Following reports that 10 tribal children from Nattakkal in Kengarai village in Kil Kotagiri were unable to attend school for almost three years due to lack of a road to the nearest school, the School Education Department in the Nilgiris has stepped in, offering to transport the children to another nearby school.
Students belonging to the Irula adivasi community were forced to drop out of school during the pandemic after a spell of heavy rains damaged the road leading to the nearest school, the Havoor Panchayat Union School. Vehicle operators were concerned that children being taken to school faced the threat of serious injury in case of an accident involving the vehicle.
However, after reports highlighted how the students had no chance of attending school, officials from the School Education Department, including the Chief Education Officer of the Nilgiris, visited Nattakkal and held discussions with parents.
