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For the past 12 days, a monkey has been attending a government school with keen interest in getting educated in Andhra Pradesh's Peapully Mandal. The monkey is a female grey langur and goes by the name Lakshmi.

The monkey as become an integral part of the class as it sits next to the students as they listen to the class and take notes.

This monkey, Lakshmi, however doesn't prefer monkey business. It doesn't monkey around by jumping or running. In fact, the school headmaster was quoted saying that the monkey is "very well-behaved, disciplined and obedient" by Times Now.

“In the morning Lakshmi attends the assembly prayers, then she attends the classes, has lunch with the students, and plays with them after classes,” he said.

Even when the doors are closed, Lakshmi manages to come in through windows. After eating junk food, she fell sick but after the school called a veterinarian and put on strict diet, she is back to normal. The school staff gets her 12 bananas daily.