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October 28, 2002, Chandigarh, India |
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HAMARA SCHOOL The Christian Fellowship Centre Society that runs CFC Public School, Ludhiana follows the motto: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own wisdom” (from the Bible). The school was started with nursery and KG classes in 1973 in a rented building at 806, Gurdev Nagar, Ludhiana. The founders knew that a small seed planted and tended with care would surely blossom into a big tree yielding fruit. Christian Fellowship Centre School was started in 1973 by a society of protestant Christians and registered as a charitable trust with the aim to provide all-round education to boys and girls so as to enable them to fulfil their roles in society as good citizens. The school is situated away from the noise and congestion of city life so that children enjoy the freedom of open grounds and fresh air.
Special attention is given to the students’ moral, intellectual social and physical development. The school is co-educational and the medium of instruction is English. The school follows the pattern of Central schools and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school has a dedicated, highly qualified and experienced teaching staff who are expected to work along Christian principles. The Christian Fellowship Centre Society which is recognised as a charitable trust began this school initially with three children. The aim of the school from the very beginning has been to impart proper education for children in the community around. From the very beginning, the Society gave sufficient emphasis on moral and ethical teachings along with academic subjects. The response received from the public has been encouraging.
The school started growing and the society soon found that the place was too small for a growing school. In 1977 the Improvement Trust in Ludhiana allotted a piece of land at Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar in the G-block, where it is located
presently. Few rooms were built in the new premises and the school has shifted from Gurdev Nagar to BRS Nagar the same year. In 1984 C.F.C. Public School got affiliated to the CBSE and in 1994 the school started 10+2 classes and became a senior secondary school. The first batch of class XII students appeared for the examination in 1996. The school always had excellent results in both the 10th and 12th classes. Last year, Neeta Rawat secured 99% in social studies which is a record.
The school managed to build an auditorium two years back and a modern library block is under construction. It has a nursery and K.G. Section here in B.R.S. Nagar and also at Gurdev Nagar, close to Aarti Chowk. One more section is getting ready at Avtar Nagar, just near the Ferozepore road tax barrier, and classes here are expected to begin in April, 2003. The school is particularly keen to promote sports and extra curricular activities. Gold medals in Karate, Nati and championship were won by a duo of brothers
and sister team Tanurajvir and Manrajvir. During summer holidays, a camp is organised. The students get a chance to learn intricacies of different forms of paintings like glass, pot, fabric and also flower making and cooking. Culture of promoting reading by scholastic books is catching up. |
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‘A blend of cohesiveness & harmony’ The Principal, Mrs Mary Koreth, is a Malyalee who has been at the helm of affairs of C.F.C. School from 1992. She has seen the school grow and is thankful to God that in the present world, no politics prevails in her school and there is a great deal of cohesiveness and harmony in the school. She has been in Punjab for a long time and her two children — a daughter and a son — have more fondness for Punjabi food than their native food. She feels that God has sent her on a mission to supervise the education of children, which she is doing to the best of her capability and for this she attends to her office work even on holidays.
Religion is a sensitive issue these days, so the children should be allowed to follow the religion of their choice. The schools should have a secular approach and the good points of all religions should be made known to students. It is important for a school to give a good set of values. Mrs Koreth firmly believes that if the elders are good role models, both at home and school, the students would emulate them. Mere empty talks do not make any dent on the students’ minds as they are very sharp. But the words chosen with sincerity go down well with the students. It is a pleasure when former students come back to tell how the values taught in the school have helped them make right decisions. She says, “We read a sentence from the Bible in the morning assembly and then elaborate. Don’t be anxious about tomorrow. Live each day the fully and well as anxiety about future is going to add tension”.
The CBSE syllabus lacks co-ordination. It is strange that the syllabi of class VIII and class X have to co-relation, but not of classes 1X and X. In social studies for example, classes VIII and X study Indian geography but in class 1X , they switch over to world geography. The books prescribed by the NCERT are being used, but they do not provide extra knowledge, especially in mathematics and science. With competitive exams round the corner, teachers have to find suitable books by other private publishers. This entails extra expenditure. I dislike the concept of private coaching. But it has become a fashion to take tuitions. My teachers are willing to take extra classes for the sake of weak students, but students opt for tuitions and even parents encourage them. If the students pay enough attention, there is no need for
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Poems by students God, where are you?
Thousands of small children full of thirst crying for milk, you are nowhere Thousands of hands lifting for food, you are nowhere Thousands are lying in the hospital beds crying for your help, you are nowhere Thousands are killed daily in your name, and you are nowhere Thousands of bodies lying on pavements in cold at night, you are nowhere, Sometimes I really doubt is God there? Amanpreet Singh, class VII-A Trees Green in colour, swinging to and fro standing in a wide ground, Its long hands are bent low, making a whispering sound When the wind blows round and round, giving a home to the birdies And shade to the weary persons, as they are all its buddies Standing still in every season Favourite haunt for the children Tells the history of its lovely past, Giving the world its sincere love the stories of the shadow it had cast Giving the message of peace loving Most beautiful sight which I love Shruti, class IX-A Search for a friend My friend should be my medicine When I am in pain should be my comfort
When I am far should be my smile when I am sad should be my salve when I am mad should be my strength When I work should be my life When I die should be my pen when I write will I ever get such a friend Charul Bansal, V-C It’s raining It’s raining! the fish leap out of the pond in glee, The frogs thrust up their heads to see, The ducks are as happy as ducks can be, It’s raining! The grass is drinking long and deep, The flowers wake from their drowsy sleep Out of the ivy the wet snails creep, It’s raining! The raindrops sink in the thirsty ground, And hand from the dry leaves, glistening round, The world is full of a gurgling sound It’s raining! Isha, IX-A |
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PU youth festival begins Ludhiana, October 27 The festival will continue till October 29. Various colleges participating in the festival are DD Jain College, Malwa Central College of Education, BCM College, Partap College of Education, Dev Samaj College (Chandigarh), Government College (Chandigarh), and DAV College (Hoshiarpur). The programme started with tunes played by a police band in the honour of the Vice-Chancellor. It was followed by a welcome song. Prof K.N. Pathak lit the lamp and said it was his second visit to the college in a year. He said such festivals promoted traditional values. Today’s programmes included competitions in classical dance, Punjabi folk dance and group dance. Painting competitions were also held. The evening session was presided over by Punjabi poet Surjit Patar. A poetic recitation competition was also
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Sukhwinder takes city by storm Ludhiana, October 27 “Chhaiyan Chhaiyan’ ‘Ishk samundar dil de ander, ‘Kawa, kawa, ‘Ek lucky kabootor, ‘hai hia mirchi’, these popular numbers by the singer made the audience to wild. He thanked organisers Seagram’s for giving him the wonderful opportunity to perform live in front of his home crowd. It is dream come true and I shall be forever indebted to the company for giving me this cherished experience of reaching out and touching the emotional chords of all Punjabis in my home land and across the world. I am going to sing Punjabi songs for you,” he told the cheering crowd. The crowd cheered, clapped, danced and went berserk, as star performer Sukhwinder belted out his popular numbers at his first-ever live performance. Sukhwinder’s electrifying performance on stage left the Ludhiana audience completely spellbound and thirsting for more. Meanwhile, mediapersons complained that Sukhwinder remained elusive for the media. The company promoting the concert had promised mediapersons that the singer would meet the press between 3.30 and 5.30 p.m. but he reached late and wanted to go to the venue to check the sound system. The mediapersons were left waiting for him for hours. Then it was told that the singer would speak to the media after his performance but he went back leaving the media high and dry. |
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