KARUR: Children of workers from other States staying and studying in Sanapiratti government schools are being taught in their own languages through special teachers and with books brought from West Bengal.
Karur, the largest manufacturing hub of mosquito nets in the country, has a lot of migrant workers employed in the industry. Workers come from States like West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha to take up jobs in the textile industry and mosquito net manufacturing units.
Due to migration, children of these workers were unable to pursue their studies. So, a few government schools in Karur have come up with special arrangements in order to allow these children to continue their education without any hindrance.
Under the State government’s ‘Education for All’ scheme, many children hit by poverty and working in the brick kiln and other industries are once again getting an education. Under the programme, the children of migrant workers are educated in subjects like Maths, Social Science and are taught in Bengali to help them understand lessons easily.
Forty-eight students are studying under this special arrangement, of which 32 are from Sanapiratti Panchayat Union Primary School and 16 from Sanapiratti Government High School.
S Poyishaki, a teacher from West Bengal, is educating these students. This puts students at ease and understanding the subjects is less difficult. It also enables them to continue their higher education when they return to the native places.
Poyishaki told Express, “The main aim is to make children come to school regularly and educate them. To achieve this, we are teaching students in their native language. Textbooks in Bengali are distributed to the students. This gives them a confidence boost to attend classes regularly. They are taught Tamil and English subjects as well.”