Click to play videoVaishali (Bihar) In a state where 38 per cent teachers don't report to class, Janardan Prasad is a bit of a rarity. He cycles 10 kms everyday, 6 days a week to reach the government middle school in Astipur, Bihar.
He has been teaching English in a government school for the last 9 years. It’s a language he says that will help his students cross over from mofussil India to the India of opportunities.
Janardan says he was destined to be a teacher. Growing up in a poverty stricken region in Bihar, he saw his siblings drop out of school so that he could continue.
Perhaps why he never takes education or his profession for granted. Everyday after school, in the confines of his small house he tutors children who need extra help. He says he's never turned away a student.
“No matter what are the circumstances, he is always present to teach us- rain, cold all these things do not deter him from being dutiful,” says Rakhi, A student.
Like most govt school teachers, Janardan Singh draws a meager salary of Rs 6000 a month. He has no savings and his only investments are his students. This investment he hopes will reap rich dividends for the nation.
"If I am a teacher, I have to do justice to my job and teach students well," says Janardan Prasad.
Former President K R Narayanan studied in a village school and so did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. They got to where they did because of village school teachers like Janardhan Prasad.
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