Burning bright for others: Orphaned at infancy, Rajasthan woman educates self to help empower tribals
An emboldened Basanti first cleared the 8th standard exams and soon passed the 10th standard Board exams from the state open school and then went on to pursue her bachelor s degree.
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Besides teaching in her village school, Basanti goes out every evening to engage with women in her area to not only send their kids to school but also make them realise the importance of education.
Express News Service
RAJASTHAN: If you ask Basanti Devi, 43, how she became a teacher in the tribal region of south Rajasthan, she’d take you to her childhood. Born into a poverty-stricken family, she lost her parents in her infancy and was brought up by her maternal grandparents in a village of Sirohi district.