Teacher Treks 5 Kilometres Daily to Teach One Student

Jivan Mithari is a 55-year-old teacher in Maharashtra.

Every school day, he walks 2.5 kilometres through a forest to reach his school and 2.5 kilometres back.

He has made this journey for 13 years.

The school currently has only one officially enrolled student, Swara Bodake.

Swara’s younger sister also attends because the hamlet has no anganwadi centre.

The path can be dangerous because of rain, gaurs and leopards.

Another school is much farther away for the children.

Mithari says he will continue teaching because even one child deserves an education.

He is due to retire in May 2029.