In pictures: Learning in the lush of nature

Sainabaya Alukkal Mohammed, right, Principal and Wife of Mr P.T. Mohammed Hussain, who founded the Salsabeel Green School with the students at her school. Credit: Ronny Sen for The National

Mr Hussain has built three schools in Kerala, including the Salsabeel Green School, pictured, whiched opened in 2006. The curriculum and ethos is somewhat alternative. Unlike the education he received, which allowed him to work in Qatar for 11 years as a ???

There are 95 girls and 90 boys who attend classes from 8.30am to 1.45pm, including Adheena Sundar, 16, left, and MS Ajisha, 15.

Alukkal Mohammed Sainaba, is the wife of Mr Hussain. She is the principle at the school. The simple life, is what drew her to her husband when they wed on his return from Qatar, she said. “His ideas were clear and simple. At that time there was no visio???

For some of the village girls, like the shy and hesitant Amnah bint Basheer, 15, in grade 10, attending school has meant a world of difference. School has boosted her self-confidence. Before she could barely hold a conversation. “When I walk around my l???

Most of Panikkaveetil Thirunelli Mohammed Hussain's fellow workers from Kerala, who spend years away from their families working in the Gulf, return having saved enough money to build their dream home where they will someday retire. But instead, Mr Hussai???