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Teacher’s 13-Year Daily Walk to Teach One Student
A teacher in Maharashtra has been walking to school every day for 13 years.
The teacher is 55 years old.
The school is in a remote hamlet called Kawaltek Dhangarwada.
It is near the Sindhudurg border.
Cars cannot drive all the way to the school.
The teacher walks about 5 km through the forest each day.
The village also has no electricity.
The teacher makes this journey to teach one student.
A 55-year-old teacher has walked daily for 13 years to reach Kawaltek Dhangarwada.
The remote hamlet is in Gaganbawada taluka near Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg border.
The teacher’s daily forest walk covers about 5 km.
The school is nearly 2.5 km from the nearest motorable point and cannot be reached by road.
The village has no electricity, and the teacher continues teaching a single student.
- Who
- A 55-year-old teacher.
- What
- The teacher has walked daily for 13 years to teach one student.
- Where
- Kawaltek Dhangarwada, a remote hamlet in Gaganbawada taluka near Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg border.
- When
- Every day for the past 13 years.
- Why
- To reach and teach the student at the remote school.
Key facts
- Teacher’s age
- 55 years old
- Duration
- 13 years
- Daily walk
- About 5 km
- Student count
- One student
- School access
- Nearly 2.5 km from the nearest motorable point
- Village facilities
- The village has no electricity
- Location
- Kawaltek Dhangarwada, Gaganbawada taluka, Maharashtra
Sources
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