Poorva Express: हुगली सी बहती तेरी चाल है पूर्वा तू बेमिसाल है - Keshav Singh

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'Samaritan' teacher on a mission to give poor orphans a 'life of dignity' turns Bihar railway platform into makeshift classroom.
A young man in Bihar is on a mission to educate orphan children, who are spending their lives on a railway station in the state, in a bid to wean them away from the world of drugs and crime.
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Kumar, a teacher at a government middle school at Barauni in Begusarai district, has converted a shed on a secluded platform of Barauni Junction, located 100 km away from Patna, into a makeshift school to teach 30 children.
All his students are rag-pickers who eke out their livelihood by cleaning bogies and selling gutkhas and other goods on trains.
"I am trying to educate the children to help them lead a life of dignity in future," he said.
"Majority of them are drug addicts and can join the world of crime if nothing is done to educate them. So far, 30 children have voluntarily enrolled in my class," Ajit added.
A resident of Shokhara village under Phulwaria police station, Ajit gets help from his wife Shabnam Prabhakar in his endeavour.
Ajit holds his class with single-minded devotion from 7 am to 8.45 am every day.
He teaches language and mathematics at the school.
"After attending the classes, the children, all in the age group of five to 14, disperse for their daily chores," he said.
"Some support themselves by sweeping train compartments while others work as hawkers. But all of them make it a point to join my makeshift school every morning," he added.
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