Maniammai Children Primary School

You can find Maniammai Children Primary School down Lane No 6 in Koregaon Park. It’s a pretty quiet part of Pune, especially compared to the main roads. The trees around here give a bit of shade, which is nice in the afternoons. Since we deal with primary-aged children, the building is always full of energy and occasionally a bit of chaos. We have small chairs and tables and plenty of drawings taped up on the walls. It’s not a massive place, but it serves the purpose for the younger kids who are just starting out. The mornings are usually the busiest time when everyone arrives at once. We spend a lot of time just managing the day-to-day stuff like snacks, lessons, and the occasional scraped knee. Lane No 6 is tucked away, so we don't get too much through-traffic, which makes things a bit safer for the little ones. The staff here are mostly local people who have been around for a long time. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that; we just keep the doors open and get on with the teaching. Sometimes the plumbing acts up or we need to repaint a wall, but we just handle it as it comes. It’s a very grounded sort of place where the focus is just on the children. Most of the parents live nearby so they just walk their kids over. It feels like a small community here within the lane.