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Why Did an Old Security Camp Turn Into a Student Hostel? 🚩

The former security camp in Bhatpal village, Chhattisgarh, was changed into a hostel for tribal students after the area became safer.

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Key Points

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The camp served security forces for about 15 years before being repurposed.

Around 200 tribal students, aged 11‑18, now live in the hostel.

Separate facilities exist for pre‑matric (grades 6‑10) and post‑matric (grades 11‑12) students.

The hostel is only 50 metres from a government higher secondary school.

The conversion aims to reduce travel distance and costs for children from far villages.

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It now provides rooms, food and a nearby school for kids from remote villages, helping them stay in school.

The hostel has two sections: one for grades six to ten with space for 100 children, and another for grades eleven and twelve with space for 50.

District collector Namrata Jain visited the site to check the rooms and talk with the students.

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10 words

tribal

people who belong to a traditional community with its own customs

security camp

a place where soldiers or police lived to keep an area safe

infrastructure

the buildings and facilities that help a community work

Maoist

a group that used fighting to try to change the government

Naxal

another name for the same group of fighters

scheduled tribe

a recognized group of tribal people that the government gives special help to

pre‑matric

students who are in school before the final two years of high school

post‑matric

students who are in the last two years of high school

collector

a government official who runs a district

inspection

a careful check of a place or thing

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