{"id":72453,"date":"2020-09-21T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indian-couple-run-street-side-classes-for-poor-students\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:37:18","slug":"indian-couple-run-street-side-classes-for-poor-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indian-couple-run-street-side-classes-for-poor-students\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or TV series visit the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AP_20262391825901-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        NEW DELHI \u2014 On a quiet road in India\u2019s capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country\u2019s COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored.<\/p>\n<p>The children, ages 4 to 14, carry book bags more than 2 kilometers (a mile) from their thatched-roof huts on the banks of the Yamuna River to this impromptu, roadside classroom. There, they receive free lessons in math, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, English and physical education, taught by a former Indian diplomat and his wife.<\/p>\n<p>It all began when Veena Gupta\u2019s maid, who lives on bank of the river, complained that with schools shut, children in her impoverished community were running amok and wasting time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they stayed at home doing nothing, they\u2019d become drifters,\u201d said Dolly Sharma, who works at Veena\u2019s high-rise apartment, which overlooks the lush riverbank.<\/p>\n<p>Veena, a singer and grandmother of three and her husband, Virendra Gupta, decided to go out to the street and teach the kids so they are not left behind when school reopens.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Street-side classes for poor students in India\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XlxCbmyEkaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have access to internet, their schools are shut and they don\u2019t have any means to learn,\u201d said Veena, who bought books, pencils, notebooks and other teaching materials and set up the small, open-air classroom under the shade of a leafy banyan tree.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s stringent lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 shut schools across the country in late March. Most remain closed as the number of cases has surged past 5 million, making India second worst-hit in the world after the United States.<\/p>\n<p>While many private schools switched to digital learning and online classes, children in most government-run schools either don\u2019t have that option or don\u2019t have the means to purchase digital learning tools like laptops and smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only one mobile phone in my family and it is usually with my father. I can\u2019t study online,\u201d said Nitin Mishra, a ninth grader in Virendra\u2019s math class. Mishra\u2019s mother works as a part-time maid and his father is unable to find employment as India\u2019s economy has been hit hard by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The street-side classes have grown as dozens of children showed keen interest. Now the Guptas \u2014 with help from their driver, Heera \u2014 teach three different groups three times a week, morning and evening.<\/p>\n<p>After class, the children are treated to homemade lemonade and cookies prepared by Veena.<\/p>\n<p>The Guptas say teaching the kids makes them feel closer to their grandchildren, who live abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father would make me spend my summer vacation learning the next year\u2019s curriculum in advance,\u201d said Virendra, who served as Indian ambassador to several countries including South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat really boosted my confidence and made me interested in schoolwork. And that is what I am trying to do with these children, so when their school reopens, they are slightly ahead of their class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veena said she hopes to recruit more volunteers to teach the street-side classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not about the money that people can contribute and give, it is about their time,\u201d she said. \u201cThey should take out little bit of their time, an hour or so, if not every day, every alternate day and come and help these children.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/21\/indian-couple-run-street-side-classes-for-poor-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students&#8221; If you want to watch Movies or TV series visit the Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com NEW DELHI \u2014 On a quiet road in India\u2019s capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country\u2019s COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored. 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