Inside a classroom at the Government High School (GHS) at Kaksar village near the Line of Control in Ladakh, Sajad Hussain is delivering a lecture. “Today, I will teach you about democracy,” Hussain tells a group of girls.
While the school was recently upgraded from middle to high school, it is still awaiting teaching aids.
“We have students in higher classes now.but we are not able to give them any practical knowledge. There is no library or laboratory for Class IX and X students,” says principal Mohammed Asgar.
The school is being run mostly on donations and most items at its small office bear the name of their donors.
Over the last few years, young volunteers from different parts of the country have spent time at the school to teach the children and give them a window to the world outside. The results have started showing.
The students’ strength has increased to 80 now. Recently, one of the students cleared the NEET and was selected for an MBBS course.
Read more of this in a story by Adil Akhzer published in The Indian Express... (Link given below)
