SMC and Guardians meet at Rongli JHS

RONGLI, 20 March: Rongli Junior High School, under Regu BAC in East district organised a School Managing Committee cum Guardians meet at the school on 17 March. The meeting was presided over by Ganesh Pradhan, a senior citizen and was attended by the Ward Panchayat, Headmaster, CRC Coordinator, teachers, SMC and MTA members and guardians.
Following a welcome address by Bhumika Rai, a Graduate Teacher at the school, her colleague, Junu Pradhan, briefed the meeting about the new assessment system in place and also detailed the scholarship schemes available for students.
The SMC chairperson, Pemchung Lepcha, in turn stressed the importance of transparency and clear communication between teachers and parents to better understand the problems of students. He also recorded his satisfaction with the quality of Mid-day meals being provided at the school.
The NGO representative in the SMC, Mani Kumar Gurung, delved on his travels abroad and urged that the virtues of punctuality and discipline [like he had seen in Japan] be more widely embraced and followed by the people.
Headmaster Ganesh Kumar Chettri placed the annual school report at the meeting and informed that 92 new students were admitted in the academic session 2012 in different classes and that wth this, the total students strength of the school was now 469.
He also placed the status of teacher deployment of the year and added that the school, should the guardians agree, will introduce house dresses for students. He further informed that the corporate social responsibility division of hydel developer Gati Infrastructure has offered to conduct coaching classes after school for academically weak students from economically depressed backgrounds.
The meeting also decided to renovate the computer room so that computer classes could be held and in this regard, Kumar  Gurung of Rongli  assured to provide eight chairs, YODESS, an NGO, committed a Rs. 5,000 cash contribution, Aihir Kumar Rawat of Rongli offered to donate a fan while the Panchayats, Headmaster, teachers, SMC members and guardians agreed to meet the remaining requirement of funds.
An open discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of students here was held between teachers and parents. [from SHITAL PRADHAN]