This Good News story focusses on Simhapur, a village in Madhya Pradesh's Nasinghpur district. With a population of around 5,000, nearly 500 residents are teachers, making the profession a proud legacy.
00:00Okay, from Chaktisgarh, let's turn to the neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh, which brings our good news today's story.
00:05And it's a story from a small village in MP called Simapur, which is rewriting the story, which could become a positive story for rural India.
00:14With nearly one in ten residents here working as teachers, five of them presidential awardees, this is no ordinary village.
00:22Here, teaching is not just a profession, but a proud legacy.
00:27Good news today's story comes from Simapur. Take a look.
00:35Welcome to Simapur village in Madhya Pradesh.
00:39Here, every household has a teacher. Well, almost.
00:45In this village in Nassimpur district with a population of around 5,000, nearly 500 are working as teachers.
00:57I'm studying English here. And here, my father, my father, my grandmother, my grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, all of them have studied in this school.
01:11So, you should say that there is a heritage in this school.
01:14Five people from this village have been conferred the President's Award so far.
01:41Usually, children want to take up professions like medicine, engineering, management.
02:09But in Simapur, teachers claim they are seen as role models and their profession is the most sought after.
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