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School Under Bridge In New Delhi Offers Free Education To India's Poor ChildrenOne Indian man has become a hero after he began educating New Delhi's poorest children -- and even went as far as creating a free school for them under a metro bridge.According to NBC News, Rajesh Kumar Sharma teaches at least 30 children every day. Most of the children come from neighboring poor villages.For two hours every weekday, Sharma leaves his day-job at a general store in Shakarpur -- his brother fills in for him -- so that he can teach the children, reported Yahoo News.Sharma, a 40-year-old father of three from Aligarh, was forced to drop out of college in his third year due to financial difficulties. When he decided to start the free school, he didn't want other children to face the same difficulties he had."Whenever I passed by this area, I would notice that children were spending all their time in the fields or playing around," he told the Indian Express.He eventually persuaded local laborers and farmers to allow their children to attend his school instead of working to add to the family income. He hopes to equip these children with the tools necessary to overcome their poverty."They come here everyday. I manage to keep them ahead of the school curriculum," Sharma told the Indian Express.He even allows children technically too young to attend the government school to sit in the classroom. Information gathered from Internet from Click Here