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When Children run from the School. . .

Now it's time to revise our education policy because when pupils run out of the school there is something wrong with the entire system. This is the story of the four students who ran from the school from Nandurbar to Dhadgaon which is published in "Lokmat". They were travelling by road but on their feet. They decided to run off the Ashram school to their home covering the distance of near about 125 km on their own feet. They did't had money to pay as fare of the bus. On the way, the people of a village called "lahan Shahade" inquired about them. They could'nt even speak or understand Marathi language. They even could'nt tell the name of their school. The gentlemen called the police and handed the children over to them. What made me to strike is why the parents send their children to the school where their children are not safe. But I am also a teacher and I work in this district that's why I know the economical condition of the parents and the ve