Youngest HeadMaster (Principal)
@chaitra001 (3278)
Bangalore, India
October 14, 2009 5:39am CST
Hi friends today when I was going through news in yahoo I got this wonderful news.. A boy aged 16 is the youngest HeadMaster in India.. So I thought to share this information with you friends.. The guy is really doing a great job.. Here is the link..
http://in.news.yahoo.com/242/20091013/1334/tnl-meet-india-s-youngest-headmaster.html
Please read the articles and share your opinion with me..
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11 responses
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
14 Oct 09
Thanks for the news Chaitra. However, I couldn't open the page. Is this the same chap who had won the CNN IBN award and lives in Murshidabad, WB and is the founder head master of the school? He had i9nvited AAmir Khan to visit his school and looked as mature and confident as a Principal should!
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
Hi mimpi may be I am not sure this guy is from WB too.. I will post the part of the news for you so that you can read it..
In a country where we are in a continuous hunt for heroes and demi-gods to inspire us, the search ends in a small hamlet in West Bengal.
Known for his passion for education, Babar Ali is perhaps India's youngest school principal who is teaching hundreds of poor students of his village in his own backyard.
16-year-old Babar says his only motto in life is 'education for all'. Since 2002, every evening, he has donned the role of a principal at the Anand Siksha Niketan in Gangapur village which makes him India's youngest headmaster. The students line up in Babar's backyard, where he teaches them just the way his teachers teach him in school.
Babar Ali in an interview said that he never wanted to play cricket or soccer when he was young but what he loved the most was enacting the role of a teacher. What started off as child play took serious shape in 2002 when Babar Ali, with the help of his parents, set up a room to teach on his ancestral land.
He also added that when he was in class V, he started the school with eight students. From a humble beginning, the school today provides basic education for almost 800 students with the help of 10 well-qualified teachers. What is most notable is that the students are taught for free as they come from poor families - some even work as maids and cleaners in the mornings and come to attend Babar's school in the afternoon.
But even most of the inspiring stories have some grim realities which Babar has to face daily. The government only provides funds for midday meal and books till class IV and for the expenses he has to depend on donations. He, however, hopes for better support in the coming years so he can make all his fellow students and village kids literate, and able to stand on their own feet.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
14 Oct 09
Yes that's the guy! He came to receive the award, quite undefined but he spoke with conviction and power. Kudos to him and thanks to you for starting this discussion.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
14 Oct 09
Hi Chaitra!
I am unable to open the link. I did not know about it and did not read the news in the newspaper. Thanks for sharing it with us.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
14 Oct 09
I have read your comments above. It seems quite encouraging that a 16 years old was so dedicated. I did not know about him, thanks for sharing.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
Hi Deepak! Sorry for the inconvience before I post this discussion I was able to open the link but now it says it has been moved.. Please refer to my conversation with mimpi in post #1 to get details..
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
mimpi told me that this guy had won CNN IBN award.. I was also not aware of this before I read this news..
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
14 Oct 09
thats a very small age to be a head master. May be the school must be a private one and the director must be his relative. he is quite young to be a head master, teacher meant some sense but the head of all means a great responsibility work.
Is he mature enough to run the school effectively?
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 09
Dear friend please go through this link to get complete details of that boy..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8299780.stm
@karbuks (270)
• Philippines
15 Oct 09
hi chaitra!
thanks for sharing the news! very amazing.imagine at a very young age, he is already a headmaster. i salute the boy. some teenagers his age must be very busy with something that a 16 year olds do but here he is doing a difference. he did that to spread the importance of education most especially to the unfortunate one. He give importance to the literacy of the people in India. Hope he will continue what he just started, so that many people will be inspired by him.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 09
Hi karbuks you are right we need learn a lot from the little boy..
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
16 Oct 09
Hi Chaitra
The news is really interesting and the boy, oh! sorry sorry, the new Respected Head Master Sir is to be appreciated
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
16 Oct 09
Hi vathsala you are right.. Happy Deepavali and happy myloting..
@MargathKid (23)
• Canada
15 Oct 09
this sounds very interesting and may be a good idea. Some one young will be able to help students better because they will be able to understand the students better becuase of the age.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 09
Hi no the boy is educating 800 poor students for free..
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
14 Oct 09
Hi Chaitra,
The link is not opening but I read your post of Mimpi it is really great. Presently education is considered as a profitable business and those who are running an institution never think to provide education as free. Some schools are providing free education for selected students but they are charging a huge amount of fees from other students.
Here the boy is trying to educate all people as free. Considering his age, he is too small but shouldering a huge responsibility. He is really a dedicated person and he will become a famous person in future and can do wonders for poor people. I wish him all the very best.
Thanks for sharing chaitra.
Thanks for sharing chaitra.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
Hi Sreekala, Thanks for reading the post from the previous conversation with mimpi.. I agree with all your words.. That boy is really doing a great job.. If every one thinks in his way then India can achive 100 percent Education..
@daliaj (5674)
• India
14 Oct 09
I can't open the link which you have given. Thanks for sharing the information with me. I feel it is really great and interesting news. I wonder hwo can a person become headmaster at the age of sixteen. I am interested to read more about this news. Can you please post the right link. I don't know if it is not opening because soem websites are blocked in my office, but not yahoo news.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
Hi daliaj the link says it has been moved so please refer to my conversation with mimpi in Post #1 in this discussion.. thanks for showing interest to know more.. happy myloting..
@UCantSeeMe (116)
• United States
14 Oct 09
Not sure that is good news i mean honestly he is barely through puberty and yet he is a headmaster. Sounds fishy to me doent seem right that a person that hasnt ever really hit adulthood should bare that much responsibility when he should be livin life as a child.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 09
I dont think he is wrong.. because he enjoys his childhood as well he enjoys teaching too.. He is educating children who are very poor and cannot afford 2 meals a day.. I think he is really great.. because no one is forcing him to that but instead he himself started this mission to educate the poor..
@babyish13 (227)
• Philippines
14 Oct 09
is it really for real?
oh well, we should not doubt not doubt the boy's capabilities. I think he was doing a great job. we should not judge him that he cant run a school just because he's just 16 years old.
I do envy him for being a headmaster at an early age.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
14 Oct 09
Hi please read the news it has more details about the boy.. http://in.news.yahoo.com/242/20091013/1334/tnl-meet-india-s-youngest-headmaster.html
@ettores (8)
• Italy
14 Oct 09
I'm always happy when I listen that young people have spaces in schools and in other places such as politic, Tvs, newspaper and so on. They are really an important part of the world, that withouth them couldn't grow and watch to the future. The news made me think on the book "Utopia" where the Author talkes about a dream society. And I think it is good that a School for students is controlled by students if it works. Anyway I make myself, and to others, a question: What is the future of this boy? I mean, now he is still an adolescent, and that news will stop it. Now he has a lot of responsability, he works and take money for this reason. How his life will go? How he will react to "stopping beeing a teenager"? I guess it is not so easy.
Just for people that don't know it adolescence is a period of life that goes from 14 years old till 20-22 years old.
Anyway thank you to share the news with us.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
15 Oct 09
Hi welcome to mylot.. I appreciate your interest.. The boy is still studying in a school so he will get good education for future.. He started this school when he was 9 years old.. He doesnt take any money to do this.. He is giving free education for the poor in his own backyard.. he is enjoying his childhood as well he is taking the responsiblity of 800 children to educate them at free of cost..
