High up in the misty valleys of Kodaikanal, far away from crowded classrooms and exam anxiety, sits a school that quietly rewrites what education can look like. 

At Sholai School, children don’t just read about the world, they actively shape it. 

They generate electricity, convert plastic waste into diesel, grow food organically, and learn under open skies. This is not a futuristic experiment. It’s everyday life at a school rooted deeply in purpose and possibility.

Sholai School is the life’s work of Brian Jenkins, a teacher who spent 14 years in conventional classrooms before realising that education could be something more liberating. 

In 1989, driven by a quiet but powerful dream, Jenkins set........

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