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HAMARA
SCHOOL USPC Jain Public School was founded in April, 1988 with a strength of 188 children and up to Class V under the name of “Upadhaya Shri Phool Chander Ji Maharaj”. The school is administered by “Acharya Shri Atma Ram Jain Samarak Samiti” which is a body registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) vide Registration No 404 of 1989-90. School is affiliated to the CBSE, New Delhi and is situated at Jamalpur, Chandigarh road, Ludhiana. It provides quality education. Within a short span of 12 years this school has steadily progressed with 2,100 students on its roll, under the guidance of its president Mr T.R. Jain and the secretary Mr Mohinder Paul Jain. It has classes from Nursery to XII with medical, non-medical, commerce and humanities streams. The school is spread in about 3 acres of land and is equipped with physics, chemistry and biology labs. The school inculcates the spirit of self sacrifice, discipline and selfless service to the mankind based on universal teachings of Jain saints and stresses on all round development of the child. The school has a team of more than 100 experienced teachers under whose guidance it boasts of 100 per cent results in class X and XII. The students of this school have excelled not only in academics but also in sports and other extra-curricular activities. The school also organises science, social studies, arts and crafts exhibitions from time to time. Students are encouraged to participate in inter-house, inter-school competitions. Activities like quiz, debates, declamations contests, dance, painting, arts and crafts, monoacting are held at regular intervals and students are encouraged with certificates and prizes. The school follows the house system and the aim of this system is to develop leadership qualities, teamwork and cooperation. The students are regularly examined by the school doctors. The school has well stocked library which has books on all subjects where students can attain knowledge and Readers’ Club which encourages the students to read extra books. The on-line computer labs of the school are equipped with latest softwares. Parents Teacher meetings are held at regular intervals to review the progress made by the students. Parents suggestions are taken with healthy spirit. |
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‘Dynamic and full of new ideas’
Religion teaches human beings to spread the message of love. It never teaches one to be selfish. Meditation is very important to calm an individual from inside and this helps the student to evolve as a better person. The teachers as well as students meditate for some time and results are excellent. After Navankar Mantra which is a must for Jain schools, a holy book is read and spiritual nuggets are picked up from writings of Kabir, Bulle Shah, Baba Farid and many others. Since we have some Muslim students, and of other religions too, we lay stress on the secular nature of the religion. Religions are different but goals are one and so are the students of the school.
Our education system is quite burdensome for the students. It is destroying the originality, the spirit and the imagination of students. Students hardly understand the subjects taught in primary, middle or higher classes. Practical assignments should form a part of syllabus so that schools are compelled to take it up to make the basic clear. The ideal solution would be to blend the two courses. At the Class IX level students should be allowed to choose the stream of their liking. The courses should be vocationalised so that students could start earning after completing Class XII.
Inner discipline plays more important role than outer discipline. Inner discipline comes through meditation. Meditation makes students come closer to the God. The discipline is maintained by posting students and teachers of a particular house on duty. They check uniform, and maintain a record of habitual late comers. These latecomers are explained the value of punctuality. Sometimes harsh methods have to be adopted to discipline them. When the latecomers continued to come late after repeated warnings the parents are called and explained about the benefits of punctuality and discipline. Similarly teachers also assume the role of surrogate parents. — AA  |
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Poems by students Friendship
Friendship is a golden gift costly, rich and rare It’s a chair with many knots which the angels tie together If we do not break the knot we shall be friends forever Friend! Dense forest can catch fire ever flowing rivers may dry flowers may stop dancing, cuckoos may halt singing Mountains may fly, Nightingales may cry But my heart will never forget you, I always think about u And when month and years will glide by on this page, cast your eyes Dear! Remember it is penned down by a Friend, sincere; who left her memorial for you here Neha Jain, Class III-C Faith in God “Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, But a maze of passages, trough which we must seek our way, lost and confused, new and again checked in a blind alley But always, if we have faith, God will open a door for us, Not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, But one will ultimately prove good for us.” Geetanjali, Class X-A Environment What is environment? it is not life playing instruments of this we are well aware But are careless and don’t care because we don’t have any ban here don’t cut a simple tree or a day will come when oxygen will not be free “Check your vehicles” or better ride on bicycles these are the ways to protect environment we can observe this and also prove by experiment the environment is very useful thing Happiness and joy to us it does bring the grass is green so fresh and clean trees give us many a thing food, medicine, paper to us they bring that never seem to fade “Make your environment clean” that is what I really mean. Gurpreet Kaur, God is one The stars are many the Moon but one but neither can hold a candle to the Sun Aunts are many But our papa is one A host of ministers the king but one its of deities but God is one Monika Aggarwal, Class V-B |
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some it is just an ordinary day Ludhiana, November 3 The students are realising their social responsibilities by organising exhibitions depicting charts which said ‘Say no to crackers’. It has made a dent on students’ mind and they are buying limited crackers. Arzoo says: “I am going to enjoy Divali with my friends. I will make handmade cards to give to my teachers. Our teachers have advised us to have a safe Divali, so I am going to burst those crackers that do not cause environmental or noise pollution’. Rahul, a student of 1st year of a local college, says: “Yes I have spent much less money on crackers this time. We are aware of the pollution it causes. Moreover, it means literally sending your money up in smoke. I always feel the needy children should be helped to enjoy Divali so I gift money to them. It is not a big step but I try to give happiness to others. My friends and I have started sending greetings on e-mail as it is more economical”. For rickshaw-pullers what has Divali to offer. The adulterated sweets of which they are fond of or a few crackers. That’s all. Divali means nothing much to them. Hari Ram, a rickshaw-puller, said: “I have come from Bihar five months ago. I have no friends with whom I can celebrate the festival. So I am not at all excited”. He said he would spend Rs 100 on Divali. He would buy food, sweets and a few crackers. For Mr Manoj Makkar, a dealer in cars, Divali means fun whether business is up or down. He says: “The market is down no doubt, but I always enjoy Divali. After all it is our important festival. I will go and select gifts for my friends in the evening”. Mr Vijay Singhania, a stock broker, says: “Things at stock exchange are rather bleak”. His wife says: “It becomes very tough to distribute gifts. One just keeps running and hardly gets any time to interact with people whom we are giving gifts. So we have decided to give fewer gifts and to very close friends. We enjoy this way as we get time to spend with our friends”. |
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School holds function Ludhiana,
November 3 The programme included skits in Sanskrit, Hindi, English and Punjabi. The themes of the play concerned spiritual, social and religious matters. It was delightful to see small kids sing songs in chorus and the song was ‘Bade
chalo’. Students of Class I and Class II presented ‘dandiya’. Karuna of Class VI and Lisa of Class VII sang ‘Mirza’. The Principal of the school, Mr Rajesh Prashar, read the annual report and highlighted the achievements of the students in sports as well as academic field. A student of Class VII Kumar and Divya of Class IV impressed the audience with their songs. Besides this, a Rajasthani dance and a classical ‘nritya
natika’ were also well appreciated. The programme ended with ‘Vande
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Inter-college debate Ludhiana, November 3 Mr Prem Nath Gupta, president of the trust was the chief guest. Prof.
N.S. Tasneem, a former lecturer Government College for Boys, Prof. K.K. Bhatia former lecturer, Malwa Central College of Education and Prof. Kusam Verma, former Vice-Principal of Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, on the panel of judges. The following are the results: Nehru Trophy (team) — Government College for Boys, Ludhiana. Mrs Tawanpreet Kaur, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ist prize; Mr Kumud
Chandra, Government College for Boys and Mr Bikramjit Singh, Government College for Boys, 2nd prize; and Ms Jasleen Kaur, Malwa Central College for Education, Ms Samuridhi Sharma, Government College for Women, 3rd prize.
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Trust president summoned Ludhiana, November 3 Passing the order, Mr Ashok Kapoor, Judicial Magistrate, observed: “From the perusal of the entire evidence on record, as well as arguments advanced by the counsel for the complainant, I find that a prima fascia case under Sections 420, 406, 427, 120-B of the IPC has been made out and there are sufficient grounds to proceed against all the accused under these sections.” As per the complaint, Dr G.S. Grewal and Mr J.S. Grewal, president and secretary of Guru Nanak Education Trust, who were authorised to file the present complaint against former president, NIIT officials vide resolution dated October 5,1998. It has been alleged that the trust was interested to start new vocational courses in its college, Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, Ludhiana, in view of the changing demand of education. As such it authorised the then president Gurbir Singh to sign the agreement with M/s NIIT Ltd company, which was signed on July 10,1997.
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Ms Yachna Chawla, 32, took over as Principal of USPC Jain Public School three months ago. She has brought in discipline and started organising morning assembly in a more organised manner, Ms Chawla, a Chemistry teacher, is one of the youngest principal of this school. She is dynamic and full of new ideas. She regards the school as her child and takes care of it.