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Education
27-year-old Harshit Sanguri walks through forest to teach nine children
✍️ The Times of India
🗓 15 Sep 2026, 12:36 PM
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Harshit Sanguri, 27, trekked through a forest to reach a remote group of nine children and conduct lessons, highlighting the hurdles of education in isolated areas.
Harshit Sanguri, a 27-year‑old educator, embarked on a foot‑journey through dense forest terrain to reach a small cohort of nine children living in a remote settlement. The trek, which took several hours, was undertaken to deliver basic classroom instruction that the children otherwise lack due to the absence of a nearby school.
Sanguri, who volunteers with a local non‑governmental organization, carried teaching materials and a portable whiteboard, setting up a makeshift classroom under a canopy of trees. He covered core subjects such as mathematics, Hindi and English, adapting his lessons to the limited resources available in the forest setting.
The episode underscores the broader issue of educational access in India's forest‑covered regions, where children often travel long distances or forgo schooling altogether. NGOs and government agencies continue to explore mobile teaching units and satellite schools to bridge this gap, but stories like Sanguri's illustrate the personal commitment required to reach the most isolated learners.
Sanguri, who volunteers with a local non‑governmental organization, carried teaching materials and a portable whiteboard, setting up a makeshift classroom under a canopy of trees. He covered core subjects such as mathematics, Hindi and English, adapting his lessons to the limited resources available in the forest setting.
The episode underscores the broader issue of educational access in India's forest‑covered regions, where children often travel long distances or forgo schooling altogether. NGOs and government agencies continue to explore mobile teaching units and satellite schools to bridge this gap, but stories like Sanguri's illustrate the personal commitment required to reach the most isolated learners.