Young Scholar Academy

You’ll find us on Alex Street in Panneer Nagar. It’s a smaller street in Mogappair East, so it’s not as noisy as the main roads. The building is No. 8. It’s not a massive campus, just a functional space where we teach. We have a few classrooms and some desks that have seen better days. Most of the kids live within a couple of kilometers. Some walk, some come on bikes. We focus on the basics here. There’s not much fluff. We have the blackboards and the benches. Sometimes we run out of chalk or the fans start making that clicking sound. We just get it fixed when we can. The staff is just a few local people who know the families. We don’t have a big front office or a reception area with fancy chairs. You just walk in and someone will be there to talk. It’s a very local vibe. We know the shopkeepers on the corner. During the rainy season, the street gets a bit muddy, but we manage. It’s just a simple academy for the kids around here to get some extra help or do their regular classes. We keep the doors open and the lights on until the last student leaves in the evening. It’s not about being fancy, it’s just about having a place for the students to come and do their work every day.