Rajesh Kumar Sharma, 40, offers a free education to New Delhi's slum children under a metro bridge. He started a makeshift school, where he teaches children from the city’s slums, too poor to attend regular schools.
Mr. Sharma is not a teacher by profession. He runs a general store in the city, but for two hours a day he rushes to his improvised outdoor school.
If it wasn’t for Rajesh and the dozens of children who go here daily, you would never guess this is a place for education. There are no walls or desks, just the bridge acting as a protecting roof in case of rain, and three squares painted black and used as blackboards. The teacher doesn’t only provide his knowledge for free but also all the reading and writing materials.
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"Education is the most important weapon for India’s youth & if they don’t have it, they are doomed for life." - Rajesh Kumar Sharma
Mr. Sharma is not a teacher by profession. He runs a general store in the city, but for two hours a day he rushes to his improvised outdoor school.
“I understand that the Government can’t build a school here right now, I am not naive, I know that. But I dream we will get a small school where all the kids who live here can study,” Rajesh says
If it wasn’t for Rajesh and the dozens of children who go here daily, you would never guess this is a place for education. There are no walls or desks, just the bridge acting as a protecting roof in case of rain, and three squares painted black and used as blackboards. The teacher doesn’t only provide his knowledge for free but also all the reading and writing materials.
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