00:00Let's turn to tonight's Get Real India story which comes from Maharashtra where one teacher
00:05in rural Maharashtra, for him the daily commute is not just a journey, it's a commitment.
00:12Listen to this carefully. A 2.5 kilometer trek through a forest every morning to teach just
00:20one student. Let me repeat that. 2.5 kilometers to teach just one student. That's the story of
00:2755-year-old Jeevan Mithari who's taught here for 13 years and says whether there is one
00:33child or a hundred, a teacher's duty is a teacher's duty. Take a look at our special story.
00:52Every morning, Jeevan Mithari sets out on a scooter from Kale in Kohlapur to reach Dhangarwara
01:06village. The last 2.5 kilometers are covered on foot through a forest. He is the only teacher
01:19at the Zillaparishit Primary School in the village. And the school has only one student,
01:24Swara Bodke.
01:25I am in Dhurasht and Devda. I am 8-year-old. My father's name is Dagudu Bagaj Bodke. My mother's
01:32name is Akhubadagdu Bodke. My sister's name is Kalayala and Veshma. My brother's name is
01:38Aedudagdu Bodke.
01:42The 55-year-old teacher has been working here for the last 13 years.
02:11Mithari doesn't mind a rough ride to his workplace. For him, teaching is a duty. He has to
02:16fulfill.
02:27Swara dreams of becoming a doctor.
02:30Swar was the one who Еilamiento of my Most rescue has been working for the last nine years. He has
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02:49year.
02:59When Mithari started his taint in Dhangarwara school, he was nervous.
03:04The forest has leopards and bisons, he was warned.
03:25If the school were to close, Swara would have had to go to school 11 kilometers away in Dhundwade village.
03:32Jeevan Mithari has three years of service left.
03:34His lonely job, but a job that needs to be done, because every single student matters.
03:40With Deepak Suryavanshi, Bureau Report, India Today.
