Kottayam school welcomes student from Afghanistan
Kottayam: A surprise was in store for all at the pravesanolsavam at one of the oldest LP schools in the state on Tuesday. Among the 16 students that joined class one at the govt LP school, Mudiyoorkkara, was a native from Afghanistan.
It was six-year-old Behsa Karimi who walked into the classroom and, in no time, made friends with the rest of the students.
Behsa is the eldest daughter of Mohammed Fahim Karimi, a native of Kabul, and Ellaha Sahir. Fahim, who arrived in Kottayam four years ago, is doing research in business studies at the MG University. The couple also has one younger boy named Bahar Karimi.
Sindhu K, the headmistress of the school, said that there were students of many guest workers that used to study here.
"It is for the first time a foreign student is studying in this school," she said. She also said that Behsa speaks English very well and the teachers are communicating with her in English. "Right now, we are communicating with her in English," she said.
Apart from English, Behsa speaks Afghani and Urdu very well. "Last year, seven children of guest workers had joined Class I," said Shalini K Lakshmanan, another teacher. There are a total of four teachers in the school for Class I-IV, while two for nursery classes. "The family was staying near the school and that was the main reason why the child's parents chose this school," added Shalini.
Behsa was welcomed by the teachers, led by the headmistress with flowers, as she walked into the school established in 1911, with her parents on Tuesday morning.
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