Kolkata college students introduce classroom cleansing impressed by Japanese change program
KOLKATA: After seeing Japanese college students clear their college on the finish of the day, college students of Birla Excessive Faculty, who lately visited the nation on an change programme, have launched the idea of cleansing up the classroom after college hours.
“College students of courses VI to XII now clear the litter, be it scraps of paper, toffee wrappers, or pencil shavings, and put them into the waste basket. In addition they organise the desks and chairs correctly earlier than leaving. It’s now obligatory for all college students to scrub their school rooms for 5 minutes from 2 pm to 2.05 pm. After they go away, the courses are actually clear and tidy,” stated Renuka Chatrani, the trainer who went to Japan together with 4 college students from the varsity.
Sushila Birla Women’ Faculty, whose college students additionally participated within the change tour, launched the classroom clean-up programme final 12 months when the administration visited Japan to do a recce previous to the journeys.
“We had been struck by the dignity of labour in Japan and the pleasure that college students absorb cleansing up your entire college. They mud and sweep the flooring and even the restrooms. After a protracted break, they do spring cleansing. After an Udon noodles making workshop there, I discovered even the Principal cleansing utensils together with the remainder of us,” recounted Sushila Birla Women’ Faculty tour coordinator Nabanita Sen.
The eight college students — 4 from every college — visited three colleges throughout the journey: Ogawa Excessive Faculty, Omiya Kita Excessive Faculty, and Matsuyama Boys Excessive Faculty. They had been hosted by households of Japanese college students who visited Kolkata final July-Aug. The group visited Tokyo, Mt Fuji, Ogawa, and Odaiba throughout the journey from March 15 to 25.
“We learnt Ikebana, the artwork of arranging flowers, in addition to calligraphy wherein we learnt the right way to write our names in Kanji script. We additionally discovered in regards to the Japanese tea ceremony. However what actually impressed us most was the courteousness of individuals and all-round self-discipline. All the things labored with clockwork precision,” recounted class X Birla Excessive scholar Eashan Ajitsaria, who was on the journey with Raman Manohar Singh, Aarav Juthani, and Vashisth Kedia.
What the scholars additionally discovered amusing was the obsession of individuals with their cellphones. “We regularly hear that we spend an excessive amount of time on our cellphones. However that’s nothing in comparison with the common Japanese that we encountered. At the least, once we kids cling round, we chat and pull one another’s legs. In Japan, college students don’t converse to one another whereas ready on the station or throughout commute, not as a result of they don’t seem to be on speaking phrases however as a result of they’re all glued to their cellphones!” stated class X Sushila Birla scholar Dishita Chatterjee, who visited the nation together with Saisha Agarwal, Aadyashakti Dalmia, Harshila Nahar, and Nabanita Sen.
“The change programme is a good way for the kids to be taught in regards to the two international locations, perceive and recognize one another’s cultures, and make lifelong pals. We hope to develop this initiative to incorporate different colleges in Kolkata,” stated Deputy Consul Normal on the Consulate Normal of Japan in Kolkata, Ashida Katsunori, who loves to talk in Hindi.
