Shahzadi Urdu High School N Jr College

The school is tucked away in Saka Mangalam, right by the Old Byepass in the Rukhmini Nagar area of Amravati. Shahzadi Urdu High School N Jr College has been around for quite a while now. We focus on teaching in Urdu, which is important to the families around here. The building is a bit older, with those high ceilings that help keep the heat away during the summer. We have a mix of high schoolers and junior college students, so there’s always a wide range of ages in the courtyard. The bell we use is an old manual one that you have to hit with a hammer. It’s loud enough that everyone in the neighborhood knows when our lunch break starts. We don't have a lot of fancy technology, just chalkboards and notebooks. We find that it works well enough for what we need to do. The teachers here have been with us for a long time. They live nearby and walk to work. We spend a lot of time talking to parents about how their kids are doing, usually standing out by the main gate. There’s a bit of dust because of the bypass road being so close, so we are always sweeping the floors. It’s a busy, noisy, and lived-in place where we just get on with the job of teaching.