One who sits outside the Principal's office is called a school peon. He is an important person. Principal knows that school cannot do without him.
Shyam Sunder is our school peon. He is about forty years. He is a tall man. He possesses strong body He is quite healthy He has wheatish complexion. He belongs to a small village.
He is all the time in Khaki uniform. He wears a white Gandhi cap. He gets uniform every year from the school. He lives in a small room in the school compound. He is a married person. His wife and children live in the village.
He has a hundred and one duties to do. He comes an hour before the opening of the school. He cleans the Principal's room. He dusts desks, tables and chairs in the class rooms. He then rings the bell.
As long as the school goes on, he sits near the Principal's office. He carries out his orders. Sometimes, he goes to post the letters. Sometimes he has to go to the bank to deposit or withdraw school money sometimes he circulates an order in the classes. At oilier times he shows the visitors in. He does all this and other duties also. He goes on ringing the bell at the end of each period.
Sometimes if he is irregular in his duties, everybody complains against him, because the school work begins to suffer.
When it is time to close the school, he rings the close bell. He shuts all the doors and windows after the boys have gone. He then puts the key in his pocket and goes home.
He lives a hard life. He gets a small salary of five hundred rupees a month. With the small income he cannot keep his family with him. In the town he cannot support his family. He has been in the service of this school for the last fifteen
years.
Shyam Sunder's motto is 'Quick service with a smile". His position is humble But he has the qualities of a great man. Our school is proud of him.
