These 12 Year Old Twins Don’t Go to School.

At 12, most children spend their days attending classes, completing homework and preparing for exams. But these twins from Kolkata are following a different path: learning without traditional schooling. Their parents have chosen unschooling, an alternative approach to education that allows children to learn through curiosity, real-world experiences and self-directed exploration.
From Bengali and English to Maths and Science, their unconventional learning journey challenges the way we think about classrooms, academic progress and childhood education. But how does unschooling work in practice?…
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- Friday, 9 October 2026, 10:01 pm IST
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