Govt Middle School Bandthana

Govt Middle School Bandthana is located in a very small village. To find us, you have to head out on the Deothi Mashnoo Road from Shimla or come up through the Kullu district side. We are technically in Bandthana village, near Kushwa. It is a rural spot where the mountains are the main thing you see every day. The school is a government building, so it has that standard look with the yellow or white paint and simple rooms. We teach the middle school grades here. Most of the children are from the local farming families in the valley. They arrive with mud on their shoes sometimes if it has been raining. The school day starts when the sun hits the building. We don't have a lot of modern equipment, just the basics like a blackboard and some old maps on the walls. The teachers often have to travel a long way on the bus or walk to get here. We share tea in the morning and talk about the village news. The playground is just a flat patch of ground where the kids run around. It can get very quiet when the clouds come down low over the hills. We spend our time going through the state books and helping the kids with their sums. It is an honest, simple school where the focus is just on the daily lessons and keeping the place running for the village. We have been here for many years now.