A teacher from Assam receives the National Teachers Award for traveling 150 km each day through a national park to get to school.

Every day, 34-year-old teacher Debajit Ghosh travels 150 miles to go to his school in the tea plantations of Assam. He travels through the challenging Dihing Patkai National Park, where muddy roads and elephant crossings are frequent occurrences. According to Indian Express, he is still dedicated to teaching kids who had to drop out of school after completing their primary education in spite of these obstacles. Ghosh stays in Dibrugarh despite the exhausting and protracted travel in order to oversee the developmental activities at Namsang Tea Estate Model School. Since there is no direct public transportation to the school, he drives there with two other teachers, while others ride their bikes.In order to efficiently supervise the development work of Namsang Tea Estate Model School, which was established in 2022, Ghosh decides to remain in Dibrugarh despite the lengthy journey. Since there is no direct public transportation to the school, he uses his car to provide a ride to two other instructors, while others rely on bikes.

At Dibrugarh Bengali High School, where Ghosh started teaching in 2013, he had a pivotal moment with Abhishek, a Class 8 boy who failed in science and detested writing. Abhishek made significant progress under Ghosh's tutelage, earning a perfect score of 100 in Science and 93 percent overall in the Assam board Class 10 examinations. Abhishek has a deep love for science and is currently working on a PhD in mathematics despite financial challenges. Ghosh's conviction that fostering curiosity is more important than merely pursuing marks was strengthened by this encounter.Ghosh has been instrumental in providing secondary education to children from tea garden communities as the principal of Namsang Tea Garden Adarsha School. The school has successfully reintegrated more than 300 out-of-school students into the classroom in just two years. Due to the hazardous trek through Dihing Patkai National Park and the dearth of secondary schools in the area, many kids used to drop out. Students now have access to secondary education near their homes thanks to the new school. Enrollments increased from 271 in the first academic year to 326 in the second.