Urdu Medium Primary School Girls

Our school is located right by Gate No 7 of the IISER Kolkata campus in Mohanpur. It is a specific part of the Nadia district that feels a bit different because of the university nearby. Being a girls' primary school, we have a lot of young students running around in their uniforms every morning. The atmosphere is usually quite lively until the first lesson starts. We have a few rooms that we use for the different grades. The building is basic, nothing fancy to look at, just solid walls and windows that let in a bit of a breeze if we are lucky. We teach in Urdu, so the books and the writing on the boards reflect that. Most of the families around here know us well. We see the mothers waiting by the gate in the afternoons to pick up their daughters. It is a tight-knit community in this part of Mohanpur. We do not have a lot of extra funding for things like new computers or flashy decorations, so we just make do with the basics. The teachers are mostly local women who have been here for years. We just go through the alphabet and the numbers and try to make sure the kids understand what they are reading. It is simple work but it keeps us busy from morning until the afternoon heat gets too heavy. Then we all head home through the campus gates.