Dr. G R Public School

We’re located in Ooruttukala, which is a part of Neyyattinkara. If you’re around Thiruvananthapuram, you might have passed by us without even noticing. It’s a simple school building where we spend our days teaching the local kids. We don't have a lot of bells and whistles. There are classrooms with wooden benches, and the playground is just a flat patch of ground where the kids play football or cricket when the weather is good. The teachers here have been around for a long time, and we often find ourselves teaching the children of former students. It’s a small world like that. We spend our mornings checking uniforms and making sure the lunch hall is ready. Sometimes the rain makes a lot of noise on the roof, so we have to talk a bit louder during lessons. We don't try to be anything we aren't. We just focus on the textbooks and making sure everyone understands the basics. The office is small, and we keep all the records in big steel cupboards. There’s usually a bit of a rush at the end of the day when the bell rings and everyone heads for the gate. It’s a busy, noisy, and very normal place. We just try to keep things running smoothly for the families in our neighborhood. The gatekeeper usually has to shoo away a few goats in the morning.