Raghavendra Junior College

Our college is located at 1-18, Tenkaya Thopu in Atmakur. It’s in the Nellore district, so you can imagine how the weather gets during the summer months. It is incredibly hot, and we all just try to stay in the shade as much as possible. The building is a simple structure on a quiet street. We focus on the junior college years, so our students are teenagers preparing for their future. There’s a lot of pressure on them, and you can see it in how much they study. We have rows of benches and whiteboards in the rooms. It’s not a fancy campus with gardens; it’s more of a functional place where people come to work. During the breaks, the students crowd the local shops for snacks. The area around Tenkaya Thopu is mostly residential and a bit traditional. We’ve been here for a while and have seen many batches of students come and go. Sometimes the power goes out, and we just have to wait it out or open the windows for some air. It’s a very straightforward environment. We don't use any complicated teaching gadgets, just the usual books and pens. The staff room is always full of tea cups and stacks of papers that need grading. It’s just a regular college trying to help the local youth get through their exams and move on to the next step.