Young students writing on slates at a village school in Melghat, Maharashtra

Field story · Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

The projects students chose for themselves

At Varenya International School, Ballia, students moved from learning improvement methods to running improvement projects.

Location
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
Institution
Varenya International School
Programme
Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification
Date
April 2026

01 — The challenge

A certification programme can end with a certificate and nothing else. The question at Ballia was whether students would carry the method past the assessment.

02 — What was done

The programme encouraged full participation from students and teachers while promoting continuous improvement through Kaizen principles and project-based learning.

03 — Who was involved

Students and teachers of the school.

04 — What was learned

Students initiated practical improvement projects to identify inefficiencies and recommend solutions within their own learning environment — evidence that the method transfers when learners are given a real problem they care about.

05 — Outcome

Awaiting publication

Measured outcomes have not yet been published

The Council does not attribute results to a programme until they have been measured against a defined baseline. When measurement for this programme is complete, the outcome will be published here and on the Impact page.

06 — Future direction

The student-led project model is being developed into a standard component of the school Excellence Cell framework.

Photography

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