As schools debate reopening, Delhi Police constable resumes classes for the deprived
Millennium Post Delhi|October 20 2020
NEW DELHI: Sitting on the mats laid inside the Sai Temple located in a quaint corner adjacent to the Red Fort, children as young as five, all from impoverished families, apply sanitizer on their palms before entering through the gates, don their masks, and are ready to recite pahadas or tables to their headmaster, also known as Police Constable Thana Singh.
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As schools debate reopening, Delhi Police constable resumes classes for the deprived

Singh started his makeshift school back in 2016 and saw as many as 30 students flock from nearby juggi-jhopri clusters to attend his lessons in the evening between 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. But after the Covidinduced lockdown, Singh says most of his students went back to their villages along with their families and while some of them have returned, he is still waiting for other students. It’s been only a week since

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