Setting education on track: Gaya railway police officers teach underprivileged children
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Schools on Wheels is a well-known concept and has been doing well thanks to all the donations but this policeman needs no donation or fee for imparting education to the poor.
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Praveen Kumar is with the Railway Police and has become a teacher to children working as rag pickers in Gaya, Bihar. On platform number 1 at Gaya railway station, rag-picking children are seen studying, and because of their dedication a policemen has been deputed by the officers to teach them regularly.
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"I have been directed to teach the children, DSP and the Inspector also do the same at times for these kids", told Praveen Kumar to ANI.
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This attempt to teach children living in slums is the brainchild of Gaya Railway Police officers.
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"We are rag pickers, but now we are studying here. I wish to get into the police service some day", said Suman, one of the rag-picking children who attend these classes now.