A teacher from Kerala moved to a remote Arunachal Pradesh village near the China border, where landslides and unreliable electricity complicate schooling; Ali Ashqar now teaches at a school reported to have 102 pupils
A journey of nearly 3,000 kilometres took Ali Ashqar from Areekode in Kerala’s Malappuram district to Karo, a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi-Yomi district, close to the India-China border. The 28-year-old teacher chose to work at a school where poor roads, landslides, limited electricity and unreliable internet make everyday life difficult. Today, he teaches … Read more