Student of week@Stkabir

My elder son Shivam Patel, who study in St.Kabir school was declear Student of week. Take a look of print screen of website pages below.

Following picture is of Home page of website.

Following page is individual page where they put his picture with note about him. Please read it.

Shivam Patel---Student of the week

State to get over 50 CBSE schools

Good morning friends.  School authorities say CBSE is more flexible than state board, allowing schools to teach books other than those prescribed by them, leading to overall knowledge enhancement of the child. This  thought will benefit more students.  

To prepare for an increasingly competitive world, parents in Gujarat are increasingly opting for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools. So much so that students will be spoilt for choice. As many as CBSE schools have been granted permission in different cities across the state. About 35 of these would begin from this academic year.

Sources said over 100 schools had applied for affiliation to the central board and that more schools are expected to offer the syllabus from academic years 2010 and 2011. Those managing schools say parents are demanding CBSE as they feel the textbooks are of better quality and prepares their children for competitive exams.

Interestingly, Surat has got permission to start 13 CBSE schools —the highest in the state — followed by Vadodara (9), Valsad (6), Bharuch (7), Ahmedabad (4), Navsari (3), Kutch (2), Junagadh (2), Anand (2) and one each in Panchmahals, Kheda and Bharuch. Gandhinagar will also set up three CBSE schools from the coming academic year.

“We recently removed restrictions on providing NOCs to get affiliated to CBSE schools as more central schools would create healthy competition among schools in the state, ultimately helping students,” says Hasmukh Adhia, principal secretary education, Gujarat.

Schools in Ahmedabad that have got CBSE nod include Amrita Vidyalayam and Nirman High School, Vastrapur. Satvavikas School on SG Highway and Udgam School for Children, that have traditionally been offering the state board syllabus, will offer students the option of shifting to CBSE.

“Not just migrants, even Gujarati parents want to put their children in CBSE schools as they feel the syllabus is of higher quality and also prepares students for competitive exams,” says Raja Pathak of Satvavikas School.

“CBSE syllabus gives students an edge to compete in national competitive exams. We did extensive surveys of different boards before deciding on central board for our students,” says Gautam Choksi, trustee of Udgam School that will offer CBSE from class VIII.   

Reference:  timesofindia

 

Principals discuss ways to ignite young minds

More than 800 delegates have gathered from all parts of the country in the city to discuss strategies that need to be incorporated in schools to Ignite Young Minds’ 

Participating in the 51st All Principal’s Conference of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Board since November 26, these principals, observers and visitors enriched their learning through deliberations and paper presentations. The three-day long annual gathering has been convened by Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School, Ahmedabad.

Day 1 was a delight for all participants as former president APJ Abdul Kalam explained to them the role of teachers in igniting minds. On second day, Education Initiatives director Sudhir Ghodke enlightened the elite gathering with his talk on continuous school improvement’. He outlined five factors that play a significant role in enterprising education. These included Hungry for change’, Being innovative beyond child’s imagination, Globally connected’, Disruptive by nature’ and Genuine and not generous’.

Talking to TOI, council’s chairman Neil O’Brien said, “It is an opportunity for principals to clear their doubts about rules and regulations of the board. They covered a huge gamut of questions, including those on subject combination, marking, time-table among others.” Recalling 50-year-long journey of the council, he said, “We have come a long way, but lot remains to be done.” Talking about his future programmes, he said, “We soon plan to start management training programme for teachers in association with IIM (Kolkata).”