Not only Joshi is renovating the schools but she has also provided sweaters to the children of these poor families as the Tarikhet is mountainous region:/Representational image | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Dehradun: In a scenario where the government authorities fail to maintain the educational institutions this deputy education officer of Almora district, Uttarakhand, renovated an entire school building with her own salary. It happened at a primary school in Tarikhet block of Almora district and the officer was named Geetika Joshi. On a regular inspection day of the school when Joshi saw school children shivering in the cold due to leaking rainwater from the rooftop of a classroom, the sight moved her and prompted her to pay for the renovation.

According to a report by the Hindustan Times, Joshi joined as the deputy education officer in March 2015, she said, the school was in shabby condition and when she saw the children, she felt them like her own children. After which she immediately decided to get the roof repaired with her own salary. Not only the roof later, she renovated the entire building with her own money.

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After the renovation of this primary school, Joshi is now working on a mission to renovate other schools with poor infrastructure in the district. In the mission, she started with motivating teachers and received an overwhelming response from them. Initially, they collected Rs 2.5 lakh from teachers and started renovating school buildings.

Not only Joshi is renovating the schools but she has also provided sweaters to the children of these poor families as the Tarikhet is mountainous region and severe cold is witnessed here. The children here couldn’t concentrate on their studies due to shivering in cold.



