In 1987, thirty-six schoolboys had just exited their classroom from the building on the right and gathered briefly before heading home.

None of the boys wear shoes, a few have sandals, none wear glasses, and there are no girls present, details that quietly reflect both the economic realities and the gender divisions of rural education at the time. Their worn clothing and bare feet suggest modest means, while their collective presence points to a generation shaped by expanding access to schooling. The photograph captures a transitional pause between classroom and village life, documenting a moment that would soon be absorbed into the rapid changes that followed.