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Kathmandu Tuesday December 04, 2001 Marga 19, 2058.
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Teaching children
This refers to news story titled
"Schools closed by rebels to reopen" dated December 3, 2001, TKP.
It is good to read that more than 500 private
schools closed down by the Maoists are set to reopen from the coming academic session
which starts in April. These schools had been catering education to children until they
were closed down by the Maoists last year. The government failed to provide them security
and many children had to attend government-run schools. There was an incident that a group
of Maoists raided a Sanskrit Vidhyalaya and forced the students to attend a nearby
government school. The Maoists even dragged some children and beat them up, apparently to
display their anger against learning Sanskrit language. This was a cruel incident any
human being would not have done. Unfortunately, the Maoist terrorists did it, and now they
are on the run. I think those, who terrorize children, should not be allowed to live in
this peace loving country where Lord Buddha preached "love, affection and affinity
among people as against hatred".
However, the Private and Boarding School
Organisation (PABSON) must also realize that they should teach children and guide them as
future leaders of this country and not extort money from parents. It is seen that the
teachers make the students learn by heart the courses in the notebook and not make them
understand it. Besides, many founding members of private schools do not know how to teach
children well. They should be well-versed before they take up teaching profession.
If parents love to send their children to
private schools, then private schools must learn what parents think because they too are
part of the schools.
Rama Sharma
Kathmandu |
