Fifteen-year-old Pushpa Karam fears she will not be able to perform well in the Std X examinations next year. Her home in Torbung Bangla area in Churachandpur district of Manipur has been gutted in the recent ethnic violence. Karam is taking shelter in a relief camp in Kunbi area of neighbouring Bishnupur district along with 42 other school-going students and their families. She has been forced to miss her Mathematics and English tuitions.

Karam is among around 4,000 school-going students who have been affected by the recent ethnic violence in Manipur. Students fear they might lose an academic year as they will not be able to return to their schools in the affected areas.