Mumbai: 8:30 pm and students are ready for school.
Rohini DandaD, teacher, online.
Some smartphones are borrowed featuring the faces of children from grade 1 to 5.
In a few days, the adults look behind children, holding the torch when there is no electricity.
A primary teacher in the Zilla Parishad School in the village of Barabangla Kasara, DandaD (32) must do ‘Night School’ for regular students because the only time adults come home from work and turn over their cell phones to their children.
“I and senior teachers, Sanjay Sande, convince the villagers to avoid their cell phones for an hour to help children learn,” said DandaD, who joined the school in 2014.
In the afternoon, he sent topics, homework, after 8:30 afternoon, students access and study, which lasted for two hours.
Both children and their parents about online learning is emphasized.
So it DandaD, limited use for making calls and a bit of social media.
“Video calls and make PPT is novel for me but Lockdown help me improve my technology knowledge,” said DandaD.
On the other remote tribal village in Wada, about 57km from Kasara, other government school teachers Pinesh Jadhav (36) has been teaching students who live in the woods Sangwan.
Here, there are no inhabitants who have a smartphone.
Jadhav, with 15 years experience, will not give up.
He asks students to gather in homes or local open space that has a phone.
He called on the phone, ask the recipient to call the speaker and conduct classes for students of classes 1 to 4.
The school is located in the village of Musarane, free of Covid-.Jadhav hope that the physical class is about to begin.
Both Jadhav and DandaD, proudly stated that this year to register them up and no student is left out of the learning curve.
Jadhav and DandaD are among the many teachers who are true heroes, says Uma Kogekar, CEO of the center of the equity and quality in universal education teacher who has documented the trip during a pandemic, through a book.
The teachers ensure that their students move from primary to secondary school treated and not out to work as a laborer.
“Twelve of my students to be accepted at another school to grade 5.
I am in contact with their new teachers so that they continue their education,” said Jadhav.
Parents of women, especially educated about the need to learn.