Metas Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School

Our school has been on Bariatu Road in Ranchi for quite a long time. People around here just call us Metas. The building is one of those older structures with high ceilings and wide hallways that stay a bit cooler in the summer. It’s a higher secondary school, so we have the older kids who think they’re grown up already. The yard is usually full of bicycles and a few old scooters belonging to the staff. It gets pretty chaotic when school lets out, with everyone trying to get onto Bariatu Road at the same time. Inside, the classrooms are pretty basic. We’ve got wooden desks that have been around for years, some with names carved into them. We don't bother with fancy decorations. The office is always packed with old files and the smell of tea. Sometimes the bells don't ring exactly on time because someone forgot to check the clock, but we catch up. We’re just a group of people in Ranchi trying to keep the school running smoothly. There’s no big corporate board telling us what to do; we just handle things as they come. It’s a bit rough around the edges, maybe a bit of peeling paint here and there, but it’s a solid place. We’ve seen a lot of students pass through these doors over the years.