This Teacher In India Started Bussing Students to School So They Don’t Drop Out
Students at Baarali Government Higher Primary School in India started dropping out of school when parents began fearing for their children’s safety because they had to trek a mud path through the forest to get to school each day, almost four miles round-trip. So many students dropped out that the school risked shutting down altogether. Rajaram, the science and math teacher at the school, decided to take matters into his own hands and purchase a bus that he would use to drive the students to and from school.
Rajaram got a license to drive the bus and even spends his own money on car insurance and gas. Once he started offering rides for the students, the school’s student population almost doubled.
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