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'''K R Usha Kumari''' (born 1968) is an Indian teacher from [[Kerala]] who taught in Multi Grade Learning Centres (MGLC) in the tribal areas. She won many state and national awards for her service as a teacher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Award-winning Kerala teacher now a sweeper in school |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/02/award-winning-kerala-teacher-now-a-sweeper-in-school-2460710.html |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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Usha lives in [[Amboori]], a panchayath in Kattakkada Taluk of [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] in the state of Kerala. She had joined the Agasthya Multi Grade Learning Centre as teacher in 1999 and has taught the children of the Kunnathumala tribal colony for over 20 years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Teacher, who treks 8km to school, on a hunger strike {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/teacher-who-treks-8km-to-school-on-a-hunger-strike/articleshow/74431345.cms |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> She was the sole teacher of the school and travelled 8&nbsp;km by foot everyday.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=We encounter tigers on our daily trek to school through the forest, but our little students’ welcoming smiles make it all worth it |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/we-encounter-tigers-on-our-daily-trek-to-school-through-the-forest-but-our-little-students-welcoming-smiles-make-it-all-worth-it/articleshow/58927615.cms?frmapp=yes&from=mdr |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> She is one of the 344 teachers who lost their jobs after these centres were closed down by the government on 31 March 2022.<br />
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MGLCs were set up under the District Primary Education Programme in 1992 with an aim to educate children in remote areas. It was later taken over by the [[Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan]] (now under the Education Department) and the qualification of the teachers was raised from SSLC to TTC.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=National Award-Winning Teacher Forced To Work as Sweeper in Kerala School |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/national-award-winning-teacher-forced-to-work-as-sweeper-in-kerala-school-5321605.html |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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