27-year-old walks through forest to teach 9 children at remote Uttarakhand school
Harshit Sanguri, a 27-year-old teacher, works in a remote primary school in Uttarakhand, India, serving nine students. He walks through a forest daily to reach the school and provides personal support to his students to ensure they feel heard.
Why it matters
The story highlights the challenges of rural education and the dedication of individual teachers in underserved regions.
After reaching the mains of several competitive exams without making the final cut, Harshit Sanguri found his calling in a remote primary school in Nainital’s Ramgarh block. He now teaches every subject to children from first to fifth grade, walks through a forested stretch to reach his school and spends his own time finding shoes and clothes for students who often have little to spare.When27-year old Harshit Harshit Sanguri, a primary school teacher in Uttarakhand looks back at his school years, there is one thing he remembers clearly, how it felt to be a child who was not heard. His eyes reflect the pain when he talks about the times his teachers would call his father to complain against him.
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