Jaisalmer / Jaipur: Their school is in the midst of the Desert Thar and there is no way to get there or the village where they live.
There is a very bad cellular network.
Then, even this solitary school is closed because of locking.
So, when around 700 high school students in the government in Bhimtal in Barmer are on the threshold of dropouts, their teachers achieve innovative ways to reach them – traveling with Camelback to hold the classrooms right in their village.
Four teachers have traveled with two camels, which are talented by villagers, every day alternatively, challenging the wind of the heat desert and scale sand dunes.
They have taught students – who live in eight villages spread in the area of 10 square kilometers – in front of their door, literally.
The teachers, most of them live in Bhimtal, have traveled from eight to 12 km to reach these villages, which took about an hour.
Classes are held under the program “Ghar Se Seekhen”.
“This income village is not connected with the streets, making it almost impossible for people to reach them.
Even the online class is not possible as a cellular network so close to the border is very bad.
The villagers then decide to confer camels to the teacher so they can be persuaded To come and teach children in the villages.
Initially, the teachers were hesitant traveling with hot heat.
But we managed to convince them, “said Roop Singh Jakhar, school principal.
It starts with class in one village, about eight km from Bhimtal.
Gradually, more parents want their children to be taught and seven villages including Chimni Godaro to Dhani, Mahagini Meghwalo to Dhani, Dheer, Sighlan and Daluwania added under this program.
Mukkna Ram Dhaka, a teacher at school, said they told the village they visited two days earlier.
“We have started carrying book items and stationery after we realize that many of these students do not have it.
They also have not attended one online class,” Dhaka said.
The old man is happy.
Bhawar Lal Godara, a father of two sustainable children, said that the initiative taken by the school had come as a gift.
“Because the school is closed, our children are wasting their time.
Even if these teachers come once in two weeks and hold a class for 3-4 hours, it will greatly help our children,” said Godara.
Villages Barmer: Schools now come up camels
