Why a school in India is named after a Leicester suburb

They decided to raise money to build the first ever high school in a village near Bhuj – and named it after their own building.

Rushey Mead School in Nagor opened almost 20 years ago, and is still receiving some support from donors in Leicester.

Mr Solanki says 500 pupils have now passed their exams in a community where many children used to leave the education system at an early age.

“One of the primary inspirations was my mother, [an] incredibly bright woman,” he says.

“She was from a poor family, she didn’t get the opportunity to get an education, not many girls were going out.

“Now the girls are going on to become teachers – quite a few – one girl’s become a homeopathic doctor, one girl’s become a lawyer.”