I remember those school days in the 1990’s ,when; at the slightest sound of her footsteps the students of United Indian School (UIS) including myself used to rush into the classrooms and sit in pin drop silence with our hands and legs shivering. Years have passed and today when I sat in front of her, I no longer shivered and on the other hand I felt so comfortable in her presence and experienced the warmth of a mother. It was indeed God’s blessing that I got a chance to meet and have a chat with the one of the most strongest pillars and backbone of United Indian School (UIS), Mrs. Susan Roy, who has been serving as the principal for more than 20 years. I would define her as “A woman so strong in her values, and a perfect example for a woman’s day”.
Always wearing a warm smile and being tip top in her dressing with the perfectly worn stiff saree, Mrs. Roy is basically a Keralite but she was born and brought up in Mumbai. She did her schooling and higher education at Mumbai itself. Her ambition was to work in the medical or para-medical field but unfortunately her mother being a nurse objected to it and didn’t want her pursue in a similar field. Her father who was working in the defense, always regarded teachers in high esteem and encouraged her to join the teaching field. She completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology and joined Teachers Training Course. After her studies she worked in Mumbai for 18 years as a teacher followed by which she was promoted to Supervisor position in the last two years in the arts section.
After marriage she migrated to Kuwait with her husband . Her aunt who was also in Kuwait promoted her entry in Kuwait. She was planning to join as a teacher at UIS but the chairman had other plans and it didn’t work out. Finally, after the invasion took place in Kuwait, in 1992 she joined as the Vice Principal and was later promoted to the post of principal in 1994 and since then she has been efficiently handling and managing her role as the principal. She reminisces her own principal where she worked back in Mumbai as her role model.
When questioned upon how she faced different challenges each day, she said with a big smile that challenges are growing each day and in the earlier years UIS was a smaller group and the interaction between the teachers and students was easier and children were easy to manage. But as years passed by the group expanded as it is today. Through the suffering and hard work of many, the strength of the school has expanded to a huge amount and it has become little tougher than the earlier days but still manageable.
In her roles as a mother, wife and principal, her biggest support is her husband who is very understanding and toleates her. She has one daughter Neha who is a speech therapist and was running a clinic at Bangalore. At present, she is working and settled at Netherlands since past three years
For the query on her “Vision about new generation” she said that she found the new generation children very much self-centered and selfish and emphasized that children are so oblivious of what’s happening around. The new generation is changing. According to Mrs. Roy, for future career options for girls, unlike the earlier days it is not restricted to any specific fields like teaching or nursing, instead it is wide open for them to choose any as women have stepped their foot and conquered into almost all fields. She wishes to advise the children passing out from Kuwait and going back home for higher studies is that they must learn to equip themselves with values that will help them to fight, face challenges and survive the new environment, as they are being thrown into an open world. And upon asking about her job satisfaction till date , she replies, she has yet a long way to go.
“Seasons have changed! Children have grown up and have become mothers to produce offsprings to a new generation , but the strong pillar of UIS, Mrs. Roy has remained the same, substantially elegant now and then .” Being a principal for such a long time isn’t an easy venture and her hard work , dedication and motivation is indeed a great inspiration to all the women, round the world. A big hats off to Mrs. Roy.
My heartfelt wishes to this gorgeous personality and I wish her all the luck in her future endeavors.
Always wearing a warm smile and being tip top in her dressing with the perfectly worn stiff saree, Mrs. Roy is basically a Keralite but she was born and brought up in Mumbai. She did her schooling and higher education at Mumbai itself. Her ambition was to work in the medical or para-medical field but unfortunately her mother being a nurse objected to it and didn’t want her pursue in a similar field. Her father who was working in the defense, always regarded teachers in high esteem and encouraged her to join the teaching field. She completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology and joined Teachers Training Course. After her studies she worked in Mumbai for 18 years as a teacher followed by which she was promoted to Supervisor position in the last two years in the arts section.
After marriage she migrated to Kuwait with her husband . Her aunt who was also in Kuwait promoted her entry in Kuwait. She was planning to join as a teacher at UIS but the chairman had other plans and it didn’t work out. Finally, after the invasion took place in Kuwait, in 1992 she joined as the Vice Principal and was later promoted to the post of principal in 1994 and since then she has been efficiently handling and managing her role as the principal. She reminisces her own principal where she worked back in Mumbai as her role model.
When questioned upon how she faced different challenges each day, she said with a big smile that challenges are growing each day and in the earlier years UIS was a smaller group and the interaction between the teachers and students was easier and children were easy to manage. But as years passed by the group expanded as it is today. Through the suffering and hard work of many, the strength of the school has expanded to a huge amount and it has become little tougher than the earlier days but still manageable.
In her roles as a mother, wife and principal, her biggest support is her husband who is very understanding and toleates her. She has one daughter Neha who is a speech therapist and was running a clinic at Bangalore. At present, she is working and settled at Netherlands since past three years
For the query on her “Vision about new generation” she said that she found the new generation children very much self-centered and selfish and emphasized that children are so oblivious of what’s happening around. The new generation is changing. According to Mrs. Roy, for future career options for girls, unlike the earlier days it is not restricted to any specific fields like teaching or nursing, instead it is wide open for them to choose any as women have stepped their foot and conquered into almost all fields. She wishes to advise the children passing out from Kuwait and going back home for higher studies is that they must learn to equip themselves with values that will help them to fight, face challenges and survive the new environment, as they are being thrown into an open world. And upon asking about her job satisfaction till date , she replies, she has yet a long way to go.
“Seasons have changed! Children have grown up and have become mothers to produce offsprings to a new generation , but the strong pillar of UIS, Mrs. Roy has remained the same, substantially elegant now and then .” Being a principal for such a long time isn’t an easy venture and her hard work , dedication and motivation is indeed a great inspiration to all the women, round the world. A big hats off to Mrs. Roy.
My heartfelt wishes to this gorgeous personality and I wish her all the luck in her future endeavors.
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