‘Curfew Classes’: Schooling in the times of unrest Archives

With 170 students and 14 teachers, inspiring initiative of young trio goes from strength to strength Education continued to blossom in Srinagar’s Shalimar area along the banks of Dal Lake while the whole valley was witnessing curfews and continued shutdown after the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on 8th July. A group of three youth- Inam-ul-Rasool, Sheikh Majid and Gazala Ali- of Shalimar decided to start free coaching programme for young students in the vicinity who couldn’t attend schools because of the prevailing unrest. “The thought of starting these…