P R Thakkar Vidhyavihar

Out here in Dabhoda, Gandhinagar, we have been running P R Thakkar Vidhyavihar for the local community. It is a quiet village area mostly, so the school is a bit of a hub for the families living nearby. The address is 382355 for those looking for the pin code. Our school is a simple one-story structure with a bit of open ground in the front where the children gather for morning prayers. We don't have the big facilities you might find in the city, but we have what is needed. The teachers come in every morning, some from Gandhinagar and others from right here in the village. We spend our days teaching the standard subjects and keeping an eye on the kids during recess. The classrooms are filled with the sound of reciting lessons, which carries across the yard. We do our own maintenance, like sweeping the dust off the porches and making sure the drinking water tanks are full. It is an honest kind of work. Sometimes the goats from the nearby farms wander too close to the gate, and we have to shoo them away. We don't use big words to describe what we do. It’s just a school where we try to give the kids a decent place to be during the day. Everyone knows everyone else around here, so it feels like a big family most of the time. We are just glad to be part of Dabhoda and watch the kids grow.