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Children Day: Meet retired lecturer who is teaching slum Kids since 7 years

She conducts a two-hour class every week at the Maratha Basti in her makeshift open school called ‘Sangarh Vidya Kendra’.

Jammu:  A retired lecturer in Jammu has earned the nickname of ‘super teacher’ for empowering children of slum dwellers in Maratha Basti through education.

She conducts a two-hour class every week at the Maratha Basti in her makeshift open school called ‘Sangarh Vidya Kendra’.

She started her journey in 2004 when she was posted as a teacher at government girl’s high school, Gandhi Nagar in Jammu.

Her efforts led to 40 slum children getting admission to the Gandhi Nagar high school.