Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 31 (ANI): Schools in some remote areas of Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts are setting up "indigenous knowledge corners" where students will be taught using teaching-learning material made of resources collected from people.

"Indigenous knowledge corners in schools are an attempt to provide a learning ecosystem based on students' culture, helping them improve their competence in learning. We are preserving indigenous resources and knowledge in schools," DP Nilay, Keonjhar district coordinator, tribal education said.

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Schools in the state are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (ANI)

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