Mata Savitri Devi Sanjeevani Public School

If you head down Manjari Road towards Mundhwa in Pune 411036, you’ll find Mata Savitri Devi Sanjeevani Public School. It’s a busy part of town, so there’s always a lot of dust from the construction and the traffic nearby. Our school day starts quite early, and you can see the kids walking down the dusty road with their backpacks. The building itself is pretty plain, with rooms that get a lot of light in the morning. We spend a lot of time keeping the place tidy, though it’s a constant battle with the dust outside. Inside the classrooms, the walls have some charts and maps that have been there for years. We don’t have a massive playground, so the kids play in the space we have, and it can get very loud during the lunch break. Our office is small and usually has a few parents waiting to talk to us about something or other. We use a lot of chalk here, and you can usually see it on the teachers' clothes by the end of the day. There isn't anything fancy about how we do things; we just follow the schedule and make sure the students are where they need to be. By the time the final bell rings in the afternoon, everyone is pretty tired. We lock up the gates, say our goodbyes, and head back into the Pune traffic to go home.