Kendugurri Jana Jati High School

Our school is sitting at 71/1C, Diamond Harbour Road. That’s right in the Khidirpur area of Kolkata, 700023. It’s a busy road, always plenty of traffic going past the front gate. The building has been part of this street for a long time. We focus on teaching the older kids since we are a high school. Most of the families around Khidirpur know our name. It can get quite loud outside with the trucks and cars, but inside the classrooms, we just get on with the work. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but the roof is solid. We have a routine that hasn't changed much over the years. Staff come in, bell rings, and the day starts. We aren't trying to be anything fancy. We just provide a place for students to sit and learn. Many of our teachers have been here for a decade or more. They know the families. Sometimes the kids forget their books or show up late because of the traffic on Diamond Harbour Road, and we just deal with it. It’s a practical kind of place. We don’t have a big fancy website or anything like that. If you want to know something, you usually just walk in and ask at the small office by the entrance. It's how things work here. Most of the time, there is someone around to help you out if you just knock on the desk and wait a minute.