EDUCATION: THE MIRACLE SCHOOL OF BADIN
As you enter the Dr Soomar Khoso Elementary School in Ahmed Detho Village, Talhar district Badin, a diverse environment greets you. Plants abloom with flowers, students chanting lessons mixed in with the chirping of birds in trees. Bamboo walls covered with fragrant creepers support a thatched roof and create a cool, airy and pleasant atmosphere, perhaps motivating the kids to spend more time in school.
It’s 7am and the children have started to arrive. They will take online classes conducted by Rizwan Iqbal, who resides in Canada and gives lessons online to children in remote areas.
In a solar-powered classroom, girls sit in the front while boys take the back rows. Their eyes are focused on a big screen for the next one-and-a-half hours.
One man’s efforts to give the children of his village a better future have strengthened a sense of community
The school opened in 2013 with just 15 students. It now has more than 350 students enrolled from 25 nearby villages.