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December 16, 2002, Chandigarh, India |
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HAMARA SCHOOL Parbina Rashid The feeling of love and peace is almost palpable as you walk into the campus in sector 26, which houses Dutt Vishesh School. With its bright airy rooms, sprawling green lawns and well maintained flower beds, the school is just the right place for your child to spend the major growing up hours of his life.
With its motto "With love towards light", the school has been providing unique care education to children eversince its inception in 1993 for students from Play groups to Class VIII. A child can learn here without going through unnecessary stress, because each teacher abide by the rule of guiding a student to learn through love and thorough teaching but not drilling.
Run by The Vishesh Educational Society - a non profit making organisation, the school is up to Class VIII. The unique point of the school is that till class V, it follows a syllabus of its own and from Class V onwards a blend of both CBSE and ICSE prescribed syllabus, picking up the good points from both. Interaction and personal care is high on the school's agenda where each child is analysed at individual level by the teachers and help is being provided accordingly. The school has kept the teacher-student ratio exceptionally high - one teacher for every 16 students. Each class has no more than 20 students. Dyslexic children, slow learners or those with low IQ level, are being given special care so that they can face life like any other normal child.
The school gives special emphasis on developing reading habit among the students for that the staff have come out with the noble idea of displaying story books with tempting illustration at the back of the class and students are always being encouraged to make use of them- not just read them but enact them in the classrooms. The school has well equipped library and learning aids to make learning a beautiful experience. Dutt Vishesh has earned its good reputation for giving their students the freedom to express themselves - be it by splashing colours on canvasses or through sports activity like cricket,
football, karate, yoga and meditation. The school welcomes each child as a happy challenge, teaching them to live with caring concern within the community, the country and mankind and to see the beauty of nature, art , thought and feeling.  |
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‘High spirit should not be mistaken for indiscipline’ Ms. Sharda Dutt is a person one can run to with all sorts of problems. A lady with great insight of human psychology, she gives the impression of the solid rock bottom where one can anchor safely, but only till you get to know her better. Because once you know her she does not only personality the solid strength but she radiates warm vibes which makes you completely at ease. The traits of her nature is evident in each corner of her school Dutt Vishesh - the school she has nurtured with love care and tenderness. On Education system — Our education system has been going backwards inn many ways but major drawback of the system is that we are now doing things just for the heck of it. For instance take up the environment issues. We motivate out students to take out rally with placards but how many of us teachers actually try to imbibe a sense of duty and love for nature among our students. How many of us take our students out in the nature and teach them lessons first hand? On maintaining discipline — A child's high spirit should not be mistaken for signs of indiscipline. Every child is an individual and this is what one has to remember while imposing the usual norms of discipline on him. We try to imbibe a sense of discipline without injuring his or her self esteem. On the cut throat competition — Since in a populated country like India, no one can escape the maddening rat race to be on the top, a high standard in education has to be maintained by every school. But at the same time I believe in letting a child have a good childhood but equip him with loads of confidence to tackle life head on. On inculcating reading habit — With TV and films taking over the entertainment sector, we have a tough job ahead of us to keep our student's interest intact in books. During the school hours we try to motivate our students to read books and also let them read story books within the classroom once they finish heir work but it is also parents' duty to keep the interest alive at home. Parents should right from the beginning read out books with good illustrations to their children.— PR
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Poems by
students Oh dear flower' you are very preety,
When I pluck you, I feel pity, I feel nice as you are cute, I feel bad as you are mute. Why don't you speak? Why are you so meek? Can you hear my speech? Your world, I want to reach. I want to hear your voice I want to be red like you I want to be liked by everyone like you. — Mudita, class II
The Sun It all began at night
It was a wonderful sight. Everybody looked in space It was like a race. The star burst with a blast It happened so very fast. It was actually the sun The bright, wonderful sun Which gives us light Every day and night. — Amar Rathore, class-VI
If You Want If you want to be,
Be a good person. If you want to forgive, Forgive your enemy. If you want to read, Read the character of a If you want to think, Think about your future. If you want to earn, Earn more knowledge. If you want to give up, Give up all bad habits. If you want to love, Love your parents. If you want to see, See beautiful nature. — Sparsh Tuli, class-V
Nature Nature is the gift of God Man is destroying its beauty Plants and flowers want fresh air But we are their enemies. Nature makes the earth balanced But man upsets this balance And destroys the beauty of nature. We will have to go to hell Or save the gift of God. Let us take care of the earth’s beauty And make it last forever. — Gurjot Singh, class-V |
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My school My school Dutt Vishesh is the perfect example of learning through fun. It is not amidst industries or over populated areas. In fact it has all the ingredients to make it a beautiful place where you can extend your knowledge. It was established by Ms. Sharda Dutt with the dream to make it a place of fun and education mixed together and she has done it with great enthusiasm. She has faced many difficulties but has overcome them all, a trait which has touched us students, inspiring us to overcome challenges and difficulties in life with a brave front. Our school has an airy, well ventilated building with beautiful green plants all around. We begin the day with exercises and meditation. We enjoy our classes because the teachers make them so interesting. Our teacher rarely punish us. We enjoy both studies and games. — Harsh Tuli, class -VIII |
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‘Give
priority to recognised schools’ Chandigarh, December 15 Stating this at a press conference in a local hotel in Sector 20 here yesterday, Mr U.S. Gujral, President, Recognised Schools’ Management Association, said though the Chandigarh Private Schools (Unrecognised) Association had been trying to portray that all private schools fall under the same category, but the truth was something else. The Punjab and Haryana High Court in its judgement had already drawn a clear wedge between the recognised private schools and unrecognised schools. The members of the Recognised Schools Association condemned the unrecognised schools for dictating terms to the Chandigarh
Administration while negating rightful claim of the recognised schools for the allotment of sites. There were about 25 recognised private schools operating from the residential complexes in the city. According to members of the Recognised Schools’ Association priority should be given to the recognised schools while allotting plots by the Administration. A delegation of the association had already met officials and received a verbal assurance regarding the allotment on priority basis but the advertisement for the school sites says that the plots were open to all. There are only 11 sites available for primary schools against 79 applicants. |
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Schoolchildren present
a complete show Chandigarh, December 15 Gen Jacob said students should be computer savvy, as world had become a global village. To keep pace with the developed nations, we would have to equip ourselves with the latest technical knowledge. “The invention of printing machine played the biggest role, so far, in making education available to masses, but, today, computer education is playing a bigger role in our lives,” he said. The cultural show began with a prayer. Students of nursery and kindergarten presented ‘Have You Seen the Little Ducks’, in which, tiny tots dressed up as ducks and blackbirds delighted the audience. Students of Class III presented ‘The White Lily’, which took the audience to the land of the Red Indians. It was followed by a ‘Radha Krishna’ group dance. Senior students staged three plays — all satires on the socio-political system of the country. English play ‘Refund’ was a critical look at the education system that did not prepare students for the job market. Punjabi play ‘Toyah’ mocked the political system that played with the poor and crushed them for its benefit. Hindi play ‘Sabse Sasta Gosht’ portrayed how worthless was human life in face of the growing materialism. Earlier, the director of the school, Ms Sharda Dutt, delivered a welcome address; and Ms Brijbala Singh, deputy director of the school, read out the annual report on the achievements of the school. Ms Indu Punj, president of the school, also spoke on the occasion. |
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‘No vehicle day’ pledge by NSS unit Chandigarh, December 15 Making an appeal to conserve energy in every possible way, Dr M.L. Gupta said that only when all of us become sensitised about using energy in the most economic manner, the objective of energy conservation day will be realised. Besides taking a pledge to use bicycles while coming to the college, the NSS unit also raised slogan like “Energy is life, conserve it” to make the concept popular among the general mass. |
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Extended
hours at school Panchkula, December 15 |
Rock band back after 10 years Chandigarh, December 15 In tonight’s concert the group stuck to the popular numbers of legendary rock bands and singers like Deep Purple, Santana, Eric
Clapton, Dire Strait, Nirwana, Bryan Adams and Pink Floyd except for their own number ‘Brahmastha’ which was a blend of rock with Indian ragas. ‘‘We are coming up with an album for the Valentine’s Day this year,’’ said
Chandi, the drummer of the group. And what made them take a risk after 10 years of silence was the changing scenario in the music world. ‘‘The last decade was the dark age for rock music but now the time has changed and the table has turned once again towards rock music,’’ said
Chandi, supported by other group members Lalit and Gagan. Chandigarh, according to
Chandi, had never been a hub of rock culture but the band had managed to get by, by performing in other states as well and rising to the prominence as the only manual rock band in the region before pop hit it in a big way. ‘‘Competition was not much even and even now we do not anticipate much competition,’’ said Lalit. The band came into existence in 1981 when three music lovers and self-taught musicians got together and formed the band. ‘‘We were still college students at that time and did quite well for sometime but as soon as rock started loosing patronage of organisers we decided to switch over to our respective careers but we always remained loyal to our kind of music, never attempting to float with the pop culture,’’ said Lalit. Chandi is a businessman, Gagan a software engineer while Lalit teaches music to young children. And the reason they gave for their loyalty towards rock was the element of creativity which was not there in pop. ‘‘In pop, music is set from beginning to end but in rock one has to create music - using one’s body and soul, not to forget the brain,’’ said
Chandi. ‘‘Rock needs a lot of hard work and dedication too for it is like a three-dimensional puzzle, here each element has to be perfectly harmonised to make the music come alive,’’ he added. |
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Akademi
to have art gallery Chandigarh, December 15 Ever since their constitution in 1999, the three Akademies — Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi — had been using the premises of either the Government Museum or the Government College of Arts in Sector 10 for holding their respective activities. But now with the approval coming from UT Administration, the Akademies, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in particular, will develop the basement of State Library in Sector 34 into an exhibition hall. Apart from using money from its annual fund of Rs 2 lakh, the Akademi will also get financial support from the Arts Council for this work. About two months back, the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), had inaugurated the offices of three Akademies in State Library, building. At that time, however, there was no arrangement for any hall where the Akademies could organise their regular functions including art exhibitions, workshops, competitions and seminars. |
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Exhibiting life with cartoons Chandigarh, December 15 Bhattacharya’s creations are strong statements of social and political aspects. Using his talent, the artist has subtly dealt with the most sensitive themes in the most hilarious medium. He has cartoons on all subjects, on all personalities, on all ministers and on all issues of national significance. |
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