Our Founder's Philosophy

Muktangan was founded by Mrs. Elizabeth Mehta, who is a renowned educationist with over five decades of experience in teaching, curriculum development, education management and pedagogical research. Through our unique community-based model of education, we work closely at the grassroots in global partnership with various Governmental, Nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions to transform the mainstream education system. We believe in tapping the potential of children and teachers in the educationally underserved communities giving them a chance to ‘Learn and Grow together’.

What We Do

7 Schools Integrated with a Teacher Education Center

Over the years, we have evolved into a Hub and Spokes model of an integrated Teacher Education Centre (hub) and 7 English medium Municipal schools preschool to Grade 10 (spokes) located in Mumbai's G-South Ward where we offer inclusive, holistic and child-friendly education.

Outreach through Collaborative Learning

Being a demonstration model, we believe in collaborating and liaising with the government and partner organizations in urban and rural areas to help them build their capacity and in the process they and we have also been able to transform ourselves and continuously reflect on our practices.

Research and Advocacy

Our ultimate goal is to advocate the best practices of our programme which can further be replicated and contextualized to facilitate more universally applicable learnings. Our participation enables us to advocate our learnings and processes in discussion panels, consultation forums and “think-tanks” and presenting papers at local, state, national and international forums. Our research partners include the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), University of Cambridge, Oxford University and University of Pennsylvania.

How We Do It

Learning Culture

We believe that all stakeholders have potential and seek to offer a learning environment through a culture of mutual respect.

Relevant Resources

We ensure that all stakeholders have access to different educational resources to enrich their learning and transformative journey.

Reflective Processes and Forums

Every child, teacher, educator and trainee constantly reflect on their learning through a feedback loop and different learning forums.

Testimonials

“That the students (of Muktangan) are getting into such competitive Universities (like KREA) is great validation that the work the team is doing is of high standards.”

Amit Chandra

Managing Director of Bain Capital & several Tata Trusts

“Muktangan”, where children flourish in free aangan. What a pleasure it was to meet this “young” couple that is transforming how education and teaching can be delivered in a Municipal School in Mumbai. They are demonstrating how learning can be fun. Truly inspiring.”

Dr. Anil Swarup

Retd. Secretary, GOI School Education and Literacy

“A phenomenal teacher education programme.”

Deval Sanghvi

Founder-Dasra

“Congratulations on creating such an inspiring, idealistic school. Super impressed with all I’ve seen today.”

Dr. Howard Gardner

Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Our Impact

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Alumni pursuing higher education (2000+ alumni)
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Upcoming Events

Daan Utsav

2nd October 2024

TATA Mumbai Marathon

19th January 2025

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