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February 10, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Govt Model Senior Secondary
School
BRIDGING the gap between imagination and reality, words and deeds, promises and performance — that is exactly what Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 16 believes in. Since the time of inception, the school authorities have proved their faith in the dictum of doing, rather than thinking. The school, up to Class X, was established in 1954. Classes up to plus two level were added in 1989. It has a separate nursery wing, a primary section housing classes up to sixth, and building for senior classes from seventh to XII. The institute is currently instructing students in Humanities, Science — both Medical and Non Medical — and Commerce up to plus two level. About 2,400 students are imparted overall education under the constant guidance and supervision of Principal R K Sharma and faculty of 120 teachers. They encourage the students to reach for the stars with their feet firm on the ground. Just look at the results to remove any doubts. They speak volumes regarding the school's excellence. In 2002, the percentage of students passing middle, Class X and XII examinations from the school was the highest in Chandigarh. In class XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, 341 students appeared. As many as 316 secured the first division. About 95 students scored above 80 per cent. This is not all. In class X examination also conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, 144 students secured the first division. About 48 students scored above 80 per cent marks. Five students scored 100 per cent in Mathematics. Even students appearing in class VIII examinations, "did well". As many as 194 students appeared, 147 attained the first division. About 45 scored above 80 per cent. Seven students were placed in the merit list. Ishan Aggarwal stood first in Chandigarh securing 94 per cent marks.
In addition to "extraordinary results", a large number of students have made it to prestigious professional institutes, including All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjab Engineering College and Chandigarh Medical
College. The young innocents do not face any problem in making choices. The Mental Health Committee, under the guidance of PGI's Professor in Department of Psychiatry, Dr Savita Malhotra, helps the students in understanding their potential so that they are able to grow in an independent environment. Besides excellence in academics, the authorities strive hard to ensure "complete personality development". Focussing attention on each child's interest, the school offers plethora of activities, besides encouraging the students to participate in both indoor and outdoor activities. For the purpose, they are trained in basketball, football, tennis, handball, volleyball, gymnastics, yoga and aerobics. The students are divided into five houses, enabling them to take part in inter-house activities. The students are also encouraged to actively participate in the annual science exhibition organised by the State Institute of Education. During the last 10 years, the school has nine times succeeded in winning first
position. The quiz teams from the school continue to dot the headlines of the newspapers. A team, comprising Pulkit Dewan and Arun, succeeded in winning first prize in a contest organised by Chandigarh Librarians Association. Another team of Siddhartha Sharma and Varun Modgill bagged third prize in tourism quiz. The school can also boast of an active and diligent NCC unit. The reason is not hard to see. Cadets in white have been winning prizes in the annual training camps. The school has an "Eco club" also functioning under the Environment Department of the Chandigarh Administration. The club helps in beautifying the school premises and creates awareness about usage of bio-degradable products. The members has also won several prizes in different competitions. That's why the institute has been designated green school. |
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My school MY school is one of the best, students are busy, they never rest. Studies, games or anything else, we take pride in doing everything well. Excellence and striving for the best is our aim, we'll put in our best to achieve
name, and fame. The principal acts as a guiding force, and the teachers are helpful and dedicated. The school has all latest facilities to educate, the students in a modern way and to make, them better citizens. I consider my school the best. This school has helped me to make my life more meaningful. Megha Gupta, class X |
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Poems by students Childhood
What a mighty stage, having no sense of age. Ready to make friends, and start new trends. Playing with toys, and having lot of joys. What a mighty stage, having no sense of age. No matter ! what they do, no matter! where they go, like to go to a school and play in a pool. what a mighty stage, having no sense of age. With changing mood, eating a lot of food. Keeping hair like a madman, loving characters like 'Heman'. Trying to fly, high in the sky. What a mighty stage, having no sense of age. Varun Garg, IX-A Friendship Friendship is like a cup, So rich and rare, if broken, can be mended, but a crack is always there. Friendship is like a soothing balm, in suffering and in pain, if true, its a blessing, otherwise is vain. Friendship is like a rose flower, so lovely and fair, but if sought to be plucked, thorn is always there. Harneet Kaur, Class XI
Maths Maths, oh Maths, everywhere is Maths. Add, subtract, multiply and divide, it leaves children scratching their heads from morning to night. Theorems make them lazy, Trigonometry is not so easy. Logarithm seems to be an additional luggage, though Statistics, is an easy passage. Mathematics is full of problems and confusions, making children go for tuitions. But is maths so tough! or is it rough! I none of these, then why scoring, in it a difficult case! Megha Sharma, Class IX-D |
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‘Education should aim at overall development’ HE brings out the best in his students, takes personal interest in their activities, including problems. Encourages them to work hard, never believes in "unnecessary criticism". That is why the students consider Principal R K Sharma "friend, philosopher and guide", instead of just a school Principal. This is not all. He struggles hard to make the students conscious about local and national issues, makes sure they are emotionally balanced, committed and dedicated individuals. No wonder, the UT Education Department, recognising his efforts, honoured him with a state award. On education system:
Education should aim at overall personality development of a child, not just at making him good in academics. Along with their theorems and novels, the students should know about sports also. They should further be aware of their surroundings and developments taking place around them so that they grow up to be aware citizens. On improving primary education:
Better infrastructure and latest equipment, besides aids for better education will go a long way in improving education at primary level. Seminars should also be organised from time to time. On tuition menace:
Students are forced to take tuitions only when their teachers fail to do the needful. This is just not right. The students should be properly instructed in the classrooms so that they do not have to depend upon external help. They should also be encouraged to pay attention in the classrooms. In our school, we ensure personal attention to each student so he does not have to go in for tuitions. On need for career
counselling: The students should know what is right for them and what is not. They should be helped in realising their potential and making right choice in life. On main aim of the
school: We aim at producing versatile and active students who can never be caught unawares. Ask the students about the developments taking place around them and they will not think twice before replying back. On future
plans: We plan to introduce computer-based technology for teaching in classrooms. We already have a hundred per cent computer literate staff. This has been possible because of the computer education programme started by the UT Education Department. A multimedia project for the school will act as an added asset in the teaching-learning process.
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Impressive show by SD School students Chandigarh, February 9 The programme started with “Saraswati vandana”. Tiny tots of class-I presented a western dance, while “Pied Piper of Hamlin”, a classic play, sent the audience into peals of laughter as kids in the guise of rats jumped across the stage. Besides solo dances and songs and group items, Indian heroes like Harish Chander, Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Sharvan Kumar, Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh were introduced to the audience by Sachi Sachi, a KG student. A play on environment depicting the bounties of nature and how man has destroyed flora and fauna was also staged and students took a pledge to help make the planet cleaner and greener. The school Principal, Ms Manju Bhardwaj, presented the school report, highlighting the students’ performance in academics, sports as well as in extra-curricular activities. A special prize was announced for Gurnoor Kaur, who bagged a gold medal in junior category in the National Rowing Championship. Sports kits as well as cash prizes were awarded to students for excellence in sports as well as in academics. |
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CAMPUS NOTES PANJAB
University campus is a witness to a series of academic programmes these days which have several leading academic lights of areas concerned touring the campus. Seminars, conferences and talks continue on a daily basis these days. Insiders say that this being the end of the academic session, a number of departments had amounts unspent out of their last year’s budget which have to be finished before the commencement of the new financial year. Others say that with the turn of the season, weather was suited for hosting conferences. Also one cannot deny the fact that the teaching pressure is comparatively lesser during this part of an academic session. The university has witnessed a couple of seminars organised by the Centre for Women Studies and Development, the geology department, the political science department and the pharmacy department, just to name a few. Special lecture Dr Arun D Ahluwalia, geology department, delivered a special lecture on “ Halocene lake sediments in Kinnaur and Spiti: origin and significance of deformational structures” in the seminar room of the department. The abstract said the Spiti and Satluj valleys have repeatedly dammed in the last 15 to 40 thousand years due to various geological, climatological,, geomorphological and environmental factors resulting in isolated lake-like basins. Here accumulated fine mudstones and siltstones are now visible as yellowish deposits. These stones have been recently investigated by the speaker and found to show various types of deformations which could have been due to siesmatic activity, gravity sliding or neotectonic movements. The talk was illustrated with pictures of the High Himalayas. Seminar on Antarctic A two-day national seminar on 'Antarctic: Challenges and Opportunities" organised by Panjab University Centre of Geopolitics ended with several recommendations to improve the work in the region. Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi, co-convenor of the seminar, said one of the key recommendations was that India with 22 years of active involvement in the Antarctic needed to further strengthen its scientific and geopolitical presence in view of the emerging multi-dimensional challenges. Since science continues to be the currency of politics in the Antarctic, India should fully tap its geopolitical potential in the area. Dr Chaturvedi said the most significant element of both continuity and uncertainty in the Antarctic geopolitics relates to the array of territorial claims on the continent by United Kingdom, Argentina, Chile, Norway and New Zealand. He said these claims had acquired new dimensions of complexity and contestation. It was recommended that efforts should be made to establish long-term collaborative scientific and logistic ventures with other nations to pursue scientific research in the areas of common interest; expand Antarctic area of influence by sending Indian scientists to other stations around the region; graduate to international collaborative scientific programmes; and active involvement in international fora for policy making on Antarctica. Participants from Geological Survey of India, Faridabad, the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Science, Delhi, the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad and the Centre of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies, Allahabad, besides other agencies, deliberated at length before the final recommendations. National conference The Department of Physical Education, Panjab University, is organising a national conference on Sports and Society on February 22 and 23, official sources said. Sports scientists from all over the country are likely to participate. PU in old-age care The Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Panjab University, will initiate an action research project on facilitating an access to public health services for older persons. This requires support to the older patients by social workers and councillors before they are diagnosed by the doctors. This was one of the recommendations accepted at the two day national seminar on "Neglect, Abuse and Violence: The Aged in India". It was recommended to set up a dialogue with the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home for utilising ex-servicemen and former officials to facilitate their settling down after retirement and use their services to promote values of nationhood, national integration and peace. The PU centre will initiate an action research project on facilitating an access to public health services for older persons. Fellowship Prof Paresh, a former chairman of the Department of Hindi, has been offered Emeritus fellowship by the University Grants Commission for a period of two years. The honorarium carries a sum of Rs 10,000 per month in addition to a contingency grant of Rs 20,000 per annum. Author of four books and three anthologies of short stories, Professor Paresh has put in 37 years of teaching graduate and post-graduate classes. He has guided 19 PhD and more than 30 M Phil students. He did his doctorate from PU on “Aesthetic Consciousness of Sadras”. Refresher course College teachers have sought a refresher course in history from the university at the earliest. In a representation to the Vice-Chancellor, teachers from colleges including Dr R.P.S.Josh, a fellow of the university senate, have said a refresher course in History had been sanctioned for the session 2002-2003, however, no formal announcement has been made so far. The teachers have urged the VC to interfere and organise the course at the earliest. It is reliably learnt that the university had planned to organise the course at the earliest to give the legitimate due to the teachers. Teachers however await a formal announcement by the university Botanical garden The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned a grant of Rs 6 lakh for the maintenance of P.N.Mehra Botanical Garden at Panjab University. This was informed in a letter to Prof S.P.Khullar, chairman of the Department of Botany and Dr Kamaljit Singh ( lecturer). The grant has been sanctioned for the purpose of upgrading the mist chambers; upgrading of the cactus house; nursery establishment; and survey and collection. The grant is seen as a welcome respite by the Department because it was facing an acute shortage of funds. Many plants were in the danger of being lost due to broken glasses. The 'mist house' and the 'fern house' had also broken down. It is also worth a mention that during the past two years, the Department of Botany has received a grant of Rs 64.75 lakh from different quarters. The P.N.Mishra Botanical Garden was established in 1960. Special attractions of the garden are the 'Arboretum' with nearly 225 different species, water garden of lily-ponds and Nymphaea. The cactus garden has more than 100 species of cacti and the fern house has more than 50 species of ferns. The National Assessment and Accreditation
Committee (NAAC) had recommended that the garden be upgraded to the status of a nodal centre for botanical research in the region. Youth festival Panjab University team is participating in the Inter-Zonal Youth Festival being held from February 7 to 11 at University of Arts and Science College, Kakatiyah University, Andhra Pradesh, an official press note said. Only teams which won first positions from the four zones are eligible to participate. PU team had won the first position in the quiz contest at the inter-university zonal festival held at Allahabad earlier this session. Dr Surinder Sharma, director of the Youth Welfare, said team from GGDSD College will be participating in the event. |
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Manorite Alumni get-together And to celebrate the sequin centenary, almost all famous pupils of one of the oldest public schools of the country, including former Chief Election Commissioner, Dr M.S. Gill; his brother,
Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill; Punjab’s Additional Director-General of Police, Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, the Secretary of Punjab Olympic Association, Raja Sidhu and the Senior Superintendent of Police of Sangrur, Mr Amardeep Singh Rai, were here for a memorable get-together. St George’s College was founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1853. In 1894, the management was handed over to the Patrician Brothers. Idealy situated on an hill with its campus extending over 300 acres, the school boasts of extensive playfields, a modern auditorium, gymnasium and an indoor swimming pool. Among the alumni of the school are hockey players who won the Olympic gold. Besides the former Army chief General Shanker Roy
Chowdhary, Air Marshal de La Fontaine; Everest climber Maj HPS Ahluwalia are all from this school. Interestingly, an Irish brother who taught at Mussoorie school is credited with introducing hockey in Australia. |
Radiant edge to spring celebrations Chandigarh, February 9 The main attraction of the show was the radiant yellow colour, which was the theme colour of the programme. Everyone who walked in was thus dressed in bright yellow, paying a tribute to the spring. Apart from the routine functions that mark any basant festivity, this one was about many unique contests. So you had not only the run of the mill competitions like kite flying and fancy dress but also some really new ones like the “pitamber varna pratiyogita” which was finally won by Veena and Seema in female category and Vinod Jaidka in the male category. The function rolled on with a “Saraswati vandana”, which was followed by a kite flying session and on the spot painting contest, held in junior (3 to 5 years), and senior (6 to 10 years) sections). Then came the fancy dress competition which was organised on the theme of spring. The other contests during the day were musical chairs, tug of war, spoon race, the needle thread game and many more. Results of the drawing contest (in order of merit) are: Junior category: Yamini, Yashina and Tarish; senior category: Shikha, Kashish and Akshay. Fancy dress contest results are: Suchita and Kashish.  |
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Basant Utsav ends Chandigarh, February 9 The first prize for bhangra went to the team comprising Aman Sohi, Vikram, Rahul, Sunny Mahal, satinder, Happy, Saurav, Dheeraj, Harpreet Toor and Mohan. Mr and Miss Basant titles were shared by three people in both male and female categories. Among males it went to Gagan, Aman and Saurav. Among
females it was shared between Pallavi, Bela and Neetu. The best dancer award went to Priya and the best group dance award went to Pragati and Mridula. In the dance contest category the prizes went to Honey and Chandani (first), Shubham (second) and Amandeep (third). The best skit prize went to the team comsiring JP Singh, Sachin, Mohan, Deepak. The best anchor aard was shared between Rahul and Poonam, Sachin and Bela. In the bay show contest (age group
below 6 months) the awards went to Sehar, Bhavneet and Akshad. In the age group 6 months to two years (boys) the awards went to Rohan Goyal, Sidhant and Rajveer. Manasi, Anmol, Naina, Anisha and Arshita bagged the prizes in the 6 months to two years (girls) category. |
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