Apart from holding operations against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have also started providing coaching to the poor tribal children to get admission into the Central government sponsored 'Eklavya' and Navoday schools in the state's Kondagaon and nearby areas.
According to the officials of the Force, over 215 students of Classes 5 and 6 are being given coaching by the security personnel particularly in Mathematics, Science and reasoning skill to crack the entrance examinations of these two residential schools where the education up to Class 12 is free of cost.
"Some of the jawans from the 29 battalion deployed in the Kondagaon areas under the Bastar district, decided to provide these students with extra help after the school hours and started teaching them and within a short span the numbers of students increased nearly by 40 to 50 children and later this coaching classes spread in other places also like Munjmeta, Farsagaon, Jhara and Dhaudai villages in the remote areas of Kondagaon," the Force spokesperson Vivek Pandey told IANS.
Started two months ago, the ITBP troopers are contributing towards the education of over 215 students who are living in extreme rural and backward areas of the district to to prepare them for the entrance tests of these two schools.
This was a suo- motto initiative by Force's personnel and they also bear the expenses of books and stationery for these children if needed, Pandey further said, adding that the entrance tests will be conducted in June.
"We expect a good number of students will get admission in these two residential schools," the PRO added.
This is not the first time that the Himalayan border guarding force deployed in the Maoist affected states has taken such steps to aid the local students in Chhattisgarh. In January, 2021 they launched smart teaching classes in the schools located in hard core Maoist areas.
Despite all odds in areas like weak Internet, they organised smart classes with the help of mobile phones and smart projectors for learning. The troopers also learnt the local tribal languages, Halbi and Gondi, for better communication with the local populations, leading them to increase the force's intelligence ability.
Started for children in the remote villages in the Hadeli area and adjoining villages last year, these classes are organised by the personnel of ITBP's 41st Battalion to enhance the student's knowledge with the help of online audio-visual lessons. The classes are also taken with the help of electronic equipment such as computers and projectors.
