Former Aga Khan Secondary School, now Morogoro Secondary School, Tanzania

Excerpts from Memoirs of former Aga Khan Secondary School teacher Easaw Joseph John:

The next day, I was to meet the Administrator of the Aga Khan Schools, Al Noor Kassam, a barrister by profession. [Incidentally, he was to venture into politics later, become a member of the TANU, an acronym for the Tanganyika African National Union, with the now legendary Julius Nyerere as its founder, and rise to be a minister in the government some eight years or so after the territory had achieved independence.] I turned up at his office bright and early to see him. In the event, I did not get beyond his secretary’s office. Peerwani, that was his name, briefed me on what the job entailed and handed over a train ticket for my journey from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro where I was to be for the next three years….

Early next morning, the train chugged into Morogoro station. My friend Babu who had helped me secure this teaching position was on the platform to meet me. He took me directly to his place, where I was to stay for the next two years before I could move into one of the staff houses that were even then under construction.

Two years after my joining the school at Morogoro, Roshan Ali the headmaster was transferred to another of the Aga Khan schools in the territory. Incidentally, I remember him fondly for something that was not even remotely connected to my professional association with him. Roshan Ali had taught us the art of making crisp samoosas, a savoury pastry with minced meat filling, and a culinary delight one would never tire of eating. And, some never stop eating it when once they have started. If they have a larger than usual offer in front of them, that is.

Some of the teachers, whose work ethic was of the ‘what can I get away with’ variety, did make things very difficult for the headmaster…Three such on his team was too much for Roshan Ali to handle. He asked for and got a transfer.

That was how the unenviable task of having to keep the seat warm for Roshan Ali’s replacement was thrust upon me. I became the acting headmaster. Only, it took two years before the new headmaster made his appearance in the person of Ahmed Khan from Afghanistan. Looking back, I believe I made, in more ways than one, a pretty good job of running the school.

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