Sri Rama Gramanthara High School

You have to go out to Kondethimannahally in Pavagada to find us. It’s a bit of a trek if you aren't from this part of the Tumkur district. Our school is a simple building meant for the kids living in these rural areas who otherwise wouldn't have a high school close to their homes. The surroundings are mostly fields and open land, so it’s quite different from the schools in the big cities. We have basic classrooms with some old benches and blackboards that have seen many years of use. The students come from the nearby villages, some walking quite a distance or taking a bus to get here every morning. Life here is slow and moves according to the seasons. When it’s harvest time, some kids miss a few days, but they eventually come back to finish their studies. We don’t have much in the way of modern technology or big libraries. It’s just the teachers, the textbooks, and the students trying to pass their exams. The wind blows a lot of dust into the rooms, and the roof gets noisy when it rains, but we are used to that. We just focus on the basic subjects and try to help the kids get through their high school years. It is a plain, honest place where people work hard despite having very little. We are just a small part of the life here in Kondethimannahally.