Teachers step in to provide better facilities to students at govt school
SISOLI (KAITHAL): Six teachers and the sarpanch of Sisoli village in Haryana’s Kaithal district have been working together and spending from their pocket to provide additional facilities to 194 students free of cost at the government primary school.
These additional facilities include smart classroom, paintings on walls, green campus, clean toilets, rain water harvesting system, hygienic kitchen, open mathematics laboratory, uninterrupted power backup and regular parent-teacher meetings among others.The teachers say the aim was to provide these facilities that are usually available at private schools.
The initiative of these teachers had also grabbed the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who praised them for spending their salary to provide better facilities and quality education to the students.
In a tweet, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had also thanked these teachers for taking such a big initiative. One of the teachers, Rishipal Nain, said in 2016, the government primary school at Sisoli village began classes with about 130 students and only two teachers. “A year later, four more teachers were deputed following the request of villagers. It was then that our team of six dedicated teachers began the facelift of this school to provide additional facilities to students by spending from our own pocket,” he said.
Rakesh Kumar, a mathematics teacher, said,“In the last three years, the strength of students has increased to 194, including 54 girls, after over 30 children earlier studying at private schools took admission in our school.”
Besides quality education, these teachers also organise several other activities like painting and dance competitions, GK quiz, sports meet and stage performances etc.
Sarpanch Krishan Kumar said the teachers also play the role of a peon, sweeper and grander in the school whenever needed. “These teachers do not hesitate to cook mid-day meals for students if the cook is on leave and they provide free uniform, shoes and books to students who come from general category but belong to poor families,” he added.