The inspiring story of Ms Sharayu Pagare
Ms. Sharayu Pagare is an inspiration to many in her locality. She
has been teaching in the Mulund Municipal Corporation Marathi Medium School
(Mumbai district) for 30 years now. When the nation-wide lockdown was
announced, she took it upon herself to reach all her children through all and
any means available. Following the government directive, she started online
classes for her children of grade 1 to 5 for English, Marathi and Mathematics.
She made sure that children have access to the internet by providing them
financial support when needed. However, she faced several challenges in the
online mode. Some students used the internet to play online games, some devoted
too much time to watching non-educational videos on YouTube and many children
would turn their cameras off during online classes, making it difficult for her
to supervise their activities. There were some other students that could not
attend online classes at all due to the unavailability of smartphones.
Following all these issues, she started teaching face-to-face as well. These
classes were held in the open garden of the school while following all the
preventive measures for COVID-19.
Determined to do her share for the good of the society, she also
started to teach the children from underprivileged sections of society at her
home. Ms. Pagare and her husband supported the parents of these kids by
providing them rations whenever necessary.
Despite suffering from COVID-19 herself during the lockdown and
having comorbidities such as high blood pressure and diabetes, Ms. Pagare has
been teaching every single day with dedication and courage
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