Twenty-two-year-old Babar Ali, popularly known as the
world’s youngest headmaster, was surrounded by educators who stood
around to click a picture with him.
The school that Babar started in
backward Bhabta village located at Beldanga in Murshidabad in West
Bengal when he was nine years old with eight students, has
metamorphosed.
It has 300 students and 10 teachers now.
The school,
Ananda Siksha Niketan, has gained in popularity and is also recognised
by the West Bengal government.
Babar Ali dons the role of
a student in the morning where he is pursuing his masters in English
literature at Berhampore Krishanath College and comes home in the
afternoon to teach students.
Speaking at the National Summit on Quality in Education,
hosted by the CII Institute of Quality, Babar seemed to be in a dilemma
on whether teaching is a noble profession or a passion.
“It
all started as a game when I used to teach my sister, my first student
in my backyard. Later, some migrant children from the village used to
come to my classes and that was how the school was born,” he said.
His biggest achievement is that six of his students have now started teaching in his school after their college hours.
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