Nation Builders Award

RC Kalimpong held the Nation Builder Award Ceremony on 10th September at the Rotary Centre. 10 teachers had been selected as per RILM norms. This year the schools were from remote areas of the district. The evaluation team had to stay overnight in local Homestay as returning the same day was not possible. 4 of the Schools were from the Indo Bhutan border area. Makum Primary school required a whole day's journey on treacherous roads. Duka Primary School, Lava Pri School and Dalep Pri School are in and around Lava Forest area ,which also require intensive traveling. Malli Primary School was very interesting. We discovered that it is a school for children of migrant workers who are constructing the new railway line being built to connect Sikkim with the rest of India.
The chief guest was Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri, Chairman Dist school board and is also ex MLA of Kalimpong. He being a born orator spoke at length on Literacy. The talk was lengthy but very informative and interesting.
The awardees were accompanied by their respective head teachers. Apparently, these head teachers had all been trained in our Teachers Training program conducted by our club in December 2021.
Hon. Rtn Mahindra Bhujel ,ex principal Primary Teachers Training Institute gave a very interesting talk on " Role of a Teacher "
The program ended with a sumptuous lunch and lots of photo session.