Dear All,
Many of you enquired about the status of the Goan boy who had a mishap
recently in one of the local schools.
Here is an e-mail dated today 25 November 2010 from his father Mr.
Bhanudas Sawant.
As I said before, when two elephants fight the grass suffers.
I hope the election results on 27 November 2010 will bring out a leader
of the people, for the people and by the people.
I reiterate my wish to have a Security Guard in each school that is
prone to such accidents. The funds to come out from the government
grants, so that the principal knows where the shoe pinches.
Multiculturalism should start from the schools. Hope the party elected
pays heed to these wishes of the people.
School should be a place where a child is safe from bullying, and there
should be no place in our society for this to continue.
Money would be better spent if “Family value revolution” was greater
than “Education revolution”
Regards
Oscar C. Lobo
Councillor
Tucker Ward
Glen Eira City Council
Cut the stress and deliver results.
From: bhanudas sawant [mailto:bsawant2...@.....]
Sent: Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:29 AM
To: Oscar Lobo
Subject: Big job done
Dear Oscar,
This is to express my gratitude for the great job done to bring my
family back to normal, post the attack on my son at CARWATHA COLLEGE
campus, Noble Park, on 18th Oct. 2010. It is your greatness that you
remained with us, available all the time, helping my son for over a month.
As I am new to this country and without much knowlege of the land, it's
people and the administration, It would have been very difficult to
handle this situation without your support. I moved in this country for
a higher standard of living and for better quality of life. Rise in
street crime as witnessed in recent times is becoming a growing concern
for families like us. The intrusion of criminal culture in the school
campus is an alarming situation, which needs urgent attention from all,
to nip this problem in budding stage.
It will be sad to note that at the end of treatment of eye injury to my
son, he will be left with a permanent disability as a fallout of this
incident at school, only for being innocent. He will have to live with
this problem for rest of his life. In absence of adequate legislations
and policy; the bully and the school are much better off than the
victim. The bully is back in another school and school have little
liabilty for what had happened on it's campus. Although, the Lawyer
provided by you is helping me to take off some stress of my family.
It is your untiring efforts, that this incident matter is in the office
of policymakers, legislators, administrators and social workers in the
goverment and out of Government, awaiting their actions on this issue. I
must appreciate, the time spend by you to speak to the concerned
authorities directly or through emails to bring this issue to their
individual attention and mobilising opinion for an appropriate solution.
After your initiative, the local M.P. has offered to help, the police
have speeded investigation and community support started flowing as the
news reached every corner.
I am sure you will continue to work more on the resolution of the
complex issue of bullying faced by schools, by using your strong
contacts and leadership skills, to get an appropriate legislation and
policy for the safety and high levels of morality among our children at
the school.
Thanking you once again,
Bhanudas Sawant
