NAGPUR: As monsoons approach and threaten to disrupt connectivity between villages in Bhamragarh taluka of Gadchiroli district, teachers of zilla parishad (ZP) schools will be asked to stay in the village where they are teaching. Sources in the education department say many teachers employed in remote village schools often commute to their home which maybe anywhere between 15km and 40km. When connectivity between villages is broken due to rains, students find themselves without teachers.
An official with the local education department there told TOI that even earlier teachers have been asked to get an accommodation in the same village. “But it is hard to follow through with that,” said the official. “They rent out a room in somebody’s house for emergency situation only. Most of the teachers prefer to ride their bike to and from as traffic is not an issue here at all,” he said.
