Saptari teacher volunteers for seven years without pay
A teacher from Dumari in Rajbiraj Municipality-1 of Saptari has been providing regular free teaching to students of a local community school for the past seven years. At National Basic School Dumari Shivathan, local teacher Seema Yadav has been conducting regular free classes for seven years.
In the year 2067, she entered the teaching profession after being appointed on a temporary position at the same school. After she failed the examination held to make temporary teachers working in schools permanent, she was removed from the teaching profession in 2075.
She said that although she lost her job, her attachment to the teaching profession did not diminish, so she has continued in this profession without salary. She said, “Since I was appointed to this school and started my job in 2067, I have been continuously engaged in it in a selfless way. No other profession gives me joy like teaching. And when I am able to teach children from my own community and neighborhood, I feel a sense of inner satisfaction.”
She said that although her salary, which had started at 11,000 when she was first appointed, had reached 24,700 at the time she was removed from the teaching post, she has been in the teaching profession for seven years with a spirit of service and without pay.
She said that although she was removed as a temporary teacher, she has been working regularly in this profession for seven years and has not received any salary or allowance from anywhere until now. She said, “My husband also does not have a job. Our family with four daughters is somehow sustained through farming. There is no alternative source of income. But my mind remains in the teaching profession at this school.” She said that, like other teachers, teaching in the classroom is part of her daily routine. She also said that, like the other teachers at the school, she arrives on time and returns only after classes are over.
School head teacher Dhanilal Sah said that because she cares for this school, she has been voluntarily teaching regularly like the other teachers. He said, “At a time when the school needs a teacher, it has been easier for us because she has been continuing regular classes out of a desire to keep the teaching and learning process going even without receiving a salary.” However, he said that due to a lack of resources they have not been able to provide her with anything.
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