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Essay-writing contest Chandigarh, November 3 The general secretary of the Sabha, Mr R.K. Malik, said the contest would be held at Jat Bhavan, Sector 27, Chandigarh, Chaudhary Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Bidhani, Pathania Public School, Rohtak, Vishvas Senior Secondary School, Hisar, and SD High School, Lakhan Majra. While the winner of the contest would be awarded a gold medal and a cash award of Rs 2,100, the second prize would entail Rs 1,100 and a silver medal while the third prize comprise Rs 900 and a bronze medal. Three consolation prizes of Rs 400, Rs 300 and Rs 200 would also be given. He said that the students of Classes X, XI, XII, college and university students could send their applications for participating in the contest on plain paper, countersigned by heads of educational institutions by November 20. |
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Kids in fancy dress on Divali eve Chandigarh, November 3 The school Principal, Ms Sumiti, praised the children for the performances. The parents gathered there gave the school authorities a promise of support for the development of the school. The results of the contest are as follows: Group A — Rahul (1), Aayush (2) and Swany (3); Group B — Aryan (1), Liya (2) and Harleen (3). Meanwhile, students of the Sohana and Chandigarh branches of Golden Bells Public School got together to take out a rally against the use of crackers on Divali. The students carried pamphlets, banners and posters with prize-winning slogans and cartoons, prepared in a special competition held on October 31, pasted on these. The students raised slogans to create mass awareness against the use of crackers and prepared candles, decorated ‘thalis’, besides earthen lamps and pottery. The students also pledged not to burst crackers this Divali. Prabudh won the first position in the earthen-lamp-and-thali-decoration contest, in which, Prabhdeep came second and Ankit third. Meanwhile, students of Shastri Model School of Phase I celebrated Divali in the school by organising a cultural programme. The school was decorated with lights and the tiny tots also burst crackers. Radhika of Class VIII won the prize for candle decoration, while Divya Rani of Class IX won a prize for lamp decoration. Munish Thakur got a prize for card making. Tiny tots of Spring Valley Public School of Phase VII also celebrated Divali in the school by decoratig it with lights and performing a special ‘aarti’ for the happiness of the children and their families. The children listened to the narration of Ramayana. The school Principal, Ms Ravinder Kaur, told students to ensure safety when playing with crackers. |
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HAMARA SCHOOL
One of the 48 schools of the 37 kendras of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, is an organisation dedicated to creating awareness on India’s rich heritage, scripture, unity of all faiths and common spiritual truths given to the world community by sages and seers. The foundation stone of Bhavan’s Chandigarh Kendra was laid on November 30, 1980, and it’s school, while its school came into existence in 1983. It was founded by the then Governor of Punjab, Mr Jai Sukh Lal Hathi, and is affiliated to the CBSE, New Delhi. With its head office in Mumbai, the Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan itself was founded on November 7,1938, by the great visionary Dr K.M. Munshi with the blessings of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. In the city, the kendra runs a senior secondary school and has nearly 1400 children on its rolls, running classes from pre-nursery to XII. It also runs a special cell for the mentally handicapped children and “Unchai”, an educational cell for the slum children at the premises. The school organises counselling and guidance sessions while career guidance is also available to students through interactive sessions with professionals. These help students to make important choices of study, vocation and occupation. Leadership is nurtured among the young through a students' council. A well organised art and craft syllabus helps children learn the basis in a systematic way. Amateur photography through workshops, class lectures or outdoor sessions and literary activities at class and inter-class level are organised throughout the year. Classical and folk forms of Indian music and dance are introduced to every child in Bhavan at the earliest. Special coaches are employed for sports and athletic meets are an annual feature where mass participation is encouraged. Bhavan provides a well-equipped library with a collection of over 15000 volumes. It also subscribes to 32 magazines and eight dailies in three languages. Spacious and well-equipped science labs, two state-of-art computer labs with Internet connection and an array of educational software for various age groups compliment the normal classroom teaching. Students undertake several social work projects through the Interact Club. |
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My school The wheel of time comes full circle all too soon. Its just a year ago that I, along with my friends entered the hallowed corridors of Bhavan Vidayalaya. During my stay in school, I have had the unflinching support of our seniors and our teachers. We experienced warmth and camaraderie on coming to this school. This school has indeed been able to bring out the best in me, playing a pivotal role in building up confidence. Being in the school cabinet as the head of a team, has indeed been a valuable experience. It has taught me new lessons everyday and imbibed the quality of leadership in me. The kind of education imparted here and the standard of teaching is unparalleled which is evident form the school results. The school has been able to strike the right chord between discipline and fun. —Harveen
Kour,
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‘Socialisation of the mentally challenged
Education means helping children become able world citizens with a sense of pride in being Indian and understand the heritage, culture and tradition without blind idolatry. It aims to build faith that the path of goodness and righteousness alone provides endless inner strengths though it is a difficult battle to inculcate good moral values.
It is a mammoth task to be teaching these "educable learners", one requiring a lot of love and patience. The idea of running this special class for the mentally challenged is not only making them socially acceptable but also making them economically independent. Also, our effort in school is to educate normal children to accept them.
We don't have any major discipline problems though we favour some kind of penalty to the erring child to ensure the mistake is not repeated, corporal punishment has no place in our institution. The morning assembly helps us to motivate our students to adhere to rules. We make them reason and give concessions to begin with.
Academic institutions have come to realise that sports and co-curricular activities play a great role in moulding the personality of a child. We have separate periods earmarked for these and professional coaches train students in a whole lot of games though space is a constraint and restricts the activities.
We have bought a piece of land in Sector 46 where we plan to shift our primary wing, giving the juniors and seniors greater area to blossom and provide greater facilities. In the present building, a new administrative block, auditorium and state-of-art library is on the agenda. —GG  |
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Poems by students I have to go on… At one instance, this world looks very beautiful and charming, As beautiful as a flower on a dewy morning. But when the tides turn against you , harsh is the world towards you, Indeed, the same beautiful world haunts you. Things often don’t come out right as planned, Because dedication and destiny go hand in hand. But I know I have to go on, as in this world I have a place to cement. I may not have luck, but have the almighty, whose powers are vast, And he’ll help me fulfill rest of my dreams before I breathe my last. —Manminder Singh Bajwa, class XII B I have a
dream While the world is on fire, And the need of peace is dire, While the world is torn at the reams, I have a dream. That one day the fire will end, From war the peace we will ascend. Why is crow replacing the dove? Why is hatred replacing the love? Blood flows in streams, I still have a dream. So I remember that wise-men say, “After
night there is always day” —Sameer Madan, class X A
A little Dove
flew over me… While going
for a walk in the greens, A little bird flew over me. I recognized it immediately, It’s
a dove, it’s a dove. But stopped to think, “Well, What is this
bird doing, In the land of terror and bribery. As the little bird flew over me, It
seemed to say, “Try , Try just once”. I know you’ll be able to
wipe out, This ongoing terror, this lust for bucks. Inspired by the message, I started to think, How nice it would be to live in a peaceful world. —Rohit
Khanna, class XI B |
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With an experience of 10 years as school principal behind her, Ms Meenakshi Mohindra says her school focuses entirely on personal attention and academics. This gives them an edge over the rest and ensures good results at the end of the year.