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HSA factions bury hatchet Chandigarh, August 31 Pawan Singh was named as the president of the HSA. Satinder Singh Dahiya quit the post. This was announced by Chand Singh Madaan, the founder chairman of the association while addressing a press conference. Madaan offered his apologies for the infighting in the HSA. It maybe remembered that Dahiya was taken to the police station recently for having thrashed Pawan Singh at the Students Centre. The HSA has announced that it would work out the possibility of alliances with different student groups on the campus for the student council poll. |
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ABVP calls off strike in PU Law Dept Chandigarh, August 31 A
press note said that “with regard to professional training and
placement cell, a four-member committee will explore new avenues for
students”. The department has announced to constitute a committee
for granting grace marks in the labour laws paper. |
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Teachers
honoured Chandigarh, August 31 Mr R.S.Gujral, Home-cum-Education Secretary of Chandigarh, was the chief guest. Mr S.K. Bijlani, former Chairman of CII, was the guest of Honour. The Principals of six schools — Mrs Singhal of Sherwood Convent School, SAS Nagar, Mrs Jyoti Arora of Holy Oak School, SAS Nagar, Mrs Amarjot Paul of St. Mary School, Chandigarh, Mrs Banerjee of St Joseph School Ambala, Mr Manjinder Singh of Himalaya Senior Secondary School, Ropar, and Mrs Sudha of Saffron City School, Fatehgarh Sahib, received the awards of honour. The best teacher awards for 2002-2003 were also presented. Col C.S Cheema, Founder Principal of Indian Public School, Kharar, was honoured with a lifetime award.
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The abuse of education
A
child learns from his environment. Parents and teachers constitute the most significant educational environment of a child, besides other Students/peers, the television, the cinema, the government and the rest. However, the role of parents and teachers in a child's education cannot be under-estimated. Educational environment at home goes a long way in helping the students do well in studies. Tuitions are certainly not a solution to the educational problems of today's children. As a parent and a teacher, I would like to bring into the limelight some of our shortcomings as parents and teachers to enable us to introspect and rectify and point to the positive role we as parents and teachers can play together for the benefit of the future of our nation. With ever-increasing race for materialism, a large number of mothers are forced to sacrifice the educational interests of their children at a very raw age due to their responsibilities at jobs and home. A small child going to crèches is a common sight. The child comes home in the evening to be welcomed by tired parents who, unfornately may get easily irritated with their children. This results in increasing number of students either becoming introverts or opening up to and confiding in their friends, thereby, partially or fully closing down there channel of communication withtheir parents. This has disastrous effect. Parents must, therefore, never allow any situation to develop in which the child is unable to share even the smallest of his problems with them and snaps his communication with his greatest well wishers. Parents need to be patient listeners and ha problems with due thought and not impulsively. On the other hand, over-indulgence should not be made a substitute for "Quality Time" the parents need to spend with their children. It is essential that parents train their children to do independent self- study. For this it is essential to develop child's interest in his studies, in improving his concentration in class, helping him to form regular study habits, promptly doing home work, clarifying his doubts in the class itself. These habits are most contributive in a child's excellence in studies. Sending children to tuitions at a very raw age is another abuse of education by parents who wrongly pass on their own responsibilities to the shoulders of tutors. Tuitions are crutches, which every child should avoid. Parents should never encourage their children to speak ill of their teachers even if there is something lacking in the teacher as this leads to lack of respect and reverence for teachers leading to their deterioration in studies. Reverence is the basic ingredient to learn from anybody. A good student can learn even from a so-called 'bad' teacher. Another factor that has immensely harmed the education of our children is that educational authorities in our states and country change syllabi ever so frequently and there has been a continuous increase the workload of students. It is a fact that most teachers are unable to cope up with such frequent changes when only a handful of teachers in big cities are exposed to the half-heartedly organized refresher courses. A lot of attention needs to be paid to the difficulties faced by teaching community in this regard. We teachers also need to do some introspection and take some remedial measures to help our students more effectively. Let us remember the proverb: "Do unto others as you wish to be done by". We should do the best for our students just as we wish other teachers to do for our children. We teachers should be ever ready to upgrade our own knowledge and remain fully devoted to our job of teaching. We should always encourage our students to ask questions in and outside class. This practice has helped me enormously in enhancing my knowledge in my subject. A student remembers a good teacher all his life. A large number of my students are a living proof of this. Should we not want ourselves to fall in that category? A teacher ought to remember that he gets the designation of "Teacher" because of his students without whom he is a non-entity. Dr Vinod C. Khera,
Renowned educationist and Director, Chandigarh Coaching Centre |
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How well do you read The Tribune?
Answers to the following questions are hidden in the last one weeks’
Tribune. Happy Hunting!!!! 1. Who was the Jaish-e-Mohammad operation chief of Kashmir killed in Srinargar? 2. Which places did the twin blasts of Mumbai target? 3. Who took over as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? 4. Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and for which sport? 5. Where was the Inter-State Council meet held? The first ten correct entries received will be published in this space next week along with the names of thier schools. Your entries should reach us by email at contest@tribuneindia.com by September 5, 2003 Answers to last week quiz:1. Joint Parliamentary Committee 2. S.A.S Nagar 3. Drogpas 4 Seven - four Correct entries : Jasleen Saini , Puneet Goyal, Divya Aggrawal
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Hi Kids! check out your vocabulary with this Down 1 A boy not yet a man (3) - 2 The quality of being unemotional (10) - 3 To delete typeset matter (4) - 4 Shirts, popular as informal wear (1-6) - 5 To earn a living with great difficulty (3) - 6 A marten from the pine (4,6) - 7 One kind cyprinid fish anagrammatic with aced (4) - 8 The wish-list of a person expired (4) - 12 Spaces absolutely devoid of matter (7) - 14 Candlesticks made of this matter (3) - 16 Ever (3) - 20 What-shot, kya-vya, kucch-vuchh are words of this variety (4) - 21 To open by releasing a knot (4) - 23 Plural of serum (4) - 25 A pithy or witty saying (3) - 27 To make a loud noise, sometimes in distress (3). Solution to last week’s crossword: Across.1 Ebb, 4 Assai, 10 Roasting, 12 Onion, 14 Alto, 15 Zed, 16 Oliver, 18 Egg, 19 Darer, 20 Levis, 22 Rip, 24 Hi tech, 25 Sos, 26 Agog, 27 Emirs, 29 Rewarded, 31 Dense, 32 Ten. Down: 2 Bridgetown, 3 Boo, 4 As, 5 Stair, 6 Silverside, 7 Anterior, 8 Igor, 9 Ooze, 11 Anodic, 13 Negligee, 17 Lashed, 21 Vegas, 23 Psst, 24 Hard, 28 Met, 30 Re. © Dr. M . Rajivlochan |
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A perfect blend of moral values & scientific spirit Rahul Das Tribune News Service Major RN Kapoor DAV Public School of Ambala Cantt has carved a niche for itself by imparting quality education.
The school aims for all round development and strong character formation of the students. The school inculcates moral values, scientific spirit and national pride by amalgamating the best of East and West. It is a key link in the strong chain of 770 DAV institutions. The school is named after late Major RN Kapoor, a staunch Arya Samajist and philanthropist. A saga of service, his life embodied a passion for dispelling ignorance. A number of poor persons and upcoming institutions drew inspiration and financial assistance from him. A member of the local DAV college managing committee, he was a patron of a number of educational institutions at Ambala Cantt. His widow, late Mrs Raj Rani Kapoor, who had similar passion for education and service, donated her bungalow so that a school could be run which would be a suitable memorial to her husband. The school was inaugurated by eminent educationist Late Darbari Lal Ji, organising secretary, DAV College managing committee, New Delhi, on August 17, 1984. It admitted 20-25 children each in nursery, KG and first and put them under the charge of capable, dedicated and trained teachers with a rich background of public school education. The children did well in studies. Major RN Kapoor DAV Public School has a spacious building with a vast playground. The rooms are big and airy. There are corridors on each side to keep the heat and the rain away from the children. The advantages of the building include the is a high boundary wall, no child can leave when the gates are closed, the road in front of the school has sparse traffic, the class rooms are free from street disturbances and there is no market nearby to distract the students. The school admits students to the classes from Nursery to XII. The minimum age for nursery is three plus. Every child is interviewed by the principal before admission is granted. Since seats are few, admissions are made on merit from the among the registered students. The school students have been divided into four houses called Apple, Bhaskar, Insat and Rohini with mottos Honesty, Obedience, Charity and Integrity. These Houses are allotted duty turn by turn. It results in intra-House and inter-House competitions. The library of the school is well-stocked and the students are encouraged to refer books from the library. The school has left no stone unturned to arrest the trend of students keen to watch television. About 8000 books are systematically arranged. A number of dailies, weeklies, fortnightlies and monthlies are subscribed. The school encourages Art and Craft to tap the students latent talent. In the field of cultural activities, the school has done well. It has bagged the overall trophy in Mahatma Hans Raj Memorial All India competition, Inter state, inter school cultural competitions eight times in succession. |
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“Moral training
is the first step towards character building”
On computers:
How can one resist the call of the computer in the 21st century? The basic training in computer education helps the students to be in the forefront when they leave the school portals. On Tuition:
On moral training:
On teaching methodology:
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Poems by students
Rain Rain Go Away
Rain Rain go away Come again another day I have school to attend so I pray Rain Rain to away By Arushi Saxena of class II
Smile
When you are sad and feeling very bad Someone gives you a smile How do you feel for a while? You think the whole world is against you But there is someone who really cares for you If not, there is the sweet little smile That will be your companion throughout your life when the sky is dark and sadly sings the lark Someone smiles at you - Doesn't the sky turn black to blue By Shivani Sagar
Work hard for
success
Rainbow comes when rain goes success comes when failure goes So work hard to get success failure will go itself Hardwork or hardtime, it is up to you Good luck or bad time it is up to you So work hard to get success failure will go itself By Sarthak Bhandari of IV
To madam, with love
Roses are red, violets are blue, Mother is sweet, but not as sweet as you. You are pretty as a pearl, and delicate as a girl. You teach me with all perfection, I look upon you with affection. I hope for you and sincerely pray, That you have a very happy `Teacher's Day'. By Deepti Jaggi of X |
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