Friday, September 11, 2009

THE TRUE STATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

It was really shocking to learn about the stampede in a government school in Khazoori Khas and the subsequent deaths of a few innocent children that followed in the aftermath.Rather than announce a few thousand rupees as compensation and wash their hands off the matter our policy makers should hang their heads in shame over the fact that the state of government schools even in the national capital is in shambles and children are not even receiving the basic conducive environment for receiving education.The visuals shown by the television channels were very disturbing specially the pictures showing the complete waterlogging of the school compound by normal rain.The shameless administration was comforting itself with the fact the school building did not collapse.If our ministers can stay in five star comfort at the tax payers expense even for pettty work then do not the country's future deserve basic sound infrastructure and committed teachers to enable them to realise their dreams?
IT IS TIME FOR DEEP INTROSPECTION AND DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS.

Friday, September 4, 2009

How insensitive we are!

today morning on my way to cie,a saw a visually challenged lady on metro station.she seemed to be very annoyed with the checking authorities for they kept her waiting for long.so annoyed was she dat she started hitting on the ground very hard with her stick and in the process hurt herself.i waited 2-3 min.4 her to calm down,then asked aunty where do u wanna go?she replied "are yeh log itna pareshan karte hain,itni der kyon hame checking ke lie khara karte hain,mujhe bahut gussa aa raha hain,meri taang (leg) me bahut dard ho raha hain" i asked her to calm down n have water.she refused.i held her hand and started comng down the stairs,she was in such a hurry that i got really scared and repeatedly said 'aunty dheere (slow)'.then we got into metro,we got a seat.after being comfortably seated for 1-2 min.she told me that she has to get down at gtb ngr,n 2 days back nobdy helpd her in gtng down,metro doors closed and then she had to get down at the next stop.she said "koi itni help bhi nahi karta".i asked her if she wrks smewhere,she said"haan,kaun khilata hain,apna kaam kar rahe hain to kha rahe hain".i found her a little better.i asked if her leg was fine now.she smiled n said ,yes.then we kept conversing.she had to get down at vidhan sabha as train terminate on vishwavidyalaya.with full smiles,she said "bye,thank you,hope to meet u again".was very happy to see a smile on her face,nothing can be more rewarding than this.we as selfish humans tend to pass by many such people everyday but dont bother to feel their pain.how could we all be so insensitive?

First day in school

first day in school is always being very excited .A new student or a new teacher both feel butterfly in their stomach. 3rd of september when i went to school after a long gap of 5 year i saw nothing was changed in the school . The school was same ,student were making the noice , they were running here and there , student were gossiping about teachers ,about their new crushes and more things . They were doing the the same things which we used to do in our school time. I saw my image in them, i felt as if i was doing all those thing. BUT now time has changed . I went to school as a TEACHER not as a student. I was nervous.When i interacted with my LEARNERS i came to know that they were excited to see me and expected a lot from me.Then i realized my importance, my nervousness all gone. Now i feel good and excited