Teacher inspires tribal children

Coming from Pandalur near Gudalur, Samudra Pandian wanted to be a teacher from a young age

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His first posting was Class 1 teacher at a school in Karkudi in Nilgiris in 2000

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Located in a Kurumba settlement, the students couldn’t understand Pandian speaking Tamil

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He learned Kurumba language and started communicating with them

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Soon, students who were disinterested in studies began to be interested

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He learned girl students from tribal kattunayakkan community left school after puberty

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HE CONVINCED PARENTS TO LET THEM STUDY. PANDIAN ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED ALL STUDENTS

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Six of them are now in Class 12

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Pandian encouraged Sita who had talent for singing and she competed in Vijay TV Super Singer

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Transferred to Kothagiri tribal school, there too Pandian has been working to educate tribals

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He is among three teachers for 100 students

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He got two students enrolled in an ISRO programme to teach students space science

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They will soon get to participate in a satellite experiment

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