Karwar: This School has Just One Student

Karwar, July 6, DHNS: This is a government school with perhaps the highest teacher-student ratio in the country. The school in Karwar has a lone student, who enjoys the undivided attention of a lone teacher.

What has saved this government school at Sanamudageri in the taluk from being closed is that the Mudageri Gram Panchayat (GP) had adopted a resolution that it should not be closed and submitted a memorandum to the Education department in this regard.

The GP's contention is that there should be a Kannada school in this border area. When mediapersons asked the lone student, Ashwini Atmaram Shetkar, about this, she said: "My teacher, Shylashri, teaches very well. Please, don't close this school."

Though there are 86 families in Sanamudageri, parents send their children to the nearby English-medium school. Geeta Rane, the GP?vice-president, who took part in the 'Shalegagi Naavu Neevu' programme on Tuesday, said that they would create awareness among the people on sending their children only to Kannada medium schools.