Hyderabad’s work-site schools bring education and safety to children of migrant workers

The classroom inside a Narsingi labour camp was launched in May.

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On a windy Friday afternoon, 37 children sat in a modest classroom inside a labour camp in Narsingi, their tiny slate boards covered with English alphabet scribbled with chalk. One by one, they eagerly raised their hands to read out the words they had just learnt, while, a few metres away, the rhythmic sounds of construction work continued as their parents worked on the high-rise towers reshaping Hyderabad’s skyline.For these children, all below the age of 10, school is no longer something left behind when their families move from one construction site to another. Instead, the classroom has come to them.

Thirty seven students receiving education at the first-of-its-kind classroom inside a Narsingi labour camp was launched in May.

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