We run 7 English-medium municipal schools in Mumbai, serving children with a strong focus on academic excellence. Enabling all-round development is a learning approach that aims to help children establish a relationship with the natural world through a multitude of sensory experiences. Children from underserved educational communities lack the necessary conditions to foster their overall development. Our school programme concentrates on the physical, emotional, psychological and social needs of every student.
Muktangan Schools Programme
We don't just run better public schools. We build the teachers who transform them - from within the community.
Our Schools
7 Integrated Municipal Schools
7 Schools
3,800+ Students
500+ Educators
2700+ Alumni
Inside A Muktangan School
Holistic School Program
Addressing major gaps in the mainstream education system by providing conducive, all-around learning environments.
Curriculum
Value Integrated
A value-integrated, holistic curriculum spanning art, music, dance, drama, and sport - nurturing character alongside academics.
Attention
Teacher Ratio 1:14
A low teacher-to-student ratio of 1:14 ensures genuine, individual attention for every child in the classroom.
Wellbeing
SEL & Inclusive Education
Social and Emotional Learning woven through everyday school life, alongside inclusive practices that respect and support every learner.
Technology
IT & Computing
IT and Computer Science education that prepares children with the digital literacy needed for tomorrow's world.
Resources
Strong Library
A strong library curriculum designed to build a lifelong love of reading, in every child, from the very first years of school.
Methodology
Constructive Pedagogy
An active, constructive approach to teaching where children build understanding through experience, inquiry, and reflection - not rote memorisation.
Future Ready
Career Guidance
Helping students navigate their future paths through dedicated mentorship, exposure to various fields, and personalised guidance.
Growth
Teacher Development
Continuous professional development ensures every teacher keeps growing - becoming a more confident, capable educator each year.
Community
Active Participation
Active community participation in the life of the school, building strong bridges between families, teachers, and children.
Innovation · Practice · Continuous Learning
The Muktangan Hub-and-Spokes Model
Our school transformation model is built around a Hub-and-Spokes approach that connects innovation, practice, and continuous learning.
Teacher
Education Hub
Globe Mill Passage School
Sayani Road MPS
Gokhale Road MPS
Prabhadevi MPS
Dr. Ambedkar MPS
N.M. Joshi Marg MPS
Love Grove Passage MPS
Hub — Teacher Education
Globe Mill Passage Municipal School
Sayani Road Municipal School
Gokhale Road Municipal School
Babu Harihareshwar Municipal School
Ambedkar Nagar Municipal School
N.M. Joshi Marg Municipal School
Love Grove Passage Municipal School
What the Hub Delivers
Schools
Practice
Reflection
Research
Teacher Dev.
Improved Practice
Better Learning
Continuous cycle · Evidence · Quality
Innovate
Design and test new pedagogies, tools, and models within Muktangan schools.
Demonstrate
Showcase evidence‑based practices that create measurable impact in real classrooms.
Integrate
Partner with governments, NGOs, and institutions to scale proven approaches and strengthen education systems.
muktangan model of systemic change
A Child's Journey
From "I Belong" To "I Can Contribute"
We measure success not at Grade 10, but across a lifetime. At each stage, an outward achievement is matched by an inner shift in how a child sees themselves.
Pre-school (3–6)
"I am seen, valued, and capable."
Emotional safety and belonging
Primary (Grades 1–4)
"Learning is joyful and connected to me."
Foundational skills and confidence
Middle School (5–8)
"I can think, question, and contribute."
Critical thinking and identity
Secondary (Through Grade 10)
"I can shape my future."
Agency, aspiration, and citizenship
Young Adult (~Age 25)
"I can contribute to society."
Economic and civic participation
Soon after Grade 10, students are more likely to continue their education, pursue meaningful careers, and make informed life choices - with girls gaining greater agency and autonomy, and boys developing healthier, more respectful identities. A decade on, our aspiration is humane, engaged citizenship: former students who break cycles of poverty, participate confidently in society, value diversity and democracy, remain lifelong learners - and raise the next generation differently.
What Makes Muktangan Different
Most Programmes Bring In Teachers. We Grow Them.
In partnership with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), we recruit and train educators - many of them women from the very communities we serve - through our Teacher Education Centre. This puts trusted, deeply invested teachers in front of children, and creates careers and leadership for the community at the same time. This is our Hub-and-Spokes Model:
The Hub
Teacher Education Centre
Designs curriculum, trains and mentors teachers, and drives research and innovation.
Explore the Hub
The Spokes
Our Seven Schools
Put these practices into daily classroom life and feed real insight back to the Hub.
Explore the SchoolsThe cycle of design, implementation, reflection, and improvement keeps quality high and consistent across every school - and means the model can be shared with the wider public system.
Our Impact
20 Years Of Transforming education
For over 20 years, Muktangan has shown that a Mumbai municipal school can match, and often outperform, far better-resourced ones - by educating the whole child and growing great teachers from the neighbourhoods it serves. Every number here is really two stories: a child who found their potential, and often a woman from the same neighbourhood who became the teacher who unlocked it.
99 %
SSC pass rate, sustained across the last 12 years.
Consistent academic excellence in municipal schools.
Top 10
Students consistently ranked in the BMC's top 10.
Among the top performers in Mumbai's municipal schools.
7 Schools
English-medium municipal schools, pre-school to Grade 10.
A flagship partnership with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
3,500 +
Children educated every year.
Across 7 schools, from pre-school to Grade 10.
1,200 +
Community members trained as professional educators.
2,700 +
Alumni - with 86% of those eligible completing undergraduate education.
Building long-term impact through higher education.
Evidence Of Impact
Backed By Results & Research
Our model is backed by more than two decades of results and by independent study.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a school-transformation initiative that runs seven English-medium municipal schools in Mumbai, from pre-school to Grade 10, in partnership with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Across Mumbai, within the BMC municipal school system.
The schools serve children from underserved communities within the public system.
Rather than bringing in outside teachers, Muktangan trains educators from the community - many of them local women - through its Teacher Education Centre, transforming schools from the inside.
Muktangan has maintained a 99% SSC pass rate over the last 12 years, with students consistently ranking among the BMC's top 10.
Yes. Its focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, dual-language early learning, holistic and experiential education, local cultural rootedness, and teacher development reflects the core priorities of NEP 2020, and its work advances SDGs 4, 5, 8, 10, and 17.
You can visit a school, partner with us through CSR or philanthropy, or contact our team.
Lasting Change Happens Through Partnership
Together, we can ensure every child in Mumbai receives an education that lets them thrive.
- Visit a school and see a Muktangan classroom for yourself.
- Partner with us through CSR, philanthropy, research, or institutional collaboration.
- Contact our team to explore how we can work together.