Mentors beyond chalk and talk


Teacher and facilitator: Sahadeva interacts with his attentive students during a Physics lesson.

Even with the increasing workload and the many hats they wear, teachers are more than happy to guide and nurture their charges.

EVEN after almost six decades of teaching 76-year-old Vijaya Samarawickrama has no intention of stopping what he loves to do best – teaching.

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