Building basic infrastructure, tackling child labour and orthodox norms, helping first-generation learners, and finding ways to work remotely in places with no resources — teaching in India often means negotiating several challenges. For their innovations and efforts, 44 teachers across the country were Sunday honoured with the National Award for Teachers by the Ministry of Education in a virtual ceremony presided over by President Ram Nath Kovind.
When Sora took charge as the head of his school in 2018 at that time, it had no water supply. His school is located in a police colony, and he found the pipes has been removed. “I asked for a meeting with senior most police officers and demanded that this be rectified. The SP got it fixed and issues orders stating that the pipe cannot be removed. “I asked for a meeting with senior-most police officers and demanded that this be rectified. The SP got it fixed and issued orders stating that the pipe cannot be removed.
Kaderla moved to the village of Sawarkheda in 2010 as its school’s only teacher. Back then, it had only 50 students. Now, enrollment has increased by more than 5 times to 250. He says he was able to do this by “changing the attitude of the villagers to the school” and by making the school his world.
“When my children became of school-going age, I enrolled them in this school itself. This encouraged a lot of people. I worked on giving quality education and in 2016, we started teaching in the English medium,” he said.
