The Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, a non-governmental organisation, has provided honourary teachers to over 1,000 government schools across Karnataka during 2023-24 to tide over the shortage of teachers under its Jnana Deepa Shikshana scheme. Besides engaging in teaching activities, the honourary teachers also visit houses of parents whose children between 6 and 14 years have dropped out of …