was never the full story, it was the starting point of a remarkable journey.