FINAL RESULTS 14th MARCH

This year we decided to hold the final exams in the month of March instead of in December as all the other schools in the surrounding areas have their exam during this time. This change was made so that the outgoing students don’t have to wait to join the other schools and can directly take admission. The exams went on without a hitch and the marksheets were ready within two days.

Lea, an old volunteer wanted to do some research on santhali language and she with her assistant Minu wanted to make Roldih as a base, so, they were traveling with me and Tomoyo Kaneko, a Japanese volunteer who was going to volunteer for a month. The four of us traveled by the Shantiniketan Express to Shantiniketan and stayed there overnight and visited the Saturday Haat there- a very colourful affair. The girls went crazy buying things.

The next morning, we left early for Roldih. We had breakfast in Massanjore and after that the road was a riot of orange and green as the palash trees were in full bloom all through the road. We reached Roldih before lunch and then it was a whirlwind of activity of getting the report cards ready. The next day was result day and the children started to come in early, some grinning and some grave faced, not knowing what the results were going to be. There was a lot of clapping for the first, second and third toppers. Some also failed. It was mostly in nursery class that students failed which was not much of their fault as the teaching has been erratic. But now, thankfully, it is in order and we are hoping for better results next year. We celebrated the end of session by making and having Alu Paratha(Potato stuffed Indian bread) for dinner.