Suspense of the meeting !

                                                    Suspense of the meeting!

                                                                  By Haridas                  

                                                             

                Looking out and thinking of something, he was in deep thought and always applied his thought in a system. He was a new to Godhani School, but an experience seemed to be an old. Again he took seat and browsed some websites and tried to search a website which would be useful to the school. Because he was appointed as an administrator four month ago. The management hoped that he would bring a drastic change to an old yearly system. After taking a charge he felt to unable for changing it and looked for some way out.

                  “Bhavesh sir, may I come in sir?’  Someone asked   for permission. He regained from his deep thought and said,

                               ‘Yes, please come in,’ that man was a clerk. He entered the office and reported, ‘sir I have informed to both section of the school, even put a notice at the staffroom about the meeting at  central hall  and timing at 11.a.m.’  he replied , ‘okay  good ‘ the clerk thanked and went away. Bhavesh bhai took out a mobile and called the person of top management,

                ‘ good morning  sir, myself Bhavesh as I decide to have the meeting and plan to do some changes , so as we will have a good and reputed school ‘ on other side the person replied , ‘ yeah great , go ahead as  you think . Thanks Bhavesh’ at a time he immediately replied, ‘its pleasure sir’

             Then they both spoke for a while and Bhaveshbhai was about to return home. It was decided to take the teachers’ meeting. He seemed to be in change of the system. He at first observed whole school and tried to convince every members of the school including the teachers and the heads about some changes. But that didn’t bring a good result. He often kept a diary in his hand and wrote down his observation. Every time he failed to raise awareness in the teachers. He was seen to take frequent meeting with the heads and the management. That also didn’t bring positive outcome. Therefore he kept a special meeting with all teachers. He was in such consideration that a teacher had to be committed and bound to be result-oriented. Every authority was given by the top management. That day he looked a little bit happy and perceived himself to be good man for that time. Might be he did an excellent task of deciding to take the special meeting. He was even ready to vent self, but he kept everything written in his diary. This way he managed to control his resentment. At last he left the office.

                      At the school campus, everybody started to murmur about it and got a surprise by some. Some of the teachers took it as suspense. They thought of what the meeting would be, why it would be and all were asked to attend compulsory. It might be something or unknown decision. But everyone was in pensive and tension. Strict instructions were given regarding it. All had to attend and sharp at time. No leave had to be taken without valid cause. So it was seemed to be as the special and a turning point in the history of the school.

                             As the day of the meeting approached rapidly and it finally brought everyone at the central hall of the school. Everyone was in deep thought. All waited the starting of it eagerly and curiously. Even some of them felt anxiously of what it might take. Mischievous and jolly teachers were passing their time by hurling comment, making fun and prompting others. At a time somebody, perhaps   the massi, came inside and yelled,

                 ‘They, coming here by elevator.’ All suddenly kept the mouth shut as if nothing happened there. The hall was looked like a place of meditation. As Bhaveshbhai along with the trustees entered there. Everyone stood and greeted them, looking at each other’s face silently.

                                   As the meeting proceeded with the prayer and the anchor put an agenda of it and who was going to speak what. That lady requested to the one of the heads of the school, please mam speak about today’s meeting’, ‘thank you ‘replied she. Then she told about the principles of education and its objectives. Even she gave the detail view of the school. Until the nothing was cleared about why it was held. So they started to behave as they behaved in previous meeting. Then the anchor put a request to Bhavesh bhai to come forward and express his mind. He offered thankful to her. He started speech by appreciating some parts of the school, even some teachers’ effort and some students. But at a time announced that he was in mood of uplifting the school to higher level. So he intended to call it on that day.

              He asked, ‘Are you all ready to take our school to higher level?’  In one voice all replied, ‘yes sir’, as if the session of yes -no question was there. Again he asked, ‘those who are to be committed and bound to bring the desired result, they will raise their hands, their salaries will be increased by three times.’ At a time some teachers raised the hands without much thinking. Next moment he, one more time, asked, ‘if the person won’t fulfill the condition and fail to bring the result, they’ll be expelled at a moment, ‘Am I right?’

                              All of sudden the half of them put down the hands like a flash of light in the sky. There all were looking at one another, thought of what was going on. Whether it was offer or condition for them. And at least three of the teachers still raised the hands. There fell total silent all over the hall. Even the heads didn’t know about these offers or condition. The situation was like if a person worked hard, he would be paid as per his demand. Otherwise he would be taken out of the water like fish. It seemed whether the person will die or survive by it. After while he again repeated what he was saying to them. Slowly and gradually it was cleared that he was looking for committed, result oriented and ready to accept the responsibility on the shoulder. These three looked at one another’s face, not surely what could take them for acceptance of his challenge and condition. It appeared to others that the six fell in his trap. At that time he instructed them to go down and sit in his office. He would discuss planning with them further.  They thanked and left slowly the hall. Everyone maintained the silent while Bhavesh bhai was instructing them. Many of the teachers thought of strict and hard condition to be put by him over these three.

                                 As they were out of sight, in the hall some of the teachers started whispering of what unknown things going to take place. The meeting headed towards the end and he said, ‘Thank you all teachers.’ very soon he and the management turned their back to hall and disappeared. All gathered outside and the heads rather didn’t say anything about those three who accepted the offer as well as the condition. But one of them remarked,

                                       ‘I don’t know what they will have in the future, whether they will survive here or anywhere and it is out of our knowledge!’  Simultaneously one of the teachers too retorted,

                      ‘oh! I think these three will go hell. At least we are spared by our consciousness.’ others immediately agreed with him. By and by all went down to the staffroom and occurred a lot of chaos there. Nobody was able to get who speaks what and what spoken by whom. As soon as it fell a little bit of silent there as it was half day for the students. So there were no classes. Some were going or coming here and there. Many of them were reading the newspaper and guessing what was going between three and Bhaveshbhai including the management too. At that time the whole school dived in a pool of discussion and fancying about the secret meeting of those three and the administrator. As it was a just dream to everybody. Afterwards the notice was kept in front of the heads’ office and every one rushed there as if there would be declaration of lottery tickets. They started to surprise, shocking and regretting. Many of them put the hands on forehead flatly. Some of them were behind others               Asking,

                    ‘What the notice is about?’  And a quick blurted out of the crowd, ‘see you!’

                                                                           By the time notice reached at every corner of the school. Regretting, grumbling, surprising and shocking were among everyone. It was about those three got a good designation along salary. two of them were offered as a coordinator and one as a vice-principal. Then everyone was cleared the perception of commitment as well as challenge. That day changed the whole school.