Azad Public School

Azad Public School has been sitting here on Raje Babu Road for a long time. If you walk by in the morning, you’ll hear the kids shouting and the sound of the bell ringing for the first period. It’s a lively place, though it can get quite loud when school lets out and everyone is rushing toward the gate. We have classrooms that have seen thousands of students pass through over the years. The walls are covered in drawings and charts that the kids made, and the desks have that worn-out look that only comes from years of use. It’s not a fancy private academy with a swimming pool, but it’s a place where kids actually learn things. The teachers here are mostly locals who have been around the neighborhood forever. We spend a lot of time organizing books, cleaning the chalkboards, and making sure the playground is safe for the younger ones. There is always some sort of paperwork to do in the office, but the real heart of the place is in the hallways. Sometimes the roof leaks a little when it rains hard, but we just put a bucket under it and keep going with the lessons. We don't have any big slogans or anything. We just try to make sure the children get their lessons done and grow up to be decent people. It’s just a regular school on a regular road doing what schools do.