Times of India·3 min read·medium

27-year-old walks through forest to teach 9 children at remote Uttarakhand school

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27-year-old walks through forest to teach 9 children at remote Uttarakhand school
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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.

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The story highlights the challenges of rural education and the dedication of individual teachers in underserved regions.

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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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