While school education across Jharkhand is paralyzed in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, headmaster of a government upgraded middle school in a remote tribal village in Dumka district has produced an innovative idea.

Headmaster Sapan Patralekh has turned roadside clay wall of village houses into blackboards and is conducting classes ensuring social distancing.

This way, 295 students had regular classes on their homemade blackboard Even though the traditional schools were closed. Ensuring no breakages in their curriculum , which is just the beginning of school classes.

The colors which were used for the blackboard were made of various herbs, cow-dung, mud , water and Pulaha Rakh, utilizing the nature and staying away from the chemical fumes of traditional oil paints.

The village is in a remote area where the facility of internet and mobile services are not available. So, in the interest of students, they decided to hold classes for them in a group at their own houses. Since tribal kids learn wall painting easily, they decided to teach them by using the walls of their houses as blackboards. This way, they succeeded in attracting students.

Every day, these students get dressed in their school uniform and sit outside their houses as per the school schedule. In order to save them from infection, each student is provided with chalk and duster. Teachers also get their blackboards where they write tasks for students. Students resolve their doubts by asking queries on their respective boards and teachers respond by answering on their own blackboards.