Teacher Who Walks 42km To Class Rewarded With Standing Fan

We honestly don’t know how we feel about this story.

The district of Tolon awarded a teacher who walks 42 kilometres to class to teach every day. They rewarded with a standing fan as a mark of appreciation.

Furthermore, the district director of education, Rev Georgina Norga presented the award. She asked the teacher to continue with the good work.

The teacher is called Awudu Kombian. He has been the only teacher for the Warvi D/A primary school for several academic periods.

Also, some other teachers received similar awards. They included a huge thermo food flask. This was for their exceptional roles in promoting rural education in the area.

Moreover, a citation was publicly read praising their commitment and “well-dedicated service” despite daunting challenges faced by rural teachers.

Mr. Kombian doubled as a headmaster and teacher for the school. This was until three teachers were recently posted to the Warvi primary school.

Furthermore, the school has a population of about 74 with three classrooms. However, he taught them all alone for more than a year.

He travelled 42km to school to prepare the pupils for lessons. Also as a headmaster, he performed other tasks. Therefore, the school closed down whenever he fell ill or travelled.

Statement from Kombian, teacher who traveled to teach

“It’s very challenging but as a professional you have to always do your best to see what you can do in the midst of the challenges. Every day I have to travel about 42kms to go and teach, because it’s a very deprived community, and places like that you don’t have accommodation so even if you are willing to even stay there, there is no accommodation for you”.

He received the award at the event ground. Mr. Kombian said he was happy for the recognition of his works. However, he pleaded with authorities to extend the gesture to several other teachers doing a wonderful job.

“The award itself, the prize itself is not something that I will place much emphasis on but the gesture. The gesture of recognizing what I have done is what gladdens my heart

But we also expect that as we are trying, you will have to do whatever to be able to support us to be able to do the work well. So, I will say I’m happy that recognition has been given for the effort that I’ve been putting, so it’s quite refreshing to know that someone is looking at you and what you are doing; that alone is satisfying.”