EDUCATION

1600 Class VIII answersheets go missing
Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 25
As many as 1600 answersheets of Class VIII examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) have gone missing from a school in Beas where the answersheets had been sent for marking.

The matter came to light when one of the Board members questioned the authorities about the missing answersheets during a meeting of the Board held on April 20. According to sources, 800 Hindi subject answersheets and 600 Punjabi subject answersheets were lost from Government Senior Secondary School, Beas.

The examination coordinator, Mr Dalbir Singh, and another board official, Mr Narinder Singh, reported the theft to the local police station at Beas where a case was also registered. The sources, however, said the answersheets had been corrected before these were lost and the award lists had been received at the Board.

Hamara School
Where education is a unique blend of the East and the West

DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, is located in the picturesque Shivalik Hills. It was founded in April, 1983, by the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, as a project school in collaboration with Associated Cement Companies Limited. The school has eminent educationists on its local managing committee. Principal Mr B.S. Bahl, vice-president, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi is the chairman. Mr S. Marriya, Principal, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, is the manager of the school as well as the Regional Director. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, the school has been able to curve a niche for itself in the region. The school is housed in 3 separate buildings — senior wing, junior wing and preparatory School, Pinjore. The purpose behind setting of separate buildings is to give the children an environment suited to their aptitude and personnel growth.

‘Sound mind dwells in a sound body’. Similarly inquisitive minds can be nurtured well in the healthy environment. Equipped with modern amenities with all the latest techniques and models, the infrastructure of the school nourishes the creativity and invincibility, which is developed spontaneously among the students. The result is ‘distinctions’ and glory in the fields of both academics and other activities.

Principal Speaks
‘For me education is a mission’

Principal Sarita Kaushik

Education should be a mission, not a misuse: Effluence of a new stream out of the lake at the foot of the mountains is a spectacular sight to be enjoyed. Similarly, the emergence of outstanding students out of a school is an achievement for the teachers of the school... the pride and a sense of contentment that every education institution longs to relish.

Education is an mission: The fulfilment of that mission should be the aim of the child in life. ‘‘Great height and achievements are not attained by single strides’’. Certain amount of hard work, diligence and propensity towards the determination to rise high brings forth marvelous results.

I took up the reins of this school with pious hopes coupled with material aspirations to give the very best to my dear children and staff.

The atmosphere that we provide the children with in this school suits their personal growth and aptitude. We tend to provide them with the best and invest our hopes in them, expecting them to accomplish their ‘mission’ and not taking education as a misuse. These children who are the future hope of our nation have to carry the lamp of knowledge, illuminating the whole world with new developments. Once the mission of our school is accomplished, we would feel our FD have matured and our ‘grades, enhanced’.

Achievements

The school has made a name for itself in the region by participating and winning laurels and prizes in various activities.

1. The school has won a shield and a trophy by Unified Council for being declared as ‘‘Best Participation School’’ in the region. ‘‘Amit Dhiman’’ of Class XI brought home laurels by winning Britanica Encyclopaedia, CD in the competition. About 150 students of various classes of the school have been awarded with merit certificates.

2. Delhi Association of Mathematic Teachers organised National Mathematics Olympiad Contest. 77 students participated and 33 students have come in merit list.

3. 20 students brought glory to the school by distinguishing themselves and joining different engineering colleges, medical colleges, NDA, BDS, etc.

Many students represented national tournaments and brought laurels to the school by winning gold, silver and bronze models. The co-ordinator’s office is gracefully furnished and adorned with the pictures of DAV stalwarts like Mahatma Hansraj. Swami Dayanand faces the corridor of the school. Walls of the school are tastefully decorated with thought-provoking proverbs, orals and pictures. The classes on each side of the corridor are very well maintained. A small but well stocked library is a storehouse of comprehensive reading material. Encyclopaedia, books relating to moral stories new editions of ‘Tell me why’ series, provision for teaching aids, like CDs/TV projects etc actuate the learning instincts of the children. One gets enchanted by the well-maintained musical instruments on one side and the paintings and pictures of music-icons on the wall in the music room on the other. Computer room of the school is fully equipped with the multimedia, disc operating system, DOS CDs maths, science and rhymes and computer games. Every religious, social and national event in the school is celebrated and its significance is highlighted. The students are helped to update their general awareness and they are made confident by taking part in inter house debates, quiz, dramatics and sports, which are organised from time to time. The preparatory at Pinjore is anther branch of the school recently opened for the convenience of those residing at distant areas.

Enter the school gate and you will be welcomed by the kids. Enter the gate and you will be welcomed by the flower beauty of the smiling lawns. The school itself presents a congenial picture of cosy and warm atmosphere of home. Children are like tender buds who need to be provided with very healthy environment before they fully bloom as flowers. On the whole the school is an epitome of an ideal educational institution.

From Schools
Silver jubilee of Sec 19 church celebrated
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25
Students of St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, today performed bharatnatyam at a function organised to celebrate 25 years of the Cathedral of Christ the King, popularly known as the Sector 19 church. The day also coincides with the sacerdotal ordination of Bishop Dr Jerald John Mathias. The participants included Dania Vincent, Komaldeep, Odlin, Shilpa, Jicky, Jinnu, Kashish and Ishika. The audience appreciated the performance.

Declamation contest

Twenty students from 10 schools participated in an inter-school declamation contest held at the Government Museum auditorium in Sector 10 here. The contest was organised by Rotary Club of Chandigarh and Interact Club of New Public School.

Winners: first — Uplaksh Vashisht (Shivalik Public School), second —Amanpreet Kalra (Vivek High School) and third — Charu (Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Sector 27). The running trophy went to Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Sector 27.

Dance competition

We are the best, an inter school talent dance competition, was organised at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, by Dolphin n’ Dolphin. A total of 21 teams participated.

Winners: below seven years: Holy Oak School, Mohali 1, St Stephen’s School 2 and Vivek International Public School, Baddi 3; seven to 11 years: KPS Mohali 1, St Stephen Preparatory School 2 and Guru Gobind Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib 3; 11 to 15 years: Guru Gobind Vidya Mandir, Ratwara Sahib 1, Holy Oak School, Mohali 2 and Punjab Public School 3; above 15 years: Breaking Grounds, Mohali 1, Punjab International Public School 2 and Golden Bells, Mohali 3.

40 toppers honoured
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25
The 12th felicitation ceremony of the Guru Harkrishan Educational Society was held at the Rotary Club in Sector 18 here today. Forty students who had topped in engineering, medicine and other professional courses from various universities were honoured.

Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, who was the chief guest, said for the promotion of peace and non-violence, one had to respect life. He admired the society for selecting toppers from the poor and lower strata of society. The Vice-Chancellor gave away prizes to the toppers.

The awards consists of cash prizes between Rs 500 and Rs 1,100 and rolls of honour. The honorary secretary of the society, Mr A.S. Rawel, reading the annual report, said the society had helped 4,047 students with Rs 57.81 lakh.

To increase the availability of scholarships, the society was running a scheme to set up a memorial scholarship. The society had set up 159 memorials in the memory of 111 personalities.

The S. Mehar Singh Rawel Memorial Charitable Society honoured Suerinder Kailay, a Punjabi journalist based at Ludhiana. The award carries a sum of Rs 15,000 and a citation.

Student’s book of poems released
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25
“My Heart and Soul”, a book of 83 poems written by a school student, Srishti Sehgal from Abohar (Punjab), was released by the outgoing Member of Parliament, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, and Mr Rana Nayar from the Department of English, Panjab University, at a function at the Press Club here today. The poems, all in rhyme, talk about sentiments and emotions of teenagers.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, the young poetess said nature was a wonderful gift of God, but man was unable to contain it properly. She said she had tried to visualise various forms of nature. The young poetess started writing when she was in Class VI. Within three years she penned down a large number of poems. A family friend of the girl’s family, Late Suresh Sachdeva and the Principal of DAV School, Sector 15, Ms Rakesh Sachdeva, inspired her get the book published.

CULTURE

Traditional, casual, Western — the show had it all
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25
Two hours behind the schedule, the fashion show at Forest Hill Resort would have been better appreciated had the organisers cared to start it in time. Even as the Delhi-based models waited patiently in the green room, with their make overs on, the special guests of the resort took long before they seated themselves to facilitate the commencement of the show.

It was only at 9.30 pm, as against the given time of 7.30 pm, that the fashion show, designed by Abha Nagar and Wimmy Wansil rolled on the makeshift stage set up in the lush green lawns of the resort. Compered by Pallab Bose, the show had 10 rounds, most of which were dominated by traditional wear.

The very first round had models showcasing lehngas embellished with heavy zari and kundan work. In netted fabrics and soothing shades, the collection appeared appealing. Next came the saree round in which bead work on crepe stood out. Chinnons in myriad shades were attractive, so was the blending of different styles — from contemporary wear to old style of saree wearing, like the one made famous by actress Mumtaz in the evergreen song “Aaj kal tere mere pyar ke charche...” from the film, ‘Brahmchari’.

In the third round, white was the colour of designers’ choice. Kalamkari work stood out and most of the collection appeared inspired by Egyptian art. This one was followed by a semi-formal round that featured models in fish-cut lehnga cholis, decked with phulkari patterns. Shararas and lachchas also formed a part of this collection.

The casual round was too casual to be taken note of. Routine silhouettes were shown on stage. Shorts, skirts, mini skirts made an entry, but did not inspire much for the lack of novelty.

Fantasy, the next round, compensated for the lack of freshness in the casual wear round. Most of the ensembles shown in this round were inspired by the vibrancy of peacock feathers. Jute, leather and matchstick were also used for experimenting with the fabric.

Indo-Western round came next with the flourish of parallels made beautiful with heavy embroidery. Most of the garments here carried the impressions of Pahari folk art. The last round, titled “Black Mystery”, explored the dynamics of black, the most enigmatic of all colours.

The show was brought to the city by the Grace Institute of Fashion Technology.