Sushil Silwal

The next day I was called again; talked more than job description for my applied position. “Being a product of one of the reputed schools in the country which can be seen from the CV you must be active in activities by looking in the C.V.,” she flattered me. “Can you collect and submit names of the participants of the students for the activities of the school to the vice principal.” That was what I understood at the moment because of my nervousness. I didn’t take it seriously but agreed upon it as keeping the names was a very easy task whereas I had been coordinating events from GAA.  According to her Mrs.  Jerell Morales, who had been doing the previous year, would be busy this year as her new appointment as V.P of the school this year

Once the academic session began and the E.C.A activities were to be conducted I was called by Ms. Jerell Morales. She asked “Are you interested to organize the activities of the school? Mr. Bhoj, a new English teacher of grade ten, is showing interest in the same position. But he has no experience in conducting activities. ” I showed my interest. She told me to talk about additional payment with the principal.  I talked with the principal and was appointed as the E.C.A Coordinator. I got a new opportunity and my remuneration was increased by Rs 3,000/- for my additional duty.

It was my first job as a paid coordinator. I was not an event coordinator but an E.C.A Coordinator in the school. I had to work with old staff competing for the same post. It is a common practice in Nepal to pull the legs of those who are excelling. Later everything was put on my head from the vice-principal, who was the daughter in law of the principal from the Philippines, left me independently to take a decision and consult with the principal for any of the related activities and conduct the activities.  Hence it was a big challenge for me to prove myself as a successful E.C.A coordinator for the first time in an academic institution.

The activities of the school were to be run according to the school calendar which was a huge challenge. As I couldn’t run the way I used to conduct in GAA  with the volunteers after deciding together with the team with our own plans, it was a completely unusual scenario to face. I had never attended some of the activities in St. Xavier’s School, Godavari and Jawalakhel and college like Ad Spoof competition.  When I inquired personally to the oldest teachers of the school for their opinion in conducting those activities, they acted like losing confidence that I had no ideas to conduct the activities. Indeed I was going to bring a difference in the school, which I was confident. Rather than telling my history, I wanted to prove from the success work. Nevertheless, I started to do it in my system after inquiring a lot about the new programs of the school, consulting with the principal and vice-principal than the team. The co-curricular activities were conducted in an organized way and differently. Students really enjoyed them. Then the old teachers started to believe me. I sought after to commence various innovative programs with the teachers however blocked me since it would increase their work.

I would like to thank the management of Kantipur English High School for providing me such an opportunity to exercise my leadership qualities that really helped in the next school  Baba boarding high school as an E.C.A coordinator.

विगतमा चुनौतीपूर्ण अवस्था

दूरसञ्चारको सट्टा शिक्षण क्षेत्रमा मेरो क्यारियर बनाउनको लागि मैले एउटा शैक्षिक संस्थानमा आवेदन दिएँ। मैले कान्तिपुर अंग्रेजी हाईस्कूल महाराजगंगबाट आवेदन गरेको दिन मलाई अन्तर्वार्ताको लागि बोलाइएको थियो। आवाज एक गैर-देशी वक्ताको हो, ब्रिटिश मानिन्छ।

अर्को दिन अन्तर्वार्तामा, म लामो समयको लागि कुर्दै थिएँ र अन्तमा एक विदेशीसँग पठाइएको थियो। उनले आफूलाई जेरेल मोरालेसको रूपमा परिचय गरे; मेरो लिखित र मौखिक मा एक विज्ञान र गणित शिक्षक को लागी अन्तर्वार्ता र प्रिन्सिपल संग दोस्रो अन्तर्वार्ताको लागि मलाई लग्यो। मेरो तलब १२००० / - मा अन्तिम रुप दिइसके पछि उनले मलाई बताइन कि यदि म चयन भएँ भने पनि मलाई बताउन। श्रीमती जेरेल मोरालेसले अन्तर्वार्ताका लागि देखाएकोमा मलाई धन्यवाद दिए र यो मसँग कुरा गर्दा ठूलो थियो। मैले सोचें कि म चयन गरिएको छैन र अर्को ठाउँमा राम्रो भाग्यको इच्छा गर्छु!