DOUBLE POWER

Two women teachers from a village in Chikkamagaluru district spend from their own pockets to solve drinking water crisis in their school and boost enrollment

- THIPPERUDRAPPA B @CHIKKAMAGALURU

T a time when schools in Karnataka are facing challenges of declining student enrollments and shortage of teachers, two women from this village in Chikkamagaluru district are going against all odds to transform a government school.

Meet Hina Tabassum and Razia Sultana, the teachers who are at the heart of this transformation and have gone far beyond their official responsibilities to let the school in Mach-agondanahalli village function.

From creating awareness among parents to enroll their children in the school to spending Rs 2.5 lakh from their savings and contributions from their families to drill a borewell to ensure kids get drinking water, the two teachers are a beacon of hope for hundreds of students.