indore four days a week vijay vatika a public garden at vijay nagar doubles as an open classroom for middle school students during the morning hourswhile the school education department has been encouraged maholla classes for those students who dont have access to television or mobile facilities two government school teachers rashmi chaudhary and himanshu awasthi decided to turn public garden into a classroomtwo teachers have been teaching for free as per the instructions of the departmentunder humara ghar humara vidyalaya scheme the government school teachers had been instructed to keep a track of students and teach them due to the pandemic many students had relocated and withdrew their admissions too therefore finding students were initially difficult however majority of the teachers got in touch with students and started teaching them at their homes since going homes has been tedious plus only a few students are covered to cover more students in one go choudhary and awasthi started calling students to a local garden for studiesinitially we used to visit home but to ensure that most students benefit we decided to conduct classes at the garden even those students who have access to whatsapp have also started coming said choudharyeach day minimum 30 students come for the classes from morning 1130am to 1pmwhile the department has instructed teachers to teach only two subjects ie mathematics and hindi the two teachers are also teaching english and general knowledge gk along with the two mandatory subjectsmany students havent been in touch with teachers and this will be an issue for them in the next class to ensure that their base isnt weak we decided to teach additional subjects too she saidthe teachers initially faced issues of the venue as the locals raised objections due to the pandemicit was only due to safety concern for all that the locals had issue as the classes had begun in augustseptember when the cases had been rising said a residentnonetheless now the residents are supportive agrees the two teachersthe officials of indore districts department too have visited the garden for inspectionacross the district teachers have been visiting students in their vicinity to ensure that those students who have zero access dont lag behind said district project coordinator akshay rathore told toi however the number of students studying in the garden is comparatively more than other areas said rathore