Uttam Teron :The Amazing Hero from Guwahati
A room comprising of a tin roof and bamboo walls is not less but enough if one wishes to bring the protective shade of education in a place which is remotely located 20 km from Guwahati and almost forgotten by the state authorities.
Seven years before the Right to Education Bill was introduced in Parliament, Uttam Teron, a young man from Pamohi, 20 km from Guwahati, dreamt of 100 per cent literacy for the children of his village. Education was the lowest priority in this Karbi-dominated hamlet and most children, especially girls, helped their parents in the fields.
All this went a transformation when Teron began the Parijat Academy in 2003 with four students. After seven years today it has grown into a small school, with a small hostel, providing free education to 502 students of which 256 are girls."Teron has shown how the efforts of an individual can inspire a big movement," says Shantikam Hazarika, Director, and Assam Institute of Management.
Teron was born to a train driver father and a homemaker mother who never went to school; Teron invested all he had, Rs. 800 that he had earned as a private tutor in constructing a room with a tin roof and bamboo walls. This very room was the foundation for more details....http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/1085591/FeaturedArticles/14/54/14
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