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#NandaKishorePrusty
Teacher for 7 decades, 102-year-old class 7 pass out is #PadmaShri winner.
What endeared him to people was his refusal to charge money from his students.
He has been teaching children as well as elders around his home in Kantira village of Jajpur dt.
#NandaKishorePrusty
Teacher for 7 decades, 102-year-old class 7 pass out is #PadmaShri winner.
What endeared him to people was his refusal to charge money from his students.
He has been teaching children as well as elders around his home in Kantira village of Jajpur dt.
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“Nanda Mastre” (Nanda Master) as he is known in his village in chromite-rich Sukinda block of Jajpur district, may perhaps be the last man who has kept the tradition of “chatashali” (a non-formal school for primary education in Odisha) alive. At the break of dawn, children
“Nanda Mastre” (Nanda Master) as he is known in his village in chromite-rich Sukinda block of Jajpur district, may perhaps be the last man who has kept the tradition of “chatashali” (a non-formal school for primary education in Odisha) alive. At the break of dawn, children
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gather around the modest home of the 102-year-old man to learn Odia alphabets and a bit of mathematics. Elders who could not attend school during their childhood come to his home at 6 pm to learn how to sign their names.
As a young boy, being sent to his maternal uncle’s
gather around the modest home of the 102-year-old man to learn Odia alphabets and a bit of mathematics. Elders who could not attend school during their childhood come to his home at 6 pm to learn how to sign their names.
As a young boy, being sent to his maternal uncle’s
