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CHHATTISGARH

Samir Chandra Pradhan
Government High Secondary School
Patiwa, Mahasamand,
Chhattisgarh
Email id: sp34435@gmail.com

Abstract

The challenges of the school ranged from insufficient infrastructure, behaviour of teachers and
students, lack of confidence, low academic atmosphere and passive attitude of community towards
school. The school head with his dedication and commitment made frequent contacts with
community and SDMC members, reassessed teaching time table, involved students and invited
departmental/ other officers / public representatives / senior citizens to share their experiences
among the students. As a result, changes were evident in improvement of results and a rise in self-
confidence.

―The Journey is on .....‖
Some schools need to be transformed from every angle and a person who takes up to transform
them, he not only transforms those places according to the needs of those places, and he finds
himself also transformed in this process.

On 24 September 2011 at 9.00 p.m. while I was on my way to home by bus I received a call from
Raipur the capital of Chhattisgarh that on my first promotion from lecturer to Principal, I had been
posted at Govt. H.S.S. Patewa. Patewa, a small town – like village located at the N.H. 53 on which
my bus was running, was just ten minutes and after ten minutes I got down at the small bus stand of
Patewa. The time was 9.30 p.m. and night was dark. I looked around and found a mobile shop about
to drop down the shutter. I rushed to him, asked about the Principal in charge and fortunately got the
mobile number of Principal in charge. On my call he hurriedly reached to me and after a short
introduction I desired to see the school immediately. I saw a strange gesture on his face and them
quickly a hurried question was shot to me- ―right now Sir?‖ ―O, yes right now. Any problem?‖ He
did not wait for the answer and after 3–4 minutes we were in the school premise. A dilapidate school
in 3 different parts, surrounded by unwanted weeds and a ruined urinal and a collapsed huge well
with dirty water. Though the premise had fencing all around but of very small height with a broken
gate of iron. I wandered all around in that dark night and became very happy. That night perhaps
came in my life as an opportunity to prove my potential. From there vision and mission started
taking shape within me.

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