EDUCATION

HAMARA SCHOOL
NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL S.S. SCHOOL JAIL ROAD
Where devotion to God is the driving force
Deepkamal Kaur

A peep into the history of Sargodha National Public Senior Secondary School, Jail Road, is like a pilgrimage into the past. It embodies a tale of two cities. The school had been established at Sargodha in Pakistan and shifted to Ludhiana during Partition. The then Governor had offered some land for the construction of the school to the Sargodha Khalsa Trust.

Jaspreet Kaur, 9th Jasleen, 10+2 Navneet Kaur, 10+1

The main aim of the trust is to train its pupils to live for God by learning moral, spiritual, intellectual, social and professional values. The school instils values of truth, justice and brotherhood in them, helping them realise the presence of God within themselves and in others, teaching them to pray and urging them to build a healthy and strong body through physical exercise and sports.

The school organises activities like ‘shabad’ singing, Gurbani memorisation, declamation contests on Sikhism and poems and tests regarding Sikh history. A new session in the school begins with the ‘path’ of Sukhmani Sahib. Before the commencement of the final examination in February, the school organises an ‘akhand path’ to seek the blessings of God for the students. The students participate in all ‘nagar kirtan’ processions to mark Gurpurb in the city. The students have participated in inter-school ‘shabad’ singing contests and won prizes. This year, the school team participated in a state-level contest at Sangrur and won the first prize and the running trophy.

The students are given coaching in cricket, throwball, volleyball, carrom, chess, judo, gymnastics and table tennis. In carrom, the students have stood first in the under-19 boys’ category and third in the under-14 girls’ category at the district level.

In chess, the students have stood first in the under-14 boys’ category and second in the under-19 girls’ category in the district. In cricket, the students have stood second in the under-14, under-16 and under-19 boys’ sections at zonal competitions. The under-17 team has been placed third at a district-level cricket tournament. In judo, the students have secured the third position in the under-16 boys’ category at a district-level competition.

The students have also participated in contests organised as part of an anti-drugs campaign and have won a special prize and a trophy. The students have participated in talent search essay competitions and won appreciation awards. They have won the first prize in creative writing, essay and poetry recitation contests organised by the Language Department. The school team has won the first prize in slogan-writing contests conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle. In a poem recitation competition, the team has won an appreciation award.

Various intra-school activities are also organised. The school has four houses — Rose House, Sunflower House, Lotus House and Daisy House. The houses hold various contests every Saturday. The students are also taken out for excursions. A class VIII student, Charanjit Kaur, has scored 90.7 per cent marks in the Punjab State Education Board examination.

‘Career awareness to be my priority’

School students, especially those in class VIII and above, need to be made aware of the various career opportunities available before them, believes Ms Parminder Chauhan, Principal of Sargodha National Public Senior Secondary School. In this world of tough competition, the students need to plan their career much in advance, stick to it and prepare themselves well before they actually step into it, she says.

She says there is a need to develop the attitude to take on challenges and then there will be no dearth of opportunities. Students should be made to utilise the information available. She says the examination system needs improvement. She says stress should be laid on personality grooming and extra-curricular activities.

BCA, BBA results declared
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 1
Girls of local colleges have brought laurels by winning good positions in the university as well as the district in the BCA (final) and BBA (II) examinations conducted by Panjab University.

Ms Poonamdeep of Ramgarhia Girls College secured the 5th position in the university by securing 1965 marks out of 2400 in the BCA (final) examination.

She stood first in Ludhiana district. Another student of the college Ms Daljit Kaur, stood 9th in the university by securing 1934 marks. Students of Khalsa College for Women also did well. Ms Navneet Kaur secured 1938 marks and obtained the 8th position in the university. She was placed 2nd in the district.

In BBA (II) examinations conducted by Panjab University, students of KCW did well. Ms Gaganpreet Kaur brought laurels to the college by obtaining the 3rd position in the university and by standing first in the district. Ms Shruti Kochar got the 6th position in Panjab University and the 2nd position in Ludhiana district.

Vedic camp for students ends
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 1
A week-long vedic karmyoga summer camp for boys 2003 which started on May 25 ended today. A valedictory session of the camp was held on the campus of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana.

This residential camp was quite different from students’ routine bookish knowledge that they got in schools. The objective was to make the students good human beings. Students also performed havans during morning and evening hours.

Campers were taught yoga asanas and other exercises. They were also tought transcedental meditation and dignity of labour.

Mr Satyanand Munjal, president of the school managing committee, was the chief guest. A few activities of the vedic camp were highlighted on the occasion. An exhibition of the articles prepared during this camp was also put up by the campers. Parents also shared their views regarding such camps which was the need of the hour today.