Amidst the mushrooming of vocational institutions, it seems a school in Jharkhand has now stumbled upon distinguished reasons for its run with a brigade of three teachers. Located at the outskirts of Jharkhand’s capital, a newly inaugurated institution named as “Netagiri Vidyalay” now promises to groom the common people aspiring a career in politics.

Training
“People believe leadership quality is a natural ability. But we are of the view that it can well be inculcated by providing training to the common people on subjects like importance of organisational structure, ways of formulating remedies along with basic knowledge of Indian constitution,” said Raj Ranjan, the chief functionary of Netagiri School.
Arun Kumar, a retired college teacher who teaches in the school describes the setting up of Netagiri Vidyalay as welcome move.
He says: “It’s needless to say that the standard of our politics has gone down over the years with the kind of politician we have, bereft of even the basic knowledge of Indian constitution. And it is here we wish Netagiri Vidyalay, probably first of its kind in country, to produce leaders class apart from the present run of the mill political breed.”
Having been a failure in local level politics, Md Rafiqe has virtually become a disciplined student of Netagiri Vidylay. “Despite my best efforts, I have been a failure on most of the occasions in organising co-villagers for raising a collective voice about the problems being faced by them. I am confident I would be able to pick some tips in developing those qualities from here,” he said.
Though Netagiri Vidyalay currently operates with two rooms near Ratu on Ranchi-Lohardga road and three teachers with the attendance of 30-odd students, the school management is treading cautiously with regard to the future of the school. “We have started holding the classes in the weekends in two rooms with the honourary services of three teachers.
Even the admission fee is a nominal Rs 50. If people evinced interest, the management would add facilities according to the requirement,” said Raj Ranjan, the chief functionary of the school.