The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

HAMARA SCHOOL
B.C.M. ARYA MODEL SR. SEC. SCHOOL
‘He who opens a school, closes a prison’
A.S.Prashar
Tribune News Service

Managing Committee

Mr Brij Mohan Lall Munjal, Patron, Mr Satyanand Munjal, President, Mr Rajinder Sayal, Vice-President, Capt Vijay Sayal, Manager, Mr R.B. Khanna, Treasurer, Mrs Sudarshan Munjal, Mr Vinod Bembi, Mr Padam Aul, Mr Jagjeev Bassi, Mrs Aruna Auplish, Mr Vinod Sehgal, Dr Suman Sharda, all members, Mr M.R. Mehta, Educational Advisor and Mrs Paramjit Kaur, ex-officio member.

Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is not a preparation for life: it is life itself.

Victor Hugo once said: "He who opens a school, closes a prison". It is with this objective that the wellknown industrial group of Ludhiana manufacturing Hero cycles opened this school to promote the growth of the integrated personalities of the students.

Ever since Mr Brij Mohan Lall Munjal laid the foundation stone of this school on October 2, 1977, the school has taken great strides forward. The untiring endeavours of Mr Satyanandji Munjal, Vice-President and Managing Director, Hero Cycles, and the Arya Samaj, Model Town, Ludhiana, have enabled the school to scale new heights and is now counted among the top public schools of Punjab.

Nupur, Class XII

Vikas, Class XII

Mr Sarup Narain Bajaj took over as the President in 1977. Mr Mohinder Pal Sayal became the President in 1989. He continued in this position till to 1997 when Mr Satyanandji Munjal took over as the President and Capt. Vijay Sayal as the Manager of the School Managing Committee.

The school now has 4200 students and 160 teachers. The school is ideally situated in open and sylvan six acre estate in Shastri Nagar. The school building is tastefully designed and bears an architectural grandeur. It has well furnished, airy and well maintained class rooms.The class rooms are aesthetically pleasing as well as functional. The rooms are decorated tastefully and present a pleasing and cheerful atmosphere, thus enabling the children to develop an aesthetic sense.

B.C.M. Arya Model Senior secondary school is a public school with a difference. it is an English medium, co-educational school and follows the syllabi and books prescribed the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. Child is the centre of all activity in this school, he is provided with various situations and opportunities to discover, develop and perfect is inborn talents and skills. A variety of equipment, toys and furnishings ensure a rich environment which stimulates the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of children.

Neha , Class V

The results of the school have always been 100% with merit. This is applicable not only to the internal examination but also to the Board Examination i.e. for X and XII. School has two library for juniors and seniors including separate reading rooms and stock rooms. These libraries provide ample opportunity to students for self-study and self-education. Libraries have been stocked with carefully selected 13,000 books in the senior section and 5,000 books in the junior section. All the students are expected to take advantage of the library facilities. The collection of books and reference material has been steadily increasing. The school subscribes regularly to many magazines and newspapers for keeping the students in touch with current affairs and modern trends.

Education starts too early for a child in India
Asha Ahuja

Mrs Paramjit Kaur is a housewife who has made it to the top in the school rather quickly. A meticulous worker, Mrs Paramjit Kaur says her prayers in the morning and prepares breakfast for his children before heading for the school every day. "I do my planning in the evenings where there is relative peace in the school. The whole day is spent in problem-solving...", she says with a smile. Here some excerpts from an interview with her:

On Educational system

* Education starts too early for a child in India. In foreign countries, education begins at five years of age. But in India, a child of two or three is sent to the nursery school for education and he cannot hold even a pen straight. How can we expect him to learn? So we just keep him busy in thumb printing, vegetable painting etc.

On discipline

* Discipline is the sheet-anchor of life. Life without discipline is a ship without rudder. It is only in childhood that one should learn regularity, obedience, self-help and self-control. Discipline is therefore very important. I am myself from an army family. So I know how it can transform the life a person. We believe in discipline and firmness. Slackness, disobedience and disregard of rules are not tolerated. Corporal punishment is banned. Therefore, we try to motivate the students into proper behaviour.

On Importance of religion in education

* Religion is important in the sense that it should imbibe some basic values in a in human being. Unless you become a good human being, the whole purpose of education is pointless.

On wearing saris by the teaching staff

* It is compulsory for the teachers to wear saris when in school because we feel that it is more Indian than any other dress.

Poems by students

Better than best

Picture never seen before

our school has made

that no one else can make

In dark it looks like a star spangled sky

floating up so high

cherishing past

to embrace the present

and to welcome a glorious future.

Serving the humanity, achieving perfection

far and wide

scaling all he heights,

that everyone tries

thanks my school as you

deserve better than best of everything.

---Dilpreet Kaur Grewal +2, Com. B

Sorry

"Saying 'sorry' and asking for forgiveness"

Sorry is a magic word,

That changes a frown to a smile

It makes a friendship firm,

And people happier, you'll learn

So if ever, you are rude or unkind

Remember to say 'Sorry'

And the friend won I mind.

Juhee Aggarwal, X-A

Life

Life is a precious gift of God

to be merry and to sing a lot

sorrows and troubles

Are its darker sides,

But gives us happiness

For things which make us delight

Life is a wonder game

Let us play

Spoil it

or make it gay

hard work is its another name

Be sure of your aim

Life is like a slave to you

Make your own destiny

Because its all true

----Karan Khanna,X-C

My School

B.C.M. School

The great temple of learning

is adored by all

The teacher and the taught

It's here we tumble,

It's here we fumble

It's here we are chiselled,

It's here we are shaped,

To face the world and sparkle

In the ocean of humanity

I 'm the world far and wide

One who marcher ahead

One who stands out

Is the BCMite

---Karminder Siingh, Class III-F

Cartoons

Cartoons are funny

But they irritate my mummy

They are great

I wonder how they are made

I cannot watch them every day because I have to work and play

I am crazy about them its true

But I have to do my home work to

I like to watch many of them

I love cartoons but when I watch them

my mother showers me with harpoons

I feel I am in a cage and in a race

I want cartoonist harpoons

---Lulike,Class V-F

CULTURE

A slice of Garhwal in city
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 25
The lilting melodies of their native hills accompanied by the dancers' colourful costumes and synchronised steps cheered the Garhwalis at the Punjabi Bhavan where the Tehri Garhwal Vikas Mandal had organised a cultural bonanza ‘Geet Bahar’ this morning.

The function got underway at 9 am. Banke Aswal, the Chair Person of the mandal said, ‘‘ The aim of organising Geet Bahar, an annual feature, is manifold. First of all, the Garwhalis residing in Ludhiana come on a common platform and enjoy the folk dances and songs of Uttaranchal.

This binds us all together. The other important aim was to collect money for completion of a dharamshala in Haibowal. ‘‘We have been wanting to complete it as we want to have a place for people of Tehri Garhwal to stay in the city.

Our other goal was to collect a sum of money to help out the needy Garhwalis. Our mandal does help people from time to time.

This has also enabled us to have the Cabinet Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Shurvir Singh Sajwan amidst us’’.

Many famous artists from Uttaranchal, Chandigarh and Delhi had come to participate in the function.

The notable among them were Mangal Rawat, Satender Fadriyal, Ghananand, Ghana, Pushpa Gosain, and Anil Bhist.These artists sang folk songs Garhwali film stars, Rami Vorani and Jeetu, entertained the crowd.

Present among the Garhwalis were Mantri Prasad Naithani, Cabinet Minister Uttaranchal and the Deputy Commissioner Mr Anurag Aggarwal.

Musical evening with top artistes
Our Correspondent

The audience was disturbed by a constant smell of burning electric wires in the auditorium. When the smell became unbearable, lightmen were directed to switch off the lights. Some were even seen fixing their eyes at the exit doors in case of eventuality.

Ludhiana, August 25
“Saranga teri yaad mein, nain huye baichen”, “Haan deewana hun mein, gam ka mara hua, ek diwana hoon mein”, sang the versatile music director, Anu Malik, at “Indian Film Music Through the Ages”, a musical programme, which was organised at Guru Nanak Bhavan last evening under the aegis of the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam.

He was accompanied by well-known playback singers Sadhna Sargam, Sunidhi Chauhan and young K.K. The old hits had many among the audience singing the numbers softly. Anu Malik said he wanted to show through the songs how the film music had changed over the years. Earlier, the songs in the films were simple, available on two tracks and were a part of narration of the story. Music had changed rapidly due to change in the outlook of both the audience and the music directors, he added.

Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sadhna Sargam and KK regale audience at the ‘Indian Film Music Through the Ages’ programme, held at Guru Nanak Bhavan in Ludhiana on Saturday.

The son of veteran music director Sardar Malik, Anu Malik sang two compositions of his father to pay homage to him.

In the first half of the show, Sunidhi also sang Lata Mangeshkar's popular numbers like “lag ja gale ke phir yeh haseen raat ho na ho”, and “ajeeb dastan hai yeh”. K.K. (Krishna Kumar) regaled the audience with songs “yeh sham mastani, madhosh kiye jay”, “Zindgi ka safar, hai ye kaisa safar”, and “jis gali mei tera ghar na ho balma”.

The compere, Amit Puhaar, skillfully mimicked famous film actors Ashok Kumar, Om Parkash and many others on the song “Aati kya Khandala”. Since it was the death anniversary of famous music director Kalyan Ji, rich tributes were paid to him by both Sadhna and Anu Malik.

Though the programme was titled “Indian Film Music Through the Ages”, it was a misnomer as the music before the decade of 80s was not touched upon. In the second half, the songs chosen by all the singers were from recent movies like Kaante, Fiza, etc.