India, Feb. 28 -- In a staggering display of systemic neglect, a single teacher is currently standing between 101 students and the collapse of their education at a night school in Goregaon. The 75-year-old state-run institution has been left with just one faculty member to manage every subject, every grade, and the entire administration, raising serious concerns about the school's future.

The school, established in 1950, is among Mumbai's oldest night schools and has long served working-class students who attend evening classes after a full day's labour. This academic year, 101 students from Classes 8 to 10 are enrolled. But with no headmaster, clerk or peon appointed, the burden of running the institution has fallen entirely on one teac...