Ranchi, Sept. 5 -- A sports teacher from Kanke, Ranchi, is empowering schoolgirls with self-defence skills, dedicating his time and expertise without charge.
Shakil Ansari, a physical trainer with black belts in both Martial Arts and Taekwondo, has been providing free training in government schools for the past seven years.
Ansari travels 25 kilometres from Kanke to SS Plus Two High School, Childag, every Monday and Friday to train students from class VI to class XII in Karate and Taekwondo.
Ansari said, "In accordance with the education department's initiative to teach self-defence to girls, I began training students in Childage in 2017. Initially, I was paid for three months, but I realised that such a short duration was not enough. So...