Dear Principal, Staff,
Students and Friends,
I have spent more than
thirty happy years in St. Josephs’ P.U.College, Bajpe. I have many pleasant
memories of the place and lots of ex-students and friends.
I first stepped into St.
Joseph’s in May 1982. I did not know the local language, and I had to teach the
Kannada medium students. I found it very difficult, but I still enjoyed it
because of the friendly nature of students and help from staff. It was a short
stay of just six months.
The next time I went to St.
Joseph’s was in May 1985. By then there was English Medium started there. This
time I stayed till my retirement and till April 2015. After having spent thirty
years. I enjoyed every bit of it. St. Joseph’s has progressed by leaps and
bounds during that period. I miss it very much.
In the forty years that
the brothers spent there, a lot of new things were introduced and many
improvements were done. The brothers started the English medium from 83
onwards, the computer techniques course was introduced, Science was started.
The students participated in state and national level Volleyball and football
competitions, and many other competitions were introduced or won.
Apart from these many
buildings were built. The present library was built, the golden jubilee building,
the Auditorium, the new office block, the toilet blocks for boys and girls, and
the new canteen and mid-day meal kitchen and store rooms were built. Besides
these there were improvements done like the football ground, the top ground,
the volleyball courts etc. were done and the students benefitted from all
these, as a result the institution benefitted greatly from all these
improvements.
The greatest of all these
was the quality education and the all-round development of all the students.
The credit goes to all the Principals, staff, benefactors, students,
ex-students and friends of the brothers and the people of Bajpe who were most
generous.
The brothers will
definitely miss St. Josephs after working there for the last 40 years or so,
but we are happy that it will go into the able hands, who can make all the
efforts to improve further. We are most grateful to the Bishop, the catholic
board of education and all the priests of Bajpe parish, as well as the people
of Bajpe, the ex-students, the faithful and dedicated staff and students of the
school for all the support and help received by the brothers who worked there
as well as the congregation.
We wish all the very best
to St. Josephs and the persons who will continue the good work.
Thanks for giving me the
opportunity to pen a few words.
God bless,
Bro. Joachim Almeid
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