State of affairs regarding fair treatment and equal opportunities in schools through the eyes of a senior student
If you go by the some recent news reports regarding school students taking to streets or taking the extreme step of self-harm, one gets alarmed by the unfair treatment of schools and certification bodies to their students. The system promises as a policy the fair treatment and equal opportunity to all students irrespective of religion, caste, gender, and ability level.
Recently, I met a senior student disenchanted by his hefty-fee
charging school and being harassed by the school management and staff including
the counsellor who work as employees of the school. He further said that I do
not find a single teacher that can be his role model. He poured his hurt
heart out and added that often he felt, hopeless and dejected in school hours.
Although, one may not generalise the situation from the reaction
of a single student who confided, nonetheless, it indicates what schools
should not do to alienate even the last student from the institution and make
constant efforts to live up to their promise to students being serviced by
them.
Here is the non-poem that described the feelings of a disenchanted
student and his submission.
Help me, my teachers
To acquire
A purpose of life.
Be a role model
Befitting that purpose
And show me the path
One you have treaded.
Then leave me free
To follow that path
To reach the destination
To realise the shared purpose.
Sermonise me not, dear teacher
Like a fake sage on the stage
Chastise me not, dear counsellor
In the name of disciplining me
Rather yourself walk the talk.
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