Mysuru: Against the backdrop of the Karnataka government’s proposal to shut down more than 28,000 state-run schools, teachers posted in remote areas are coming up with novel initiatives to attract more students. The experiment undertaken by the creative teachers of the local government higher primary school at Haropura in Nanjangud taluk is of a visual nature – the school has been painted to resemble a train , and the likeness is striking to the eye. The students of this school can now look forward to a journey-like experience at the institution.The teachers spent Rs 25,000 on painting the school, and it has since become an attraction in the village. The new look of the building has paid off, with two students at an English medium school joining the Kannada medium government school in Haropura following its re-invention.The head master of the Haropura school Basava Nayak told TOI that the strength of the school, which houses students from classes I to VII, was 55. “We have four teachers at the school. In order to make the school more attractive to both students and their parents, we decided to give the school a facelift in March. We decided to re-paint the school so that it would look like a train. Our assistant teacher Doreswamy came up with the idea. The teachers contributed towards the venture from their own salary. The work on re-painting the school started in June, and it is now the centre of attraction,” said Nayak.The head master pointed out that the school was in a rather remote location, and that the teachers had to walk for 4km from the main road to reach it. “There are very few families in the village. But, we wanted to ensure that the strength of the school remained high, and decided to give it an artistic touch,” Nayak added, pleased with two private school students opting for the government institution after it was re-painted.

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