Sunday, March 9, 2008

Idea for a village school

Jaikishun Bigha. It is a village in troubled Jahanabad district of Bihar that you may not have heard about. It is sleepy village in Ghosi police station that has not been in news. It has no market, no medical help, no phone connections, no TV. Not even school. In fact children, and in good numbers even girls have been trekking to Okari for higher school which is miles away. This village of my ancestors needs many things to be able to keep pace with the world. It needs all that what a modern world needs. It needs to educate its children in peace and comfort. And help the children find a place under the sun.
I want to build a good, modern and well equipped high school till 12th in this village. To start with I don't know where the land and money and all other resources will come from. But then we must as education can not wait. I shall start by making myself available for the project. I am an academic, I can teach. So I shall start with that.
I have already thought of the name. All schools need a name. So it will be Rajendra Public School, named after my father who has done so much for people and the village. He will inaugurate the project and be the chairman and then it will work for no profit, no loss principle and be affiliated to CBSE.For rest suggestions are welcome