The Principal, Mrs Meenakshi Khurana, read out the school’s annual report and highlighted the achievements of the school. A prize distribution ceremony was also organised to felicitate meritorious students of the two schools.

Schoolnet Website

Summerfield's, Gurgaon, has won the zonal finals of the Schoolnet Website Contest, organised by the Schoolnet India limited. Tagore International, Vasant Vihar, came a close second.

The contest involved creating a website for their school within 90 minutes, using Sitebud, the website-creating engine. Ramjas School created the best website, combining their creativity with technological expertise. The zonal winners will meet for the finals in Mumbai.

Karate king

Soshi Dr Isamu Kamagata, World Chief of Seigo-Ryu Karate-Do, visited the Amity School, Saket. The karate king distributed certificates to the budding karate experts. Amity has been the fount of nine black belts.

Soshi Isamu demonstrated his skills, and on the popular demand of the students, he took on five black belt experts simultaneously and overpowered them.

Dr Kamagata said that he was pleased to be in India and proud to see the growing popularity of the art among the schoolchildren. Speaking to the students, he said, “You karatekars must always keep in mind that karate is only for self-defence and not for any offensive purpose.”

Mr R. P. Raha, chief of Seigo-Ryu in the country, was also present on the occasion. It has been his endeavour to spread awareness about the art throughout the country so that children are exposed to this art, involving the combination of physical expertise with mental equilibrium.

Good luck day

Keeping its tradition alive, G.H.P.S., Loni Road, organised a ‘good-luck wishing day’ for those students who will be appearing in the board examination in March. The day began with a bhog ceremony of ‘Sahaj path’, followed by a recital of Shabad Kirtan. To mark the event, the chairman and the principal of the school blessed the students on behalf of the entire G.H.P.S. community.

The students also enacted a play titled, “The Formation and Significance of the Indian Constitution” to mark the Republic Day celebration. The principal hoisted the Tricolour and called upon the students to work for maintaining the unity and the integrity of the nation.

Mody College

Mody Institute of Education and Research celebrated its 13th Foundation Day from January 23 to 27. The five-day celebration saw the participation of all four units of the Mody Institute, the Mody School, Mody College, Mody Engineering College and Mody College of Management.

The function was inaugurated on January 24 with holy sermons rendered by Swami Chiranji Lal Ramayani. Focussing on the ‘Bal Khand’ of the Ramayana, Swami Chiranji Lal Ramayani fascinated the audience.

Gopi Nath ji, using a projector, enlightened the audience with a show of events and places related to Mansarovar. Adventurous events like mountaineering, river crossing and rescue operations were exhibited by schoolgirls. A Kavya Ghosti was also organised for students and poets to recite satirical poems. The third day began with the recitation of hymns by singer Vinay Bapna. Pop singer Shankar Sahani made the audience put on their dancing shoes, as he belted out his foot-tapping numbers.

On the fourth day that correlated with the Republic Day celebration, the Manager, Mrs Rekha Modi, hoisted the national flag.

Cultural programmes organised by the students, included a programme based on the ancient Rajasthani culture and literature.

Prof Vidhya Nivas Mishra addressed the teachers of Mody Institute and focussed on depth, originality and importance of the Indian culture and civilisation.

On the last day, the Chief Guest, Justice Magh Raj Fateh Raj Calla, lit a lamp and talked about his admiration and the progress that the students of the institute had made. He encouraged the students to continuously seek knowledge, which is the actual basis of all power in the 21st century.

The five-day programme was a success because of the hard work of the students and the teachers of the institute.

In any examination, more than their academic output, it is their inner strength, confidence and belief in themselves which are counted.

There are times when their discipline and grit to take up the challenge hold them steady. The magic to success is a driving desire, commitment, responsibility, hard work, character, persistence and pride of performance.

Regular attendance in classes pays dividends at this point.

Proper allocation of time for each subject, clear-cut instructions and in-depth study in class help in gathering information and its effortless retrieval at the time of revision. Over-emphasis on a particular subject that a student dreads, leads to the neglect of other subjects, resulting in a poor overall performance in the examination. High goals that students set for themselves are a motivation that often helps students.

Stress is not unnatural and should not make one feel guilty about it. Sometimes stress has its advantages. It propels you to prepare well and perform better in tests and examinations. What should be avoided is anxiety, for it undermines the power of concentration and renders preparation difficult.

Peer group can also shape aspirations. Often, healthy competition between the peer group helps improve performance. Parents should take care not to put undue pressure on their ward at the time of examination, making them more anxious. Since distractions dilute focus and interfere with retention, parents should pick up telephones or switch on the TV sets discreetly. It is also important to mention that too many premiums must not be put on coaching classes.

The six-hours of school followed by an intensive coaching saps the energy of a student. Excessive competition often has negative impact on the mind of the students leading to poor performance. Self-study is quite rewarding. Likewise, outdoor activities like walking, a little exercise or even household chores can help relieve mental fatigue.

Most importantly, there is nothing as refreshing as meditation to rejuvenate the mind. Coupled with hard work and you are ready to face the examination.

The plan would include putting up unbreakable bollards, which would segregate the traffic waning to go left from right or straight before a turn of crossing, to reduce traffic turmoil. A 11-member expert committee was also examining the possibility of removing trees, electric or phone poles obstructing traffic movement, segregation of slow-moving traffic from the rest and junctions where flyovers needed to be constructed. CRRI counsel Vijay Panjwani suggested that no traffic coming from the ITO side on the Mathura Road should be allowed for about an hour during the morning hours on an experimental basis. This would reduce the congestion of traffic, most of which comes from the East Nizamuddin and move towards ITO or Sunder Nagar. TNS