Teachers' Day 2022: From Youtube channels to holding classes under a flyover, meet six …

From a teacher in Punjab who started a Youtube channel to make Maths accessible to a teacher in Gujarat who has introduced an approach to let students take decisions at all administrative levels at their school, The Indian Express talked to educators who have made a difference. The ‘school’ under a bridge in New Delhi For 15 years now, Rajesh Kumar, 52, has been teaching out-of-school children under a flyover in Delhi. Kumar’s informal school, which he calls “The Free School Under the Bridge”, operates under the overhead tracks near the Yamuna Bank metro station. It caters to children of the farming community in the area. Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal New DelhiThe school began in 2007 with 60-odd children. When the initiative first began, Kumar’s focus was on teaching non-enrolled students and helping them get admissions in the government schools in the Shakarpur area.  “Now there are around 250 students – 150 girls in the morning shift and 100 boys in the afternoon shift. When I started, it was just me. But now there are four other teachers who teach on a voluntary basis,” Kumar said. A sizable number of children attending it at the moment are already students…
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