Khirinda Sitala Primary School

Khirinda Sitala Primary School is tucked away in Naktala Lane, right in the Naktala part of Kolkata. It’s a small primary school, so it’s mostly filled with little kids from the immediate neighborhood. The lane is usually pretty quiet compared to the main roads, which is nice for the younger children. The building is simple, just a few rooms where we try to get the kids through their early years of learning. You’ll see parents dropping off their little ones every morning, standing around the gate for a quick chat before heading off to work. We don’t have fancy gadgets or high-tech equipment here; it’s mostly just blackboards, chalk, and a lot of paper. The kids can be quite a handful, especially during the lunch break when they’re all running around the small space we have. The teachers here have been around for quite a while, so they know most of the families by name. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows whose kid belongs to who. Sometimes the rain makes the lane a bit messy, but the school stays busy regardless. We focus on the basics like reading and writing, making sure the children are ready for when they eventually move on to the bigger high schools in the area. It’s just a regular, local primary school trying to do right by the kids in this corner of Kolkata. The rooms are a bit small, but we make it work.