SURKHET, Nov 17: She wakes up early in the morning and cooks for her family. After serving lunch to everyone and taking food herself, she rushes to school carrying her infant. She teaches school children while still carrying her baby. After school, she returns home and starts cooking.
This has been the daily routine of Nani Maya Pun for the past seven months. “There is no one at home able to take care of the child. And I can´t quit teaching,” shared Pun. She teaches at Saraswati Primary School in Mehalkuna, Surkhet. Pun says she has been doing the job to prove that women are “tough”.
“Many women quit their jobs after giving birth to children. But I won´t,” she said resolutely, adding, “I will work, and at the same time also raise my child.”
Her husband Lal Bahadur is a teacher at the same school. Pun´s in-laws are too old to take care of the infant. Pun, who has been teaching for the past four years, is paid Rs 3,000 a month.
“I can´t expect extra salary just because I teach while carrying my kid. I am happy with what I am paid,” she said.
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