Hi Christine, Thanks a lot for the info. I hope there will be more staffs involvement here. Finally we have one. But now the chaos are getting bit serious, as u can see the discussions below. I hope u will enlighten us by saying that our HOMES is not effected in anyways with corruptions and Dirty politics etc. But its just a prank. Then assuming your right we all should shut up and carry on with our own business.Indeed this will Be the happy ending :) Thank you, John .
Christine Guest wrote:
To Jacqui Hibbert and all OGBs
I, as a member of staff would like to respond to your request i.e.... if any one knows for a fact that staff are resigning on masse. This is not true and all I can say it is sad that such shallow talk is being circulated without verification.
Chaos .... not in the Homes but on the dghalumni website.
To Jacqui Hibbert and all OGBs
I, as a member of staff would like to respond to your request i.e.... if any one knows for a fact that staff are resigning on masse. This is not true and all I can say it is sad that such shallow talk is being circulated without verification.
corruption in the homes has always existed. it was just as students we hardly realized it, till we stepped out. allegedly members of a certain family living on the campus for years have been involved in land grabbing, dadagiri, influencing locals, etc... and this is the buzz that i heard as a student since 89-90. during 88/89 (if there are any batchmates, pls see if i am correct) there was an uprising against the head-master when the school was plastered overnite with hand-made posters by people... we as students were shocked to see the school office covered in posters and people asking for headu to resign... does anyone else remember this or is it my sense of imagination? sponsored kids did get the goodies when it was being run by mrs. glashan. i remember mates of mine receiving books and watches for christmas. post the gnlf agitation in 88-89 dgh took a huge beating as infiltration was the key problem which led to land-grabbing, illegal hutments and settlements sprouting up everywhere based on just pure local strength. no one did anything then, and i guess the situation has got worse. letters sent to us were always read by the house-parents before they were handed over to us... which was a strange practise i thought then (being taught at the same time that "reading other people's letters is rude" ) but we werent forced to write that all was well and happy - tho our sunday inland letters that we wrote were checked again by the house parents - i think it was for spelling mistakes as well... when i visited the homes in the centennary i spoke to students there discreetly and asked them the situation - because everything seemed in shambles and ruin. they said that there indeed was corruption, they got poor food. And if i remember correctly we did have a heated argument in the Jarvie Hall regarding the state of the affairs, when OGBs demanded transparency. As is done in the corporate world, far removed from the idyllic world of dgh, auditors and audit companies step in and see that there is transparency and the funds money etc are being used correctly. I think one of the solutions is to get an Audit Team into the Homes - then corruption can be stemmed slowly but surely. the political scene is another hinderance, but homes has survived it many times - and if we step in now we can save our Homes - JR, please let me know what should the agenda be from hereon. I am still shocked at the events that have unfolded today. Do you know what the reason or trigger-event is, behind this sudden flash-decision for all to revolt simultaneously?
