On a fog-filled morning on Loktak Lake, a line of small boats drifts towards a hut anchored to a floating island. Children climb out one by one, balancing school bags and excitement as they step onto a classroom that moves gently with the water. For families who live on the lake’s phumdis(floating vegetation islands), this little school is the closest thing to stable ground.

This is how education continues in the middle of Manipur’s largest freshwater lake — held together by community, care, and a belief that learning should reach every child.

The Loktak Floating Elementary School of Manipur was built in 2017 to meet the needs of the fishing communities who........

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