December 16, 2013

The literacy rate of Haryana jumped from 67.9% in 2001 to 75.6% in 2011. The rate has seen a rise from 63.2% in the rural areas to 71.4%, while the urban areas registered a jump from 79.2% in 2001 to 83.1% in 2011

1. Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula

Year of Establishment: 1994
Principal: Dr Shashi Banerjee
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission period: December
Website: www.bhavanpanchkula.in

The Bhavan believes that there are elements in all cultures which transcend all barriers and knits people together. During the last six decades the Bhavan has blossomed into a growing educational institute with an international outlook, devoted to literature and culture.

2.OP Jindal Modern School, Hisar

Year of Establishment: 1997
Principal: Julian Egbert
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: January
Website: www.opjms.edu.in

The school has sprawling campus spreads over an area of 19 acres of land. The school chiefly offers Medical, Non-Medical, Commerce Streams for the students of class XII.

3.Apollo International School, Sonepat

Year of Establishment: 2004
Principal: Allison Pyster
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November
Website: www.aischool.in

Efforts are made by the school to have the right mix of academics and co-scholastic activities for an overall development of the students. The school has students from across the country and different parts of the world.

4.Satluj Public School, Panchkula

Year of Establishment: 1976
Principal: Krit Serai
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: December
Website: www.satlujpublicschool.com

Satluj Public School is an independent, coeducational English medium institute run by “Satluj Educational Society”.

5.St Kabir School, Hisar

Year of Establishment: 1980
Principal: Neeru Mehtani
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: December
Website: www.stkabir.com

Prime aim of the school with its education friendly environment so that proper learning and teaching is possible.

Top Schools in Bihar and Jharkhand

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1. St Michael’s High School

Year of Establishment: 1858
Principal: Fr B Arockiasamy
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: www.stmichaelspatna.com

The school’s effort is to develop our student into a fully human, fully Indian and truly modem person. The school wants students to be intellectually competent, open to growth, to be religious and loving and committed to faith and justice.

2. DPS Patna

Year of Establishment: 1998
Principal: B Vinod
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: February – March
Website: www.dpspatna.com

A marvel of modern architecture, the campus contains well-lit airy classrooms, outdoor theatre, cafeteria, spacious courtyards for indoor games, and beautifully landscaped lawns.

3. High School, Patna

Year of Established: 1969
Principal: Bro Felix Martis
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: March – April
Website: www.loyolapatna.org.in

The school’s primary goal is not just to impart education but also to extend it a step further towards building of a nation.

4. Sacred Heart Convent School,Jamshedpur

Year of Establishment: 1945
Curriculum Followed: ISC & NIOS
Website: www.shcjsr.org

Sacred Heart Convent School is an Englishmedium Catholic Education private school for girls run by Apostolic Carmelite nuns in the city of Jamshedpur, India.

5. Loyola School, Jamshedpur

Year of Establishment: 1947
Principal: Fr Sebastian Puthenpura, SJ
Curriculum Followed: CISCE
Admission Period: September
Website: www.loyola.edu.in

The school is managed by Jesuits of the Society of Jesus, an order within the Catholic Church. Its a day school with about 3200 students from KG to Std XII.

6. De Nobili School, Dhanbad

Principal: G Thomas Kennedy
Curriculum followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Period: December
Website: www.denobilicmri.in

De Nobili School, CMRI, Dhanbad is managed by the Jesuits of Jamshedpur province assisted by a team of dedicated teachers and staff. The active participation and cooperation of parents in this effort is essentialfor success.

Top Schools in Bhubaneswar

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1.Sai International School, Bhubaneswar

Year of Establishment: 2007
Principal: Harish Sanduja
Curriculum Followed: CBSE & IGCSE
Admission period: December
Website: www.saiinternationalschool.com

The mission of SAI International School is to enable, encourage and endow every student to initiate the lifelong pursuit of learning by providing a safe, nurturing, enjoyable, culturally fruitful and stimulating environment.

2.KIIT International School

Founder and Principal: Sanjay Suar
Curriculum Followed: IGCSE, IB and CBSE
Website: www.kiit-is.org

KIIT University is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the University status in 2004 and is recognized by Limca Book of Records.

3.Sainik School, Bhubaneswar

Year of Establishment: 1964
Principal: GP CAPT KC TANEJA
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: www.sainikschoolbhubaneswar.org

The school’s new building and infrastructure was brought up within two years at the present location under personal care of Shri Biju Patnaik and was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 08 Jan 1964.

4.DAV Public School, Bhubaneswar

Year of Establishment: 1971
Principal: Dr Bhagyabati Nayak
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: www.davunit8.org

DAV Public School has been imparting education to the students of this historic temple city, without any gender discrimination. It is being managed by the School Managing Committee which is a constituent of the DAV College Trust and Management Society, New Delhi.

Towards Pedagogical Leadership and Innovation

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Dr Mona Lisa Bal, Chairperson, KIIT International School, Head of Early Childhood Association, Odisha Chapter, shares her views on changing education scenario and challenges in school education. In conversation with Seema Gupta, Elets News Network.

Please share your thoughts on evolution of education over last decade.

Education is quite significant at the moment. Global boundaries are blurring which automatically leads us to a plethora of knowledge reciprocity. Naturally, there is a very positive momentum about knowledge of world culture, international mindedness in terms of curriculum plan and design, understanding, tolerance and empathy. To be able to embrace this momentum and channelize it positively, is the most significant facet of this evolution.

“As an international school, RTE is a welcome move as it reinforces a certain basic purpose of creating innovative independent minded thinking young adults who are global citizens of the future“

What are the challenges faced in imparting education in schools?

Children and parents are more involved in the process of learning than being mere spectators. As a result, orienting and changing the mindsets of the teaching community to accept the child as an equal stake holder in the teaching learning process is a great challenge. Besides, with children being supported with child-centric curriculum and delivery patterns, experiential learning, small class sizes, healthy student – teacher ratio and digital learning processes, values and discipline are also tending to become quite hazy.

Please elaborate on effect of government policies on school education

The Right to Education Act (RTE) is a revolutionary step towards inclusive and universalisation of School Education. The CCE system is aimed at holistic learning in school. The government bodies working for expanding the provision of higher education without sacrificing quality, dichotomisation of knowledge and skills, induction of the young into a culture of thinking and linking vocational education at the university level so that it is a viable and respectable opportunity is a major positive step towards improving higher education in India.

Please shed light on various new initiatives undertaken by the school?

As part of the KIIT Conglomerate, the school has always striven to be a provider in terms of pedagogical leadership and innovation. A wonderful expression of this endeavor can be seen in Renaissance, the digital design lab for innovation and critical thinking for students’ up to Grade 8. CAS is a feature for the entire school, and not just limited to IBDP. Extended Essay is an initiative that we have customized as early as Grade 5 through Renaissance project reflections among other assignments. Creative English in the form of reading and writing challenges are a feature in the junior and middle section of the school to help students use English as the first Language at all times. The school having close proximity to KISS helps the students sensitize to the cause of the poor tribal children by engaging in various activities with these children.

How important is teacher development at KIIT International School?

Faculty development and training is an on-going process in the School. Besides,sensitizing faculty for incorporating the best practices of both international curriculums that are part of the school like IGCSE and IBDP into the national CBSE curriculum so that the transition is a matter of an informed choice for the pupil is a key area for us. A healthy interface with experts from various fields like life skill development training programs, communication skill development programs and of course regular in house, online and external expert training in their respective disciplines are practices that we follow

CAG declares 2 of 3 Mumbai University colleges unfit

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The latest report of the state’s auditor, CAG accessed under the Right to Information Act (RTI) reveals a shocking state of affair in the colleges of Mumbai Universities. It states that two out of three colleges of Mumbai University are unfit to function. Of the 741 colleges that are affiliated to Mumbai University, 564 do not have permanent affiliation, indicating the presence of some deficiency in colleges older than six years.

Affiliation is done on the basis of factors like infrastructure, teachers, library and administration. But Mumbai University seems to have turned a blind eye towards colleges which lack even basic amenities.

The CAG also points out that the inspection report is usually vague, not quantifiable against norms. For example, the Local Inquiry Council (LIC) for Thadomal Shahani Engineering College for 2008-09 noted a shortfall in area, tutorial rooms, faculty, inadequate library, laboratory, canteen space and classroom in old building and the 11th floor of the same building is being used for another college. In another instance, one college is affiliated even before an inspection was done. The report also points out that delays were noticed in constituting the LIC.

IIT-BHU students launch portal for internship seekers

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December 16, 2013

In the fast paced corporate world, it has become difficult for students fresh out of colleges to find a good internship. To help and to guide such students, two under graduate students of Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) have designed an online portal ‘www.internlelo.com’ which gives all the information about internship options available in various fields. The portal primarily gives information about the duration of internship, stipend, location of work, eligibility to apply and other essential information in addition to the information about internships available. At the same time the portal also has information about workshops, conferences, campus ambassador programmes, technical and management events organized in college campuses around the globe. The portal was launched on November 14 and was an overnight hit among the student of various colleges and universities. A team of 20 students from IIT are working on various departments of the portal.

Top Schools in West Bengal

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1. St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1860
Principal: Fr P Arock
Curriculum Followed: State Board & CISCE
Website: www.sxcs.edu.in

The school’s motto, in Latin is Laborare Est Orare, which means work is worship – a beautiful tribute to the Saint of our school, whom we hope will be an inspiration to all of us, today and always.

2. La Martiniere Boys School, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1836
Principal: Sunirmal Chakravarthi
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Website : www.lmbcal.ac.in

Admission Process: November-December The school has achieved an enviable reputation in the field of academics as well as extra-curricular activities.

3. St. James’ School, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1864
Principal: Terence Hamilton Ireland
Curriculum Followed: CISCE & ISC
Website: www.stjamesschoolkolkata.com

The school began with a vision that the students irrespective of their language, color or creed, should grow up in an institution devoid of racial prejudices and be able to express themselves fearlessly throughout life.

4. Loreto House, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1842
Principal: Sister Phyllis Morris
Curriculum Followed: CISCE
Website: www.loretohouse.net.in

Through a variety of academic, life skill programmes and social welfare projects, Loreto House strives to instill holistic, physical, mental and moral education in its pupils.

5. Modern High School, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1952
Principal: Kaveri Dutt
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Process: October Onwards
Website: www.mhsforgirls.edu.in

The school is a public service oriented, non-profit organization, with the spouse of the serving Cabinet Secretary as its
chairperson.

6. Don Bosco, Park Circus, Kolkata

Year of Establishment: 1959
Principal: Fr Bikash Mondal
Curriculum Followed: CISCE, ICSC, ISC & CVE
Admission Process: October
Website: www.web.donboscoparkcircus.org

The school aims at blending work and study with artistic, recreational, cultural, religious and social activities, adopting the latest educational innovations with a view to helping pupils.

7. The Heritage School, Kolkata

Principal: Seema Sapru
Website: www.theheritageschool.org

The Heritage School imparts education combined with modern state-of-the-art technology and expertise. The mission
behind this day-boarding school is to provide a systematic and holistic education to students.

8. St. Joseph’s School, Darjeeling

Year of Establishment: 1891
Principal: Rev Fr Santy Mathew SJ
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Period: June to October
Website: www.sjcnorthpoint.com

The school’s mission is to promote total development of the individual by striving for excellence at the level of one’s potential.

9. St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling

Year of Establishment: 1864
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Period: August & December.
Website: www.stpaulsdarjeeling.com

St Paul’s is a residential school for boys. The staff and the scholars are predominantly Indian, and its educational policy is oriented towards life in India and India’s place in world affairs.

10. Goethals Memorial School, Darjeeling

Year of Establishment: 1917
Principal: Bro EL Miranda
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Process: Online
Website: www.gms.edu.in

The aim of the institution is the coordinated and balance of the following elements: Physical, Socio-cultural, spiritual, Psychoemotional and intellectual.

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1. St John’s High School

Year of Establishment: 1959
Head Of School: Kavita Das
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November to December
Website: www.stjohnschandigarh.com

The central purpose of the school community is the religious, moral, intellectual, physical and social education of the student.

2.Carmel Convent School

Year of Establishment: 1959
Principal: Maria Swati
Admission Period: November to December
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: carmelconvent.org

The school draws inspiration from Christ, who willed the total development of every person, as also from our Founder, Mother.

3.Delhi Public School

Year of Establishment: 2003
Founder and Principal: Reema Dewan
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November – December
Website: www.dpschd.com

The school claims to provide a truly enabling environment to contribute to the holistic development of each student.

4.Yadavindra Public School

Principal: Anubha Goyal
Principal: R P Devgon
Curriculum Followed: ICSE & ISC
Admission Period: November
Website: www.ypschd.com

The school aims at the all round growth of the students and strives to inculcate in them a positive and healthy, physical, emotional and intellectual attitude.

5.Sacred Heart School

Year of Establishment: 1968
Principal: Sr. Nisha
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November to December
Website: www.sacredheartchd.com

The school has won the U T Championship trophy for 10 consecutive years from 2003-2013.

6.St Kabir Public School

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Year of Establishment: 1974
Principal: G Chadha
Curriculum followed: ICSE
Website: www.stkabir.co.in

School’s core-beliefs are drawn from the philosophies embodied in the Holy Scriptures and are inspired by the teachings of our Prophets, Gurus and learned Saints such as Bhagat Kabir Ji.

7. Bhavan Vidyalaya

Year of Establishment: 1983
Principal: Vineeta Arora
Curriculum followed: CBSE
Website: www.bhavanchd.com

It is an organisation dedicated to creating awareness of India’s rich heritage, scriptures, unity of all faiths and common spiritual truth given to the world community by sages and seers.

8.Strawberry Fields World School

Year of Establishment: 1991
Principal: Sangeeta Sekhon
Curriculum followed: ICSE
Admission Period: November
Website: www.sfworldschool.com

Education for the school is a process which takes along students, educators and parents on an inviting journey exploring the worlds of intellectual, emotional and spiritual learning.

9.Vivek High School

Year of Establishment: 1984
Principal: PK Singh
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November
Website: www.vivekhighschool.in

By making innumerable students capable of showing keen insight and good judgement, the school have successfully conformed to our motto of Knowledge and Integrity.

10.Govt Model Sr Sec School, Sector 35 D

Year of Establishment: 1969
Principal: Indra Dhingra
Curriculum followed: CBSE
Admission Period: March

The school aim to prepare students to compete globally by providing a conducive environment in the academic scenario working unbeatably and with compatibility.

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1. The Assam Valley School, Sonitpur

Year of Establishment: 1995
Head Of School: Sonya Ghandy Mehta
Curriculum Followed: ISE & ICSE
Website: www.assamvalleyschool.com

The Assam Valley School (AVS) is co-educational boarding school in the north east of India. AVS is committed to nurturing pupils to develop to their full potential and be well – equipped to face the challenges of the future with confidence and enthusiasm.

2. Shrimanta Shankar Academy,Guwahati

Year of Establishment: 1995
Principal: Bijoyananda Choudhury
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: www.ssa-school.org

The Advisory Council consists of some renowned professors and educationists who are equipped with immense teaching experience and are outstanding teachers themselves.

3. Miles and Bronson Residential School, Guwahati

Year of Establishment: 1987
Founder and Principal: Dr N K Dutta
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Website: www.mbrsguwahati.edu.in

MBRS has grown from an idea into a vibrant, all embracing medium for full-fledged development of a child’s personality.

4. Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti, Guwahati

Principal: Anubha Goyal
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: September to November
Website: www.saralabirlagyanjyoti.com

The school has to usher in the digital age but at the same time recreate challenges of hands- on learning.

5. Royal Global School, Guwahati

Principal: Arup Mukhopadhyay
Curriculum Followed: CBSE
Admission Period: November
Website: www.rgs.edu.in

RGS believes that a global outlook towards international education and experience will make students aware that understanding the world is very much part of the requirement of education process.

6. Don Bosco School, Dibrugarh

Year of Establishment: 1960
Principal: Fr. Jose Karamullil
Curriculum Followed: State Board
Admission Period: December
Website: www.donboscodibrugarh.com

The School is established under the protection of art 30 (1) of the Indian Constitution for the advancement of learning inspired by Don Bosco, a great educator of youth.

Most Schools Opting for World Class Education over Value Based

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the aim of providing world class education to each student, this 125 year old school still believes in the traditional value addition system among the students. Fr Santy Mathew S J, Principal, St Joseph’s School, in conversation with Pragya Gupta, Elets News Network

Please share the experience of St Joseph’s School’s journey of 125 years
Established on February 13, 1888 at Sunnybank in Darjeeling town, we started functioning with 18 boarders and seven day scholars. In 1899, the student body consisted of 193 boys. By 1947, the year of Independence, the number reached 422, including 93 college students.
Changes in the school department were dramatic. There was a steady increase in the number of day scholars. There had always been a scattering of English, French and German boys, now students from China, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand and Burma started arriving. In 1954, 28 nationalities could be found in the college, including the staff.
At present, the school has 500 boarders, 700 day scholars and 81 teaching staff. The school celebrated 125 years of its existence in 2013 and Pranab Mukherjee, President of India inaugurated the Jubilee celebrations on November 10, 2013.

What changes do you envision in the school education system in India?
These days education has become nothing but pure business for many. Schools are keen on world class education not value based one. But some schools still care about enlightening students with knowledge and values both. With several boards coming up, say, foreign boards and many different Indian boards, children have got brilliant options to choose from.

What is the best way to adapt to technological advancements?
We encourage children to do lots of practical work as I believe the more they practice it, the more tech-friendly they will become.

What are your views on current value education system in schools?
I think until and unless it is practiced it has no value at all. During the winter vacations, we open the school for the poor children. We host several courses on spoken English courses, Mathematics, Computers, extra-curricular or cocurricular activities. We arrange free lunch for them. We believe that by introducing value education books in the school, we cannot solve the ‘moral education’ problem. That is why we give our students an example by serving the society in any way possible.
As far as co-curricular or extracurricular activities are concerned, I have noticed that our students have amazing talent in almost every field like music, singing, dancing, acting etc. But academics still needs a little push from the parents’ side. Last year, we had organised a workshop for parenting. We brought people from outside to conduct it which became a huge success.
Recently, when I went to conduct a workshop at a school, parents who were present complained that the teachers are kept changing frequently. I asked, “how many of you want your children to be teachers?” Not a single one replied in affirmative. It’s unfortunate that most people opt for this profession not because of their passion for this but because they have no other decent option left. Nowadays more and more teachers are looking for money through tuitions, some of them actually left the institution mainly because they were not allowed to take tuitions. But exceptions are always there, as I have met many who were inspired by their own teachers and wanted to be like them.

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