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Rolupadi is a village located in Tiruvuru tehsil, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh state.

Dhatri Vinajmuri The 7th Science teacher of Rolupadi school recently visited the school to interact with the kids she was teaching all this while through skype.

Her experience as narrated by Dhatri goes like this:

“My journey with eVidyaloka started as an accident. Suddenly I found myself doing what I’ve been doing all these years in a very different way. My interaction with students at Rolupadi has been amazing from day one. Got an opportunity to meet my children in person… would never let it go. I was there at Rolupadi on the 6th of August at 9.15 in the morning. The children were all excited to see me in flesh and blood….the staff were waiting and very inviting. It was a surprise for the kids.The brief chat that I had with the staff had given me an insight into what they expect from us and how can we be of help to them…together helping the kids. The teachers are keen to implement new techniques and methods of teaching within their minimal resources. They are willing to learn from eVidyaloka volunteers if they can be helped on new teaching techniques. They are truly grateful to eVidyaloka for the classes as well as the books that have been provided.The teachers are keen to talk to us, discuss and divide the lessons between the local teacher and eVidyaloka volunteers. The school runs on very minimum resources like six class rooms for eight classes…two of which are always conducted outdoors. It has been suggested that we conduct the classes showing more videos for the practical part of the concepts since these cannot be handled at their end. The focus of the discussion was Science as that is what I handle.The most satisfying part of the visit was my interaction with kids….they are full of questions. There is an urge to learn…motivational factors are far and few. Their questions ranged from when I came from Bombay (where I live) to satellites launched by ISRO and NASA. They are well informed by their teachers about the achievements in the fields of science and technology….but they need to see a few videos to know better. We may take the opportunity to show them these during our sessions (understand… we have time constraints). It has been a motivational day for both the students and me as well.Took leave of them around 12noon with a promise to return back.”