1st PUC ENGLISH NOTES - BABAR ALI

 

Chapter -06

BABAR ALI

World’s Youngest Headmaster making remarkable changes in India

Samarptia Mukherjee Sharma

I.

1) Where does Babar Ali run classes for poor children?

Ans: Babar Ali runs classes in his family’s backyard for poor children.

 

2) How is Babar Ali’s routine described by the writer?

Ans:  Babar Ali is significantly better than the rest as the writer depicts the difficult work put in by Babar Ali by setting before his daily practice. Babar starts the day at 7 am early in the morning the beginning of the day by performing family unit tasks. Despite the fact that he takes an auto cart to drive the initial segment of the separation between his home and school, he needs to stroll for five kilometers to arrive at his school. After school hours, if different young men play football, cricket and different games, Babar goes to an evening school where he is the Headmaster of 800 students.

 

3) Give a picture of Babar Ali’s school.

Ans: “AnandSiksha Niketan” is the name of Babar Ali’s school. Babar actually started his school at the mere age of nine; his school grew out of a game. Behind the office is a gate that opens to Babar’s home, where rows of poor, underprivileged kids sit under the open, blue sky and learn what most children in the modern world pay hundreds of dollars for, for free.

 

4) Why is Babar Ali called “a fortunate soul” in his village?

Ans: Babar Ali is called a fortunate soul in his village because his father believed education is man’s true religion and Babar is one of only handful rare sorts of people who went to school and got a conventional education.

 

5) What, according to Babar’s father, is man’s true religion?

Ans: According to Babar’s father, man’s true religion is education.

 

6) Why is sending children to school, a costly affair for parents?

Ans: Parents have to spend money on the uniform, books, etc. So, it is a costly affair for parents to send their children to school.

 

7) Tula Rani Hazra is ______
a) a widow
b) an illiterate educationalist.
c) a literate educationalist
d) a fishmonger
Ans: d) A fishmonger

 

8) The teaching staff of Babar Ali’s school is made up of
a) appointed teachers
b) high school student volunteers.
c) teachers from other schools
d) teachers from Ali’s village
Ans: b) high school student volunteers

 

9) Babar Ali gets the children to listen by
a) using the rod
b) sparing the rod.
c) making friends with them
d) taking advantage of the age gap
Ans: d) Taking advantage of the age gap

 

II.

1) Why do you think Babar Ali took the initiative to start his own school?

Ans: Babar Ali wanted to take care of a circumstance which, he felt, was unjustifiable. Despite the fact that Ali originated from a little town – Murshidabad, he had a fantasy and he ran after understanding that fantasy. The fantasy, be that as it may, was not for individual satisfaction. As referenced in the exercise, his adventure is verification to the truism that one individual can have any kind of effect on the off chance that he is propelled by a powerful urge. Ali had the benefit of being taught on account of his dad's remain on instruction. Yet, not all the youngsters in the town had a similar bit of leeway. That is the reason, subsequent to going to his school in the first part of the day; Ali began taking classes for the uneducated children of the town in the terrace of his home. It was, rather, for the improvement of youngsters around him.

 

2) “What started as a game resulted in a much sought after school for the unprivileged.” Explain.

Ans: “AnandSiksha Niketan” is the name of Babar Ali’s school. Babar actually started his school at the mere age of nine; his school grew out of a game. Behind the office is a gate that opens to Babar’s home, where rows of poor, underprivileged kids sit under the open, blue sky and learn what most children in the modern world pay hundreds of dollars for, for free. He used to play 'school-school' game with his companions and used to go about as their instructor. Different youngsters, in contrast to Ali, had not seen within the school and thus we're eager to play the game with him. However, soon, the game transformed into genuine educating as kids were glad to learn number-crunching. 'Anand Siksha Niketan' got set up with eight understudies on roll. Over the span of nine years, the school developed bit by bit, and from eight, the number expanded to 220 understudies on roll and 800 understudies on the whole. The school began getting both private and government helps and had 10 volunteer adolescent educators showing grade 1 to review 8. It additionally had 60 ordinary participants. The children of the town who functioned as servants to cook, clean, wash garments and dishes for their workers or as mechanics, day workers, grass cutters and domesticated animals herders came intentionally to Ali's school in the early evening subsequent to completing their tasks. What is cheering is the way that Ali's acceptable work was remunerated as he got help from Babar's educators, IAS officials, and Ramakrishna Ashram priests. What is considerably all the more satisfying is the way that the school was perceived by the West Bengal State Government and henceforth understudies from Baba's school were qualified to seek after their examinations in different schools if the need emerged. The acknowledgment gave Babar the solitary benefit of being the most youthful director at 16 years old.

 

3) Do you think that Babar Ali’s act of thoughtfulness has enabled poor children to move towards growth? Discuss.

Ans: Yes, Babar Ali’s act of thoughtfulness has enabled poor children to move towards growth. Notwithstanding the evening school of Ali, the oppressed youngsters couldn't ever have found the opportunity of formal instruction. Regardless of whether they got the opportunity of figuring out how to peruse and compose, without the correct instructive capability, they couldn't ever have gotten the opportunity of considering occupations other than what they could get in their village. The children who might have proceeded as servants, mechanics, grass cutters and day workers have the extent of searching for office occupations with the training they have gotten at Babar Ali's school. It is contacting to see that the kids are keen on considering. Instruction isn't constrained unto them. They are persevering. They work in the first part of the day to get taught in the early evening.

 

III.

1) According to Nasiruddin, “education is man’s true religion”. How does Babar Ali’s school prove this?

Ans: “Education is man’s true religion”. Babar Ali's school offers to the children of the town the extent of carrying on with a significant and righteous life. On the off chance that we accept religion as the way to unite individuals, abrogating their disparities, instruction that is offered to the oppressed at Ali's school, bears declaration to this. In the event that we accept religion as the way driving us to ethical living, we can without much of a stretch accept training at Ali's school as evident religion. We see the 'luckier' ones like Ali contributing their strength towards the government assistance of the less blessed of society. In this way, we see that as opposed to following a formal religion, it is unquestionably more self-fulfilling to accept instruction as religion and perform great deeds. In the event that we accept religion as motivating demonstrations of benevolence, the training at Ali's school can without much of a stretch is likened with religion since we see Ali as well overall part of youngsters like him ready to serve others benevolently.

 

2) The increasing strength of Babar Ali’s school reflects the transformation in our society’s attitude towards education. Substantiate.

Ans: The oppressed of society didn't have the fantasies about being taught and coming up throughout everyday life. They accepting humble undertakings as the destiny composed on their brow. Be that as it may, the situation is distinctive at this point. The activity of educated people, social specialists and the administration, has brought about the advancement of the discouraged and individuals having a place with the lower rungs of society are urged to be taught. Prior, in India, instruction was viewed as the privilege of the higher position individuals. The lower caste individuals were content with performing difficult work professionally. In any event, when the inflexible station framework lost its unmistakable quality in the public arena, training actually remained the benefit of the rich. There is a change in the entire instructive set-up and we are moving gradually towards a libertarian culture where all have equivalent open doors for training and the oppressed segments are eager for training. Exceptional grants are offered to the financially in reverse segments and in reverse caste.

 

3) Do you feel that Babar Ali’s initiation is a success story? Explain.

Ans: Yes, Babar Ali’s initiation is a success story. It is an example of overcoming adversity additionally in light of the fact that it has contacted a string, in the hearts of numerous touchy individuals and has roused them to hold hands with Ali in aiding the less blessed. It is critical that the legislature of West Bengal has perceived Ali's school which offers equal training. All in all, the school is a declaration to human goodness and it gives us enough avocations to have confidence in the respectability of humankind. It is an example of overcoming adversity not simply on the grounds that it instructs several oppressed youngsters subsequent to having begun with only eight kids, yet in addition since it has motivated many similarly invested adolescents like Ali to serve the oppressed of society. It is an example of overcoming adversity since it has not been the survivor of government lack of concern.