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everyone is proficient in the use of Hindi as well for conversation purposes. Language has never
been an issue in our school as our State has always been a multi lingua state.

Efforts Initiated or the Process of Transformation

Perfection is a myth and everyone has skeletons in their closets and we too are no different. The
school has its own challenges and the school has been taking appropriate steps to overcome those
challenges. Rome wasn‘t built in a day and change did not come overnight at our school too.

During the beginning of 2017 the school had numerous problems with„truancy‟and„drug abuse‟
among the adolescent students being the prime focus.

With over 800 children in their adolescence it was necessary to ensure that they were guided in
the right direction and observations revealed the fact that there were many students who were
irregular in classes and into drug use as well. It was an alarming revelation to me, and so to
tackle the problem the school developed several Plans of Action for each problem and devised
strategies to overcome the problem.

My first step was to form a team of efficient teachers including members of the School
Management Committee as well. The objective was to have a brain storming session to curb the
menace at hand. The meeting was fruitful as many useful ideas were discussed which were
implemented as well. Some of the ideas put forward are as follows:

I) AWARENESS: The first step was to spread awareness about the problem at hand and
so armed with a positive and determined zeal the school introduced social clubs like
S.A.A.T.H.I (Sikkim Against Addiction Towards Healthy India), N.S.S (National
Social Service), Legal Club. Each club took under its wings a chunk of the student
body mainly from the adolescent group and gave them a purpose. These clubs
regularly held awareness programmes individually and collectively as well and also
held awareness rally‘s which was highly successful as the strength and core behind
these programmes and rally‘s were the students themselves. Introduction of Clubs
made students aware of the dangers of drug abuse. The objective behind this was to
make students aware of the dangers of drugs and also to give them a positive
direction in team work and to be a responsible part of society by hosting drug
awareness programmes and bringing in expert guest speakers like doctors, medical
officers, police personnel and lawyers. The objective was to spread awareness not
only to the students but to the parents as well.
II) CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE: The next step was to improve
school culture and values. To achieve this school set upon the beautification of the
campus to make the students feel welcome and inviting. The responsibility for the
beautification was given to the students themselves with materials being provided by

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