Brick Factory School

There are hundreds of millions of migrant workers in India. Since their work takes them away from their home village, it is rare for kids of those migrant workers to attend school. An exception are a few brick factories where a wealthy individual pays the salaries of the teachers. At this factory, about 75% of the children attend school. The remainder either work along side their parents to make more bricks or act as baby sitters for younger children. I asked the professor who accompanied me to this factory, what were the chances of these more educated kids becoming something other than migrant workers. Sadly, his reply was little to none.
In this photo, you can see three teachers. Kids are grouped not by age, but by ability. Knowing in advance that there would be visitors, the kids wore their Sunday best. Olympus E-M1 and 12-40 lens at 1/3200, f/4 and ISO 250. Richard