The Border Security Force has come to the aid of the Radhanesda primary school on the Indo-Pak border in Banaskantha. The village where the school is located is not on the revenue records of the state government. Lacking options the school approached the BSF to ensure kids come to schools, and the BSF in its turn has begun supporting the school infrastructure.

Radhanesda primary school has two teachers and conduct classes from class I to VIII. There are 170 students, including 87 boys and 83 girls. Most are children of daily wagers and it is difficult for them to attend classes.

After identifying the problem, school authorities took help from school management committee (SMC) and BSF to make parents understand the importance of education and why they need to send their wards to school. 

BSF also helped the school with sports equipments and held a medical camp for the kids. It has also assigned a 224 sq m space in its command area as school playground.

"My school is located on the Indo-Pak border, and can be considered as the last school of Gujarat near the international border. Parents mainly belong to downtrodden communities, so they do not send their kids to schools. The map of the village is not even found in revenue records," said Karsan Solanki, head teacher of the school.

Solanki said that the BSF jawans have also started counselling the parents that they must send their kids to school. "The jawans tell them about difficulties of education system in their respective states and encouraged them to send kids to school so that they will not be left behind in life," Solanki said adding that IIM-Ahmedabad also helped them to come up with unique initiative.

R K Singh, BSF area commandant of Vaav, said that they took the initiative over the last few years so that kids in border areas can get education and gain skills. "We also provide exercising equipment so that they can remain fit and healthy," said Singh.