Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar Inter College

If you go to Hawaspur in Kanpur, you will find our college. It is an inter college, so we have the older students finishing their schooling. The building has been there for quite some time and it shows its age in places. But it works for what we need. Most of the students come from the farming families around this part of Kanpur. They come here to get their intermediate certificates so they can move on to better things. The classrooms are simple with wooden benches and fans that hum all day. We have a big open space where students gather for the morning prayer. It is quite peaceful before the classes start. Teachers here have been around a long time. They know the families of the students. It is not like those big city schools where nobody knows your name. Here, everyone knows everyone. We focus on the subjects like science and arts that are required for the board exams. The results are what people care about most. During the summer, it gets very hot in the rooms, but the work continues. Life here is steady. We do not have much in the way of high-tech stuff, just books and talk. It is a place for people to study and grow up before they take on real-world responsibilities. We just keep the doors open and the lessons going.