Three teachers at a government school in Keralam have turned their savings from a free travel scheme into meals for children of plantation workers, earning appreciation from Transport Minister C P John on Saturday.

The teachers Nimisha, Jayasree Devan and Shalu Paulose of Ponmudi Government Upper Primary School in Thiruvananthapuram, began using the money they saved through the Priyadarshini free travel scheme to provide food to students after financial difficulties faced by sponsors threatened the school's evening meal programme.