About the Campaign
The #BuniyaadKalKi campaign (13–21 November 2026) marks Rashtriya Bal Diwas (14 November) and World Children’s Day (20 November).
This year’s theme, Pehle Shikshit, Phir Viksit, starts from a simple idea: a developed India is built first in its classrooms. When every child can read with understanding and work confidently with numbers in the early grades, everything that follows has something to stand on.
Through children’s own stories, reflections from education leaders and collaborations with partners across India, the campaign shows what it takes to give every child that foundation.
Voices from the Ground
Children from classrooms across India on what they are learning today, and who they want to become tomorrow.
Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh
“Earlier, I did not feel like going to school on some days. But now, I wish that there are never any off days from school!”
Her teacher, Kavita Parmar, brings lessons alive with games and activities, and Vaishnavi now looks forward to her homework too.
Read the story
Odisha
“My teachers help me and answer my questions again and again if asked.”
Maths is his favourite subject, and songs, rhymes, drawings and games have made school a second home.
Read the storyLooking back · 2025
Revisit last year’s stories, from Arpandeep in Barnala to Jhanvi in Shajapur, and our collaboration with The Better India.
