Sri Lanka, Sept. 26 -- Children doing their daily walk of 16 kms to school

The estate workers appeal that a bus service be made available for the children to attend schools and return to their homes

The school, said to have been established by foreigners, is located at the entrance to Nonpareil Estate

There are classes only from Grade one to Grade nine and only 92 students are presently attending this school

At a time when city dwellers, while enjoying the perks they are blessed with and sending their children to popular schools in their own luxury vehicles, private vans or by public transport, it is too remorseful and disheartening to note that some children domiciled in tea estates trek 16 kilometres through rugged terrain braving i...