User:Kunnamkudath/sandbox/DonBosco School Herma, Duranta Para, Rangmala, Sepahijala 799103 Tripura

 DonBosco School Herma , Duranta para, Rangmala Sepahijala, 799103 Tripura India©®DBSH™ ISO 9001:2019 IN-IND-356-IN-TR DBSH Bearing:-“260°W-177 S-90°E-352°N North east India consists of 8 states with 220 languages, a mixture of Tibetan South Asian East Indian Culture. The smallest river island,Umanda, and the largest river island Majuli of the world is situated in North east. It is the only place, part of India, Mughal emperors could not conquer. The 7 prominent national parks of Inida are located in the North east. The wettest place on the earth is Mawsynram in Meghalaya.The whole village of Sualkuchi population is occupied in weaving and is one of the largest silk fabric weaving villages of the world. Muga the golden silk of Assam is not produced anywhere else in the world. Mawlynnong in the state of Meghalaya is the cleanest village in the entire Asia.The dowry culture does not exist in Northeast India. Mizoram and Tripura are among the states with the highest Literary rates in India.

Tripura-(Tipra,Tripra,Tuipura,Tippera,Tuipra)A charming place, the third smallest state of 10,491 square.kmts in India, a land of plenty, twenty six languages,   where the wild mingles with the mild in great peaceful co-existence, where the sky touches the mountains and hills, written&un-written languages, tribes and sub-tribes, spoken and un-spoken words, eye catching colourful and attractive dresses, beautiful people(Tibeto burmise ethnic group),Debbarmas, Darlongs, uchois, Reangs bru, Bengalees,jamatias,Garos,Mogs,Chakmas,Kaipeng,Tripuris,Hrangkhawls,Mundas,Mogs,Halams,Murasing, Kukis, Molsoms,Burs, Kolois, Mizos, a great ever welcoming  home land, for the thousands of homeless in the past,  the land where the majority reduced to a minority in less than a century ago.Kokborok speaking people are themselves called Tipra since time immemorial. The non-native scholars could not pronounce properly the word Tipra. So they wrote it as Troipur, Tipperah, Tipura and Tripura which was originated from the word Tipra. Tipra is meant for language and the people. It is said that the first and the original script of Tripra language is COLOMA. But there is no proof for this, by tracing the original language.The other terms are Twipra or Twibupra meant the confluence of rivers. Tipra language was named KOKBORO in the year 1897 AD. The word Tipra is origaninated form the Tripur king the of Tipra kingdom as ,mentioned in the chorincle of Tipra Roya l dynasty. The term kokoborok was created in the year(1310.T.era) 1900 AD although it was written from the year 1841.The Borok or Tripuris are inhabited not only in the state of Tripura but also in other North-Eastern states, pithoragarh of Uttranchal and neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan comprising of 1.5 million in numbers. Before the merger with the Indian Union, Tripura was already a Princely state. The Kings, Maharajas who ruled it for about an uninterrupted period of thirteen hundred years, one hundred and eighty four independent kings(184) did not resent its connection with the Bengali culture and peoples, which some scholars trace back to 13th century AD. The Tripura kings, in order to augment the revenue of the state, invited some Bengalis to engage in ‘practicing wet rice cultivation, processing agricultural products, carpentry, black smithy etc’.

This he did because the tribal subjects of the Maharaja were habituated to the ‘wasteful’ practice of ‘huk’ (jhumming) and brought in no revenue. In addition to this, the Maharajas of Tripura were also great admirers and patrons of the Bengali culture. The Bangla language was also the official language in the court of the Maharajas.

The impact of the introduction of modern methods of cultivation did not have its intended effect on the tribal population. Instead, the traditional tribal economy got shattered due to the changes brought about by the introduction of advanced techniques of cultivation. Although the tribals readily took to the new system of agriculture, they never became fully conversant with it and found it inadequate for their sustenance. At the same time, the pressure on land made practice of huk impossible. In short, the tribal economy broke down and they found no other alternative but to borrow money from Bengali moneylenders who, for a heavy interest varying from 50% to 100%, willingly complied. The tribal found it impossible to pay back the loan with such a heavy interest and were forced to part with his land and other possessions in exchange for the debt he could not pay.Until the 1940s only the people of Agartala had the opportunity to receive school education because there were no schools in the Hills.

The beginning of tribal education could be traced back to the daring of two tribal youths Rajkumar Thakur and Wakhirai Thakur who felt the need of a tribal hostel in Agartala so that tribal students could attend the existing schools there. In 1932 at their initiative two tribal hostels were established adjacent to Umakanta Academy. Maharaja Bir Bikram, however, closed the hostels down on the plea that the hostels could become a threat to law and order.(Fr.PJJoeseph sdb) Accroding to Mr Juagendra Chandra Debbarma(16thJanuary1923--16th November2008)the grant father of Mr Bankim Debbarma DSP Tripura St., 200 years back the present village of Herma was known in the name of a man called Herma. He was called Herma Molsom. Mr Dyra Molsom wsa Mr. Herma,s brother.The village was inhabited by the tribe of Molsom (people who inhabited on 10 hills). The tribe of Debbarma(rain god) came to war with the Molsom village and all the Molsom left the village in defeat. It is not recorded exactly from where the Debbarmas came to fight with the Molsoms. Then the village began to flourish with the Debbarmas. Till to the present date there are many Debbarmas, Debbarma families. In Inida for first time solar sytem was set in the village of Herma in the 14th of June in the year 1981. The people of the village used have their dinner early and come to the market to watch T.V. with the help of the solar system.

In the year 2005 on the 16th of February four people from the village of Herma namely Mr.Bankim Debbarma, Mr. Sanjib Debbarma,Mr. Ranjit Debbarma and Mr. Binoy Debbarma went to meet and ask for a School from  Fr. Balaprasad Madanu   at Herma Duranta para. Fr Balaprasad madanu SVD was residing in Chapak Nagar Pastoral center of the Catholic Diocese of Agartala, Triura, India as a formator in the Minor seminary. He is a SVD priest.

He received them kindly and listened to them graciously and made them feel welcome. Since the territory was under the parish of sacred heart Bishramganj, run by the salesians of Don Bosco(SDB), they were directed to meet the parish priest to speak and request for the school.

They met Fr.Joseph Puthenpurackal sdb(PJ). It was in the year 2005 in the month of March that a plot of land, measuring 12 acres was purchased at Herma Duranta para by Rev.Fr joseph Puthenpurackal sdb. The land belonged to a Certain Norendro Debbarma from the village of Herma. The place is towards the west 10Kms away from Bishramganj. It is a rural area where the tribal people were very eager to have an English medium school with the latest and highest standards of modern education of international standards. They realized that their Children, for the most part were not able to pass their SSLC examination due to the medium of instruction ,Bengali. Since it was not their native tongue and since they find it difficult, it being more being more complex than their mother-tongue, Kokborok, they found the only way for them to come up out of the clutches of poverty and malnutrition, was to give them a good English medium school.

On the 22nd of October a group of people lead by Fr Kavalakadan jose sdb came from the Parish of Sacred heart Bishramganj to clear the jungle for the new school. It took six days to clear the jungle. There were no big trees. It was in this context that Don Bosco centre, Bishramganj parish of sacred heart accepted the proposal and purchased the land of 12 acres. The land is given to the salesian (society) congregation on lease, it cannot be sold to another party; if the concerned party does not use and does not want to possess then it must return to the first land holder. In the same year on the 29th of November the foundation stone was laid, in the presence of, Fr Palamthathattel Joseph(sunny)sdb, Fr Kavalakadan Jose(KK) sdb., Fr Pulinthanath Joseph sdb., people from the nearby  the villages, members of the village heads.

Due to various reasons, particularly due to the financial constraints the said school, Don Bosco School Herma was built in year 2009 by Fr Palamthattel Joseph (Sunny) Sdb, and Fr Kavalakadan Jose (KK) Sdb and the classes began on the 15th February in 2010. In the year 2013 August 17th Deacon Hubard Thyrniang joined Don Bosco school Herma Duranta para. It began with four classes, from nursery to class II. There were 68 students on the rolls. On the first day of the school there were, Miss Radhika Marak, Miss Pranmala Molsom,Mr. Budha Debbarma, Mr. Sajal Rajkumar Debbarma Br Sandhan Sdb and FR KK Jose Kavalakadan Sdb the Principal, the parents and guardians and many well wishers With the first assembly the school started. In the year 2012 17th of January Mr Surajit Debbarma joined the school. In year 2011 On the 12th of January Mr Bhajan lal Debbarma and on the 17th of January Miss Mridus marak joined the School as  assistant teachers. Mr Rupesh Debbarma joined the school on January 17th, 2013.

The official inauguration was kept for a later date, to complete the painting of the school building. The building was painted with yellow and the pillars with Red. It had a tin roof.

But the official starting never took place. In the following year the number of students was 97, with the addition of class III. The parents and the guardians were very eager for the school to proceed to class X. on the 15th of July 2015, Miss nakshi Debbarma joined the school. The school received the up-gradation up to class VIII in the year 2015 on the 15th of October with the U-DISE code:-16050801307.

For the computer science classes electricity is a must. On the 17th of January 2014 Mr Biswajit Debbarma joined the Don bsoco herma.The students were eager to learn computer science. On the 13th of July 2015 Mr Binay Kanti Murasing joined as a Begali teacher. In the year 2014, on 22nd January, electricity was brought through help of the four people who went ask for the school and the generous help and direction of local MLA Mr.Ramendra Narayan Debbarma of the village, Herma. On the 18th of February 2014 Fr Hubard joined the Don Bosco School Herma after his priestly ordination in the Catholic Church.

The sisters of Franciscan missionaries of Mary (motherof Jesus)(FMM) came daily from the 15th of July 2013. They were coming daily from Bishramganj by line bus. On the 29th of August 2013 the sisters, namely Juliet Anthony and Anjana Tirkey began to stay near to the school in the school compound, in a small house. The people of the place always had a feeling that the school land was haunted due to the riot that had taken place in the year 1980 and not good for the people to stay overnight in this school land. There were some untoward incidents and the occupants left for different and far away safe places.

On the 30th morning of the same month August as soon as the school children came for the classes, they went to see the sisters were alive or not. They were surprised to find the sisters, all the sisters were alive, happy and healthy. The children were touching the sisters, hugging and shaking hands with them to make sure they were not ghosts. The people in this area stay within a radius of one kilometer. If we look from the school no houses are seen immediately, but only rubber plantation. The state of Tripura is second after Kerala for rubber plantation. Although the sisters, loved to stay, since the place was lonely and not so conducive, they left in the same year on the 17th of December to stay at Bishramganj Don Bosco Tripura India. Then they never came to the school again to help in the school.In the year 2016 there are 215 students up to Class VIII, with 11 teachers and Milon Kumar Debbarma on the non-teaching staff. In the year 2016, January 20th Mr Biswambhar Roy joined school as Maths teacher. Mr Ashish Debbarma joined the school on 1st of May 2016. Fr Thomas Kunnamkudath sdb joined the school on the 12th of may 2016 in place of  Fr Kavalakadan Jose sdb. Rev Fr Kavalakdan jose sdb is transferred to Umran after 7 years of hard work for the school of Herma. On the 8th of December 2014 foundation stone for the new house building was blessed by Rev.Fr.George maliekal Sdb,     salesian Provincial of Shillong province was blessed. In 2016 on the 26th of May the salesian staff who is to look after Don Bosco school herma, under the leadership of Fr Thomas Edamattathu Sdb (Rector,official name) Fr Hubard Thyrniang sdb, Br V.S. Mathew Sdb, Fr Thomas Kunnamkudath Sdb, Br. Matheus Sianshai Sdb and 19 pre-novices began to reside in the new house close to the school. The house was blessed by Rt. Rev. Bishop Lumen Monteiro CSC.DD.,Agartala in the presence of the salesian family, diocesan clergy, sisters&priests, the local MLA and people from the nearby villages.The new house is called “Bosco Home” and is 400 meters away from Don Bosco school Herma duranta para. It is a training cum formation place for the future young salesians. It is called the pre-novite house in the catholic circle.

Three more teachers joined the school namely Mr. Bilasmoy Debbarma,  Mr.Mitan Das and  Mr.Manoj Kumar Debbarma on the first of February 2017. The total number of students for the year 2017  is 254 of which 164 are boys and  are 90 girls up to Class IX. On the 2nd of May Mr Dipjoy Debbarma joined the school as the Bangla teacher.On the 25th of may 2017 Fr Mathew Payapilly sdb joined Bosco home as the new rector and Fr Dabitlang Daniel Cajee Marbaniang sdb as the dean of studies and dietician. On the 26th of the same month Br. Jarnel Syiem sdb. Joined the house. on the 29th of May 2017, 29 brothers joined Bosco Home for their an year of training. On the 15th of June 2017 Don Bosco school Herma got the consent of recognition  for  up gradation and  affiliation with the school code 5D170, up to Secondary (Class-X) stage  from academic 2017 from the government of Tripura Directorate of School education.

The people around the Bosco Home and Don Bosco School Herma are friendly, affectionate and ever welcoming. The people are good, simple, honest and hard working in the area. They are fare in complexion, Mongolian type, calm and gentle in nature. They are God fearing and gentle with the nature around them. The students are intelligent, eager and quick to learn. They retain knowledge very well for the future and for the immediate examinations of the school. The dream of Don Bosco and particularly of the four people of the village who initiated the work who is still active for the progress of the school, is going on and will go on... Don Bosco school Herma Duranta para to an institute of excellence of   international educational standard.

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