Noida- Women Power and Helping Village School
Posted : November 25, 2005 at 9:58 pm [IST]
My wife has joined a Group of women in Noida after coming back from USA. The Group is helping the school in Agahpur- one of the villages in Noida. The village is at the outskirt of our sector, and there is constant strain between the urban residents of the sector and rural population. The villagers try to take all those liberty that are part of their habits. I certainly don’t like their buffalos and cows roaming inside the sector. There were also cases of some other nuisances created by the villagers in areas of our sector bordering their village.
When I heard of the social services of the group, I thought of giving my advices to make their contribution more effective and useful. However, later on I decided not to do that. Today, I just accompanied Yamuna as her driver to carry some 250 woolen pullovers that the Group distributed among the students. I was also a photographer to capture the charity work.
The school caters to all those who can’t afford the public schools in Noida that plenty in number. It has a primary section along with a junior high school teaching up to class VIII in vernacular medium that is Hindi here. However, perhaps the school is not serving the purpose, as it should. Unless, the parents take interest in the education of their kids, no amount of government facilities can improve the situation. So, a large-scale drive to make all the adults aware about the need and necessity of education is essential. We made two of the kids of our former maid admitted in the school. We were ready to assist them financially too for any additional expenditure about their education. But today we found they are not coming to school. Again, the teachers here are hardly a motivated lot even with significantly better salaries compared to a teacher in private English medium school. Perhaps, it is only because there is hardly any accountability built in their work, neither they have any mission.
The Group, which I accompanied perhaps decided about the distribution of the sweaters on their own. I don’t think there was any discussion on the need of the students with the teachers or the village representatives. Most of the students took it as charity of our affluent class. They were happy and promised to work hard to improve their performance at school, when I talked with some of them on the sideline of this charity work.
I didn’t like the lack of basic courtesy of the teachers. None of them came out to thank the ladies who arranged the distribution or accompanied them up to their cars when they were leaving the school after the distribution, nor did they offer a glass of water or a cup of tea, that would have been the minimum courtesy of the host. Here are some photographs:
I wish Noida authority could have taken over the administration of the village schools or one of the private schools in Noida could adopt the school and guide it to serve the society effectively.
- Indra
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