Happiness - Beyond Words Can Express

As student, I used to secure position, I used to be praised by my beloved teachers, I received best students’ award of the year – but I do not remember having celebrated a moment. In my present position, I saw my schools faring well, students performing excellently, and school being rated and placed at par with many best schools by officials of different ranks and positions. I felt happy but proved fleeting and short-lived. 

But the recent award of autonomy to our school created inexplicable and indestructible corner comprised of pride and happiness in my heart. It is truly distinct. I feel no influx of destructible forces, howsoever powerful it may be, now or in the future, would destroy its boundary to displace happiness. Autonomy is granted, I have learnt, not without reasons but based on trust and confidence upon schools by ministry of education. The Hon’ble Secretary praised my school by saying that Baylling has the potential to become the best school in the region. Baylling is, she added, by the present standard, far better than many good schools of our neighboring countries. I am highly motivated.

With the signing of Delivery and Performance Agreement (DPA) on 21^st February 2014 coinciding with His Majesty’s Birthday Celebration, our school has entered into history as one first school to receive autonomous status. To me, autonomy means to stand on our own feet and prepare to serve our nation in our best possible ways. ‘Autonomy is shouldering additional responsibilities with accountability’, I share this with my colleagues.  This does not in any sense means to inform that we have to work at the cost of peaceful sleep and sumptuous meal. It is in Shiv Khera’s words simply means ‘doing same things in different ways’.

On so many auspicious occasions, we talk about values like team spirit, honesty and Integrity, hard work, dignity of labour, patriotism and loyalty, love for culture, custom, etiquette and spiritual values, ownership and responsibility, punctuality and conduct, and attitude. However, I cannot ascertain whether we had amply used all those in a holistic manner while executing our duties. But with the autonomy, I feel, an opportunity to use all those has knocked our doors. On personal note, I have always wanted to explore something new to make our school moving ever since I joined this school in 2009. With autonomy, I am feeling my wish to lead my school forward has drawn close.

First 19 Principals who received autonomous with Prime Minister 

By our unanimous decision to sign DPA, I feel, we have already given our pledges to live by those ideals, values and incorporate it in our daily chores. We have never failed in our mission to explore any new venture in the past. With determination, will-power and conviction, I am optimistic that nothing would ever fail in Baylling HSS. With our renewed dedication and vigor, let us promise improvement of students’ performance and school’s position. Let us usher and embrace new era for Baylling HSS.