"Vox populi vox dei" is a saying meaning that the voice of the people is the voice of God. As people get civilized, this trend also got refined and that is called democracy and the contrary is said to be mobocracy. Democracy is not absolute, but it is representative and such respresentative system is in place almost everywhere, even in the church called Parish Councils. But when the so-called leaders could not digest some of the legal proceedings they could instigate people and make them take recourse to mobocracy and that was what took place in one of our schools in connection with a transfer.
They forced the head of the school not to comply with the orders and when the transfering authority himself came, the crowd didn't give in, rather made a scene which could anytime go violent! Hence, he could only get back, though he could have very well sought the help of the police to implement his rightful orders. This went on even after the higher authorities interfered and gave specific orders to carry on with the orders issued. Almost after two weeks, the transfer was effected only to punish the head of the institute by closing the gate against her and she had to go back. And when the teachers expressed their solidarity with the head by not going to the class, the crowd, especially the leaders seemingly threatened them to get into the class.
Even the so-called secretary issued a notice the head not to allow the transferred teacher to join duty! And the poor teachers or the head were sufficiently feeling insecure to the extent that they expect step by step guidance from above! They seemingly don't know their constitutional powers! How to leave a class or school to such teachers who are almost threatened by such high handedness.
This trend has to change for the better running of the schools and for better results and well formed students with discipline and integrity.
