Dr Rathore says, “I personally go to the homes of
each students and ask their parents to send the student to the school. Most of
the people in the locality recognise me as a passionate academician and
recognise me as a person who is not going to permit a student to enjoy
holidays.”
95% of the parents of the students are illiterate
and therefore convincing them is not an easy task. Students can’t get any
environment of education at their homes. In a typical school, the teachers give
homework and assignments to the students and expect the students to complete it
and present it the next day. As per Dr Rathore, the only way to ensure that the
students complete their homework or self-study is by inviting these students to
the school again in the evening so that they may complete their work.
When a student is irregular, Dr Rathore visits the
home of the student and requests the parents to send the student regularly. Dr
Rathore recalls an interaction with one of the parents, “I start from my home
at 7AM and reach back at home at 8 PM. I don’t bother about my son and I don’t
have time for him. I have no idea of what he has been doing” Dr Rathore
therefore believes in going from home to home. If a student doesn’t come to
class for a few days, he will himself go to the home of that student and would
bring that student to the class. In the evening there are special free coaching
classes for these poor students(from 4.30 to 8.30 PM). He along with his family
contributed substantially to the development of the school. Renu Rathore(daughter
of Mr. Girdhari Singh, who is practically illiterate and is working as a
chowkidar), joined this school and scored above 80% marks every year inspite of
helping her mother in animal husbandry, and is today placed well after completing
her polytechnic and engineering. Surendra Singh (son of a chowkidar) joined
this school and got 92% marks in Rajasthan Board in spite of involvement in
other activities and missed the merit by a small margin.
