Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students

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As most schools in India remain shut because of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, an Indian couple are conducting free classes for underprivileged children on a sidewalk in New Delhi. onegoodthing

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A child takes a pencil during a class conducted by Veena Gupta on a sidewalk in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Veena Gupta and her husband are conducting free classes for underprivileged children on a sidewalk in New Delhi. As most schools in India remain shut since late March when the country imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, many switched to digital learning and taking classes online.

It all began when Veena Gupta’s maid, who lives on bank of the river, complained that with schools shut, children in her impoverished community were running amok and wasting time.“If they stayed at home doing nothing, they’d become drifters,” said Dolly Sharma, who works at Veena’s high-rise apartment, which overlooks the lush riverbank.

India’s stringent lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 shut schools across the country in late March. Most remain closed as the number of cases has surged past 5 million, making India second worst-hit in the world after the United States.

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I guarantee china has ALL their kids in school .... And watching with GLEE that all the other countries in the world having the next generation FALL BEHIND COVID19 is the ChinaVirus with purpose WAKEUP people

Thank God for that wonderful spark initiated by the Guptas' maid Dolly. Sometimes in life, we just need that spark, courage to demonstrate that innate goodwill towards helping to provide long-lasting support 2 the less privileged in the society. Call it roadside formal education.

Teach your children well. Their father's hell Did slowly go by...

This is awesome 👏🏼

God bless them

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