Bagula Technical School

You can find us on Hanskhali Road in Bagula Bazar, right in the Noona Ganj area. We run a technical school here for the local students. It is not some massive campus with a stadium or anything like that. It is just a few classrooms and a bit of workshop space where we teach people practical skills. We have some old engines and various machines that the students use to practice on. It gets pretty greasy and dirty in the workshops, but we think that is how people actually learn things. We started this school because there weren't many places around here for young people to learn a trade. The building we use is a bit old and the roof leaks a little bit during the heavy monsoon rains we get here in Bengal. We just put a bucket under the drips and keep on with the lessons. The instructors are all local guys who really know their stuff. We don't have any fancy computer labs, just the basic tools that actually matter for the work. During the breaks, the students mostly hang out in the bazaar area nearby. It is a noisy and very lively place to be. We try to keep our teaching simple. If someone wants to learn how to fix things, this is the place. It’s a community effort to help the youth.