Rising Bengal News Bureau: Dudumari Basti Hindi Junior High School is the only hope for tea garden children in Jalpaiguri There are no permanent teachers, no Group D staff So the little students pick up brooms and buckets of water as soon as they come to school First they come to school, wash their hands with water and clean their mouths.

Then they start studying This is the custom of this school This is happening day after day.

The school is currently without teachers and the number of students is decreasing The children who are supposed to have books are carrying brooms and buckets It is seen that the little students are wearing school uniforms and cleaning the school corridors, classrooms, etc On the other hand, the school teachers are busy opening the locks of the classes.

This school is in the tea garden area of Banarhat block According to the investigation, there are two guest teachers who are taking turns to take classes At present, all the responsibilities of the school are with the guest teachers The number of students is decreasing and the number of dropouts is increasing.

The children of tea garden workers'families come to this school to study They have to handle everything from the guest teachers'office to teaching the students, midday meal accounts, etc They are struggling to do all the work in two.

Rajdeep Sarkar, the inspector of schools in charge of circle four, said, We are aware of the problem in the school.