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Babar Ali (born 18th March 1993) is a teacher from Murshidabad in West, Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in the world" by BBC in, October 2009, at the age of sixteen., , The story of this young man from Murshidabad in West Bengal is a, remarkable tale of the desire to learn amidst dire poverty., , Babar Ali is a thin and gangly boy. He is studious, smart and austere., Babar lived in a thatched house with his three siblings ., He is the son of Nasiruddin sheikh, a jute seller, who initially supported, his son’s venture with his own income.
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Babar Ali’s Routine, ●, , ●, , ●, , Babar wakes up every morning at 7, and starts his day by doing some, household chores., He was a student of class 12 at, “Cossimbazar Raj Govinda Sundari, Vidyapeeth”., After his school, Babar makes his way, to an afternoon school where he is the, headmaster of a school of 800, students.
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Ananda Shiksha Niketan, At the age of 9, Babar Ali played, school-school with his friends., , He played the role of teacher and his, friends were his students.They ended, up learning arithmetic., In 2002 , the game got, Institutionalised, with the strength of, eight .
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■, , ■, , ■, ■, , ■, ■, , Help began to pour from other quarters:, Babar’s own teachers, Ramakrishna Mission,, IAS officers and local cops., For Mid-day meal scheme -Rice was, provided to students from Ali’s father’s farm, and later from government stock., By the time he was 16, he was running a full, fledged school., Today, nine years down the lane, the school, has 60 regular attendees and over 220, students on roll-call and 800 students in total., Babar has also roped in his whole family in, the school activities., The other teaching staff are also ex-students, of Babar. Not only his family, Babar’s, contagious enthusiasm for knowledge has, caught on with the whole community.
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●, , Ali’s little afternoon venture is now, registered and recognized by the, West Bengal state government ., , ●, , Tulu mashi is a fishmonger and a, crusading educationalist. On fish, selling rounds she persuades, parents to send their children to, Babar Ali’s school., Debarita Bhattacharya is another, volunteer who teaches along with, babar ali to high school students., , ●
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Women’s Education, Babar strongly promotes women’s, education, and is proud that there are, more girls in his school than boys., “Today, girls are ready to outshine the, boys in every field, and only by enabling, them to excel the nation will develop,”, said Babar., Children enthusiastically studying under a, tin roof with no electricity even as it rained, incessantly outside. Girls outnumbering the, boys.
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●, ●, ●, ●, ●, , ●, , Babar Ali’s School was a success., Babar school started gaining aining public attention., Education at Anand Shiksha Niketan was not a costly affair. He distributed text books,, uniform etc. for free., It was very easy to enroll kids., Villagers who were skeptical about Babar’s intention also slowly gained confidence in him, as many media houses reported the story about his service. Thus school started attracting, more students and has grown up to 800 student strength in the span of 13 years., Babar Ali has achieved the pinnacle of success at the age of 23.He started a career as a teacher, at the age of nine by teaching his neighborhood kids after the school hours in his backyard, and today at the age of 23 runs a school of 800 children and is still going strong in his, mission to educate children of the remotest parts of this Nation.
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Babar Ali’s school today:, ■, , His younger sister who was one of his first students (she didn’t go to school because of the, distance) is now studying for Bachelors degree and teaches in the school.Formally Babar’s school, started operating on 19th October 2002. During Initial days his Father Nasaruddin witnessing, Babar’s dedication towards teaching donated 600 INR to purchase notebooks and textbooks., , ■, ■, , ■, , ■, , ●, , Babar Ali’s service motto is catching up not only across the nation but across globe., As on date, Babar has received support from the government, the school has been, recognized as an unaided school up to VIII standard, the makeshift tin roof has been, replaced by a permanent building and some land is granted for further construction. But a lot, remains to be done. The school does not charge any tution fees from the student and as such, is not able to pay any salary to its staff. One wonders then whether the efforts are sustainable, or not. Apart from monetary support, in the remote area of Bhabta ,Babar needs sound, administrative support, documentation work, teaching staff, connectivity and much more., There are many models of success. A young student walked miles from the remotest of his, village to the nearest school and he kept walking, to higher school in the city, to the State, University in the capital, and finally to the elite universities in a first world country., This student walked the distance and then turned around, to go back to where he came from, to share the knowledge and opportunities with younger ones. If you wish to follow him, go, ahead and spend a few days at Babar’s and share your knowledge with the children.
