Ayurveda school faces closure in Kendrapada

Kendrapada: Every morning, in Kendrapada the city, a unmarried student makes his solution to a 104-year-old faculty. He is taught by way of just one instructor. After faculty, the student and the trainer shut the gate and walk again home.
In March of 2019, when the closing instructor of the Abhaya Ayurvedic faculty retires, the doorways of the seven classrooms will shut, once and for all, bringing to an end the lonely march of the city's singular Sanskrit institution.

The Ayurvedic faculty used to be established in 1914 by way of noted Sanskrit student and Ayurvedic practitioner Sudarshan Das. In 1956, noting its reputation, the federal government took over the school control.

"The school's past is glorious. Many of the school's students have become Ayurvedic doctors, Sanskrit scholars, writers and poets," mentioned Rabi Narayan Pati, a retired faculty instructor and an previous boy of the school.

Three years ago, the Central human useful resource building ministry constituted a professional committee in its try to revive hobby in Sanskrit and age-old Ayurveda practices, however such measures have no longer seeped into the potential scholars of the city, mentioned Pati. "With the number of students thinning, the school has been struggling for survival for a while now," mentioned the alumnus. He is echoed by way of Ayurvedic practitioner and former student Dr Balabhadra Das. "It is hard to believe that a school that once bustled with teachers and students is now on the verge of closure," mentioned Das.

Basudev Suar the only instructor of the school has - for all his lifestyles - been encouraging folks to ship their children to this school. "But nobody is interested to study Sanskrit. Ayurvedic science too is not a field towards which parents wish to push their children," mentioned Suar.

Suar's comments come at a time when Ayurvedic science is seeing a renewed hobby. "In Kerala, Ayurvedic remedies attract so many. Yet an institution like this suffers for want of students," mentioned Kali Prasan Nayak, a retired instructor. The handiest student of the school, Diptiranjan Barik, now research in Class X.

"The school used to provide Sanskrit along with Ayurvedic lessons for students from Class VI to X," mentioned Suar.

When contacted, district training officer Dr Udayanath Majhi mentioned the school has lengthy since been acquainted with decline. "As per the order of the government, a school cannot function with fewer than 25 students. We will soon have to send a proposal to the government to close this institution," mentioned Majhi.