Nine-year-old Bacho Tsiklauri is the only student in his primary school in the Georgian village of Makarta. Set in a remote mountain gorge, the village has just 30 residents. Three older children, including Bacho's brother, Dato, attend high school in a neighboring town four kilometers away. Reuters photographer David Mdzinarishvili spent a day with Bacho as he attended school in his class of one. (14 PHOTOS)
In Georgia's Mountains, A School For One
![Nine-year-old Bacho Tsiklauri leans against his home in Makarta, some 100 kilometers north of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.](https://gdb.rferl.org/256f983e-cb9d-4153-a7d5-e6c7d5f75b3f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nine-year-old Bacho Tsiklauri leans against his home in Makarta, some 100 kilometers north of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
![Bacho leaves for school in the village of Makarta. Some former residents have left the village to seek better economic opportunities elsewhere.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2f737078-18f3-485d-b991-21efc012e284_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bacho leaves for school in the village of Makarta. Some former residents have left the village to seek better economic opportunities elsewhere.
![Bacho walks to school with his father, Gia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/819fa87b-5fa5-4f7a-8a85-cb4691d8507c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bacho walks to school with his father, Gia.
![Bacho waits for his teacher in front of the house that functions as his school.](https://gdb.rferl.org/790166bd-e26a-4a6d-beb0-d5c0dd8c0d3b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bacho waits for his teacher in front of the house that functions as his school.
![A one-on-one lesson with his teacher, who studied here when she was a child.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a85030eb-1717-485e-90f2-c3c119ed3c14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A one-on-one lesson with his teacher, who studied here when she was a child.
![](https://gdb.rferl.org/4e6ac99e-d5bd-4d7b-b82d-0628aa431197_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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![Teacher Lia Tsiklauri teaches Bacho mathematics and Georgian.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b70f382b-da81-4df1-960b-c048c0fe7d19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Teacher Lia Tsiklauri teaches Bacho mathematics and Georgian.
![Bacho writes on his own personal blackboard.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c249f9d0-f119-4fe7-b80e-9949de4ede68_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bacho writes on his own personal blackboard.
![Because there are no younger students enrolled here, the school will shut down when Bacho moves on to high school.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b15f8976-9106-427c-933f-dc459449290f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Because there are no younger students enrolled here, the school will shut down when Bacho moves on to high school.
![A school registration book with only one name: Bacho Tsiklauri](https://gdb.rferl.org/177e43b9-4a68-488f-af1d-02ee93533560_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A school registration book with only one name: Bacho Tsiklauri
![Leaving school after class](https://gdb.rferl.org/c7a43ff7-3ded-4fa0-967f-0c977e15aec9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Leaving school after class
![Lela Machkhashvili helps her son complete his homework.](https://gdb.rferl.org/76d8968a-2a53-4180-9180-e47e597b8dc5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lela Machkhashvili helps her son complete his homework.
![Bacho with his father at home](https://gdb.rferl.org/766433df-6ff0-4fb3-86a5-53a1a8f9f755_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bacho with his father at home
![A view of the mountains from Bacho's window](https://gdb.rferl.org/7ae0d391-1236-4d7d-a008-59d9aa9adf0e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of the mountains from Bacho's window