Principal’s Advisement

 

Welcome back to DPS Bulandshahr!

I am feeling excruciatingly uncomfortable, agonized and aggrieved by the plethora and profundity of metamorphoses our learners have undergone consequent upon the onslaught, upsurge and scourge of the catastrophic Covid-19. This is about time the educators started contemplating, cogitating on and weighing up the potential, implicit and viable pros and cons of its aftermath upon the learners’ cognitive, physical, psychological and emotional faculties.

My paramount apprehensions and disquietude rest on the dichotomy between the students’ thoughts, actions and behavior as the hydra-headed monster of the pandemic has undeniably driven a wedge between their collaborative powers dissipating and emaciating their unhindered and spontaneous development in various spheres of life including their scholastic and co-scholastic domains.

This is my cherished notion and unflinching belief that students are not passive recipients but active creators of learning, and so student voice matters. With all the learning lost and a recovery curriculum rhetoric in place, the majority of our children have bounced back with vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils needing a lot more care and attention. We must also not denigrate, gainsay or repudiate the fact that the loss is different for different students. Governments, school leaders, and teachers are all concerned about the learning loss students have experienced due to Covid-19 pandemic. After all, schools have been seriously disrupted, as have students and their families.

However, I staunchly and legitimately believe that every crisis is accompanied by deep challenges as well as opportunities for transformation- past educational crises have abundantly revealed that it is possible to build back better. Nevertheless, it entails a certain amount of feyness and clairvoyance on the part of the educators to cope with the exigencies. There are many quandaries and predicaments teachers have to ponder over and surmount. The intricacy of the impasse gets further convoluted as the implications of the quagmire are bifold- immediate as well as far-fetched- the latter being likely to become discernible not forthwith but after a span of, say, 3-4 years. In that likelihood, will the future generation reflect the requisite tenacity to withstand and bear the brunt of the havoc and annihilation let loose by the monstrosity and cataclysm of Covid-19? How will these formidable, redoubtable and seemingly insuperable challenges be pulverized remains a conundrum of the society, community, teachers, parents and other stakeholders.

Hence, in such a precarious and volatile situation, it is my considered opinion that leaders can better mobilize their organizations by setting clear priorities for the response and empowering others to discover and implement solutions that serve those priorities. I would urge the educators to use their professional judgment to work with each and every student and build relationships with each one of them. Another crucial part of the educators’ role, especially in the emotional, tense environment characterizing the present crisis, is promoting psychological safety so people can openly discuss ideas, questions and concerns without fear of repercussions.

Let us dedicate ourselves to the cause of igniting the spark of genius in every child.

Dr H S Vashistha

Principal

DPS Bulandshahr