Rakesh Tikait turns teacher at Ghazipur, BKU leader teaches students in makeshift school

Rakesh Tikait, one of the leaders of Bharatiya KisanUnion who saved the protest by farmers after January 26 unrest has turned ateacher for students at Ghazipur. According to a report, he started teachingstudents in a makeshift school at the protest site.

The farmers have been protesting at the borders aroundDelhi for nearly three months now. According to ANI, Tikait not only taught thestudents algebra and alphabets but also asked them what they have learnt.

Dharmendra Malik, a spokesperson of BKU said he also tookstock of what the students have learnt. Tikait was quoted by ANI as saying,"I came here to look after what they are learning even I taught them too.They came here to study from nearby slum areas. I also asked children to planttrees on their birthdays: it will clean up the environment."

Nirdesh Singh, a social activist from Mata Savitri BaiPhule Mahasabha has been running a school for poor children who could notafford going to schools. Many poor children come to Savitri Bai Phule Schoolfor getting education.

Tikait even took a dig at the facilities for impartingeducation for poor children. In a Press release Tikait said, "The childrenof rich study in air-conditioned schools and those of poor don't even have'taat-pati' schools."

This initiative is first of kind and earlier also thelibrary is functional at the protest site.