Batgaon (Junior) College

Batgaon is a quiet place in Sambalpur, and our junior college is right in the heart of it. We are mostly serving the local students who finished high school and need a place nearby for their next two years. The building is pretty basic, just classrooms and a small office space. We don't have a lot of extra space, but we make it work for the science and arts streams. Usually, the students walk or bike here from the surrounding houses. It’s a simple life. We spend a lot of time on the porch during breaks when the weather is nice. The classrooms have big windows to let in the air because the summers here can get quite heavy. We don't have a big website or anything fancy like that. If people want to know about us, they just walk in and ask. The staff is small, so we all end up doing a bit of everything, from teaching to fixing the furniture. Sometimes the rain makes it hard to get around, but the students still show up. It’s a practical choice for families who don't want to send their kids all the way into the main city. We keep our records in big ledgers and the bell is just a piece of iron we hit with a hammer. It’s old school but it works. We’ve been here long enough that even the former students stop by to say hello when they are in town.