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Abacus learning comes to city
Chandigarh, August 7 In fact, arithmetic is used as a medium to achieve the complete brain development of the child. To make the students aware of the Abacus education, introductory workshops were conducted for students of DAV Model School, Sector 15. The workshop was conducted section-wise. The students of Class II to Class VIII were trained on the first lesson of the programme. The students were able to understand the concept quickly. They learnt to do double digit simple addition and subtraction within 35 minutes. While the teachers expressed surprise at the prompt replies of the students using this technique, the students, too, were equally excited. A presentation was also given to the teachers. It was explained by Mr Sanjeev Malhotra that at ALOHA, a child is introduced to arithmetic in a fun way by initially learning addition and subtraction using fingers and the Abacus concept. Eventually the child is able to do complicated calculations without using fingers or Abacus when they start to utilise their mental power. A few teachers expressed apprehension over the additional stress that the course would cause. Mr Malhotra clarified that the ALOHA programme in no way added or
interfered with the existing burden on the children. On the other hand, once a week, a fun-filled class for two hours helps to lessen stress among children.
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A day to forgive
Chandigarh, August 7 Mr Pramod Sharma, coordinator of Yuvsatta, said International Forgiveness Day originated in Marin County in Corte Madera Park in 1996 and was beginning to be celebrated around the world. Last year, it was celebrated in Hawaii, Washington State, Oregon, Ghana, Canada and Nigeria as well as Southern California and this year it was being celebrated in Chandigarh. Dr Dhillon later awarded winners of an inter-school essay and poem contest organised on forgiveness. Around 3,000 students from 18 schools participated. The winners are (in order of merit): Hindi essay writing: Dishant Verma of Government. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, Ruchita of Guru Harkrishan Model School, Sector 38, and Noopur of Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh. English essay writing: Richa Raheja of Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27-A, Tanveer Chawla of St. Kabir Public School, Avi Katyal of Sacred Heart School, Saloni Rajpal of Ryan International School, Rosy of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, and Ishani Pawar of DAV Model School, Sector 15-A. Poem writing contest: Parul Sarwal of Carmel Convent School, Navdeep Kaur of St Kabir School and Swati Sharma of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35-D, Chandigarh.
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Threading patterns of cultural heritage
Chandigarh, August 7 These students are part of a unique workshop being held by prominent embroidery exponent, Mr Joginder Singh Sekhon at the Chandigarh Government Museum and Art Gallery. This three-month workshop, the first of its kind, is a result of the efforts of the museum authorities to bring its world closer to the people in the city. According to Museum Director, Vidya Nand Singh, “This is being done through the efforts of the Chandigarh Administrator, Gen. (retd.) S F Rodrigues, who wants to develop the museum as a cultural centre. We want to encourage activities, which will include the participation of children and young people to learn more about our cultural heritage and art.” It is the young, talented women of Government Senior Secondary School for Girls in Sector 23 that are participating in the first 15-day session, learning the intricacies of embroidery and how to use different coloured threads in distinctive blends. Nazreen (14), a petite and shy girl is working on a vibrant geometric pattern. Monica Thakur loves embroidering and had heard about the workshop at school. She said she was determined to be a part of it. Seventeen-year-old Jyoti Nagar has just finished tracing out a scenery and is about to start filling it in. “Each big and small stitch, shading and various kinds of threadwork are all shown to us in the most patient way. We are learning tremendously from this.” In a bid to promote the efforts of these young girls, five pieces made by them will be displayed in a Child Art Gallery, which is on the cards. The girls are thrilled at the opportunity as all of them, without exception, want to pursue this as a profession later on in their lives. The school is known for its vocational courses in fashion and dress designing and the annual exhibition of the girls’ achievements is usually a sellout. Vandana Dewan, their Head of Department, is justifiably proud. “My Class XII girls are excellent and their work is comparable with the best. We work very hard with them,” she says beaming. The sentiment is echoed by their ‘teacher’, Mr Joginder Singh for whom, the interaction with young talent has been “wonderful”. “These girls are very smart and they will do better than me,” is the gracious response. However, he does maintain that perseverance is vital as the process to excellence takes time and effort. For Mr Joginder Singh, the path to excellence was not an easy one. Orphaned at a very young age, he spent his childhood doing chores around the house and tending to cattle. It was an inherent interest in drawing and artistic activities that prompted him to take up embroidery. “I never sell anything I make” is what this venerable old man says. He has donated 62 pieces of his breathtaking threadwork to the museum, which has a separate section of his designs at the Natural History Museum. He believes, “It is the work of the hand that will live in memories, not the memories themselves. Whatever I have done, has been with a clear heart, the effort to complete it comes from God.” And it is precisely this emotion and feeling that gets conveyed to the girls, which makes all the difference to their work. Museum Director V N Singh says the next such venture on the agenda is a workshop on Rajasthani miniature paintings for which artists will be invited from Rajasthan to conduct sessions for children whose work, in turn, will be displayed in the special Children’s Art section coming up. |
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Children celebrate Friendship Day
Panchkula, August 7 Today’s celebration was a culmination of an entire week of various activities to make the children understand the importance of friendship.
During the course of the week, the students were taught how to shake hands with children whom they knew, as well as those from other classes. An important lesson of sharing with friends was given to them when they were given snacks and were asked to share these with their friends. Teachers read out stories about friendship and also about being a good friend. Students made greeting cards in their craft classes and were then taken to the local post office to post the cards to their friends . “It is up to us to show and teach children the importance of sharing,” Ms Neena Atray, Principal, said.
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Shaping young minds into valuable assets
Inaugurated in 1993 by the then Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal, Manav Mangal School has come a long way in a short span of about 12 years. The school has established its credentials and credibility with continuous enthusiasm and dedicated endeavour since its inception. It has adhered to its motto: Stop not till the goal is reached. With the curriculum of the school having being drawn in a manner that in addition to academics, it covers a wide range of activities which stimulate the students to enquire, experiment, explore and experience.
The stress is on scholastic and non-scholastic spheres simultaneously with the ultimate aim to achieve all round development of the pupil. This has helped the school not only capture top positions year after year in the board examinations held by the CBSE, but also win medals for the country in sports at the international level. Excellent performance of the school has placed it amongst the foremost educational institutions of Panchkula. Out of the nine batches that have appeared for class X CBSE examination since 1997, the school bagged the first and second positions in Panchkula for four times. The extraordinary performance of the students during this session has surpassed all previous records and established the supremacy of the institution in the region. Prince Pahwa has left everyone wonder-struck with his stupendous performance securing 97.4 per cent and obtaining Ist position in Panchkula, Chandigarh and Mohali and IIIrd position in the region comprising of J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. As many as 30 students have secured above 90 per cent marks and 67 students got above 80 per cent marks. Out of 199 students appeared, 172 students got first division. Kanav Goyal bagged IIIrd position in Panchkula by securing 95.8 per cent. Hall of fame in the field of sports is equally corroborating. The sports stars of MMS have been winning medals in volleyball, basket ball, table tennis, hand ball, gymnastics, skating and yoga at district, state, national and international levels. Rudra Mukherjee kept the Indian Flag flying in yoga by winning gold medals for the country for three consecutive years. he won gold at X World Cup of Olympic Yoga Sports in Argentina in 2001-02, Two gold medals and one silver medal in XI World Cup of Olympic Yoga Sports in Brazil in 2002-03 and two gold medals in XII World Cup of Olympic Yoga Sports held in Portugal in 2003-04 where Kirti Gahlawat also won a gold medal. She was also selected for XIII World Cup Olympic Yoga Sport in Spain. Manav Mangal has enough infrastructure to support its efforts for scaling heights in various fields. The staff consists of well-qualified dedicated teachers who understand the importance of developing skills while imparting education. They go beyond the call duty to help, motivate and encourage pupils. The school building is well lighted and ventilated, the school has spacious play grounds, well-stocked library, laboratory and arrangement for filtered drinking water. To further boost the natural talent, Activity Block covering around 20,000 sq ft has been provided. This block has latest state of the art auditorium and multimedia theatre. The auditorium has a capacity of 600 persons and is equipped with latest light and sound equipment which gives a big boost to the cultural activities in the school. In addition, it provides a platform for debates, declamations and other confidence-building activities. The auditorium is fitted with latest projector on which CD's that enhance the learning abilities of children are used. There are big halls for table tennis, yoga, taekwondo, gymnastics, carom, chess, music and dance, art and craft etc. Tt also has a computer lab equipped with latest computers and big science lab. Manav Mangal understands the fact that education is a tool that must be used to liberate people from a decadent environment. So it lays emphasis on value-based quality education to instill and deeply embed the qualities, virtues and values which help the pupils in choosing the right path and become responsible citizens of tomorrow.
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We have designed the school curriculum in accordance with the CBSE syllabi to provide quality education in a very systematic manner to derive maximum benefits for the pupils. With the rapid development of technology, we need to energise student faculties into provocative mode through sports and other extra curricular activities. At Manav mangal, we fully under stand this duty. I am proud to say that we have been successful in creating congenial atmosphere and requisite infrastructure to tap and explore the potential of the pupils. Our is the unique institution where the efforts of the school administration, teachers and parents are so well combined that children are automatically motivated to set course for achieving higher goals in life. Laurels won by the students stand testimony to academic excellence of the school. These efforts are also reflected in other activities. The awards won by the students at state, national and international levels can make any one feel proud of this institution. Professing the highest traditions of hard work, commitment, discipline and moral values, the school moves ahead following its motto with a missionary zeal to develop the overall personality of the pupil. We firmly believe in the fact that we, who have the power, talent and confidence to show the right direction to our younger generation, ought to play the role of the torch bearer to motivate the youth to follow the right path. It is our earnest endeavour and a cherished dream to provide excellent education replete with ethical values and virtues and produce citizens with world class efficiency and competence. Sandeep Sardana
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B.Ed counselling
Chandigarh, August 7 Approximately 256 seats have been filled out of 300 seats under the UT quota. Nearly 184 seats have been filled out of 200 seats from general pool quota. The tentative date for the second counselling is scheduled for August 20.
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Chandigarh, August 7 An SGPC member, Mr Harbans Singh Kandola, was the chief guest and Mr Arvind Puri, Mr Jasbir Singh, social activists, were present on the occasion. Bharpoor Singh, Jagdish Singh and Angrez Singh, secured first, second and third position in the flower beds maintaining contest, respectively. In the quiz contest on environment awareness, Saroj Kaur, Bharpoor and Angrez Singh, secured first, second and third position, respectively. — TNS
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Tips on hospitality
The Chitkara School of Hospitality, Sector 9, organised an orientation programme for students of the hospitality course. The objective of the programme was to familiarise the students with the scope in the hospitality industry.
Mr Anil Malhotra, General Manger, Taj Hotel, Mr Manmohan Singh, Chief Executive and Managing Partner, Aroma Hotel, and Mr Vishal Kalia, a culinary expert, were the guest speakers. Stressing the need
for commitment in the profession, Mr Malhotra, said, “There is never a dull moment in this profession and, basically, you should have the ability to deal with different kinds of people. You should have the drive to reach out and you will get a varied and rich experience. There are a large number of job openings in this profession; one just has to keep his eyes and mind open.” Motivating the students, Mr Manmohan Singh, said, “Hospitality is not a vocation, it’s a skill. Skill is the knowledge in mind, body and heart. Every student needs to make three pledges — to do justice to his parent’s hard-earned money, to do justice to his teachers and to do justice towards himself. The good thing is that in this profession, you can never run out of employment opportunities.” Mr Kalia stressed the need for sincerity and said, “Students need to be punctual in this profession. There are lots of opportunities, which can be harnessed. Harnessing these opportunities will be directly
proportional to the amount of hard work that you put in.” In her lecture, Dr Madhu Chitkara, Principal, Chitkara School of Hospitality, asked the teachers to be role models and help the students evolve as integrated personalities, ready to shoulder the responsibility of the nation.
TNS
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Stale freshers’ party
Freshers’ parties seem to be losing freshness. As a welcome gesture to newcomers, these are meant to provide a positive interaction ground for old and new students but innovation is not the buzz word at these parties. This event doesn’t excite students anymore and the equally passive college authorities have nothing new to offer.
Many freshers as well as seniors do not mind missing these parties which they say are a mere formality. Like every year, there will be a cultural programme, Miss Fresher contest and fun games on August 13 at Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45. The Principal of Government College, Sector 46, Dr A.N. Garg, admitted that they had no innovative idea. He said: “This event is basically for the introduction of new comers and there will be nothing new but there will definitely be a cultural programme. We have not decided the date for the party.” Government College for Girls, Sector 11, has brought a little change by converting the freshers’ party into a talent hunt. Though it will be like a cultural programme but the hunt will draw maximum participation from the new comers of all streams on August 10. The event will hold surprises for students. S.D. College, Sector 32, has already celebrated this event but sadly it was only for hostellers. Nothing new is going to happen at MCM DAV College as again there will be a beauty contest. Shruti Sehgal, a final year student of MCM College, said: “The programme has become rather boring. It is better to watch a film than to watch the boring show. I think the hostellers enjoy more than day scholars as they get a separate party also.”
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Shaping young impressionable minds into valuable assets for the nation is a tremendous responsibility. We welcome this challenge and have been striving earnestly to deliver our best in a manner that motivates young minds to grow up with enhanced positive attitude, adjustable and adaptable nature more in time with futuristic orientation. The stress has always been to develop the overall personality of the students. This is the goal we pursue at Manav Mangal with total commitment and loyalty towards the society in particular and nation as a whole.