REPORT Learners' Engagement Activity -2014 Organized under UNFPA-MHRD supported Adolescence Education Programme Regional Center: CHANDIGARH Date: 19-11-2014 Venue: NIOS, REGIONAL CENTRE, YMCA COMPLEX, SECTOR- 11 C, CHANDIGARH, 160011 No. of participating AIs: 13 No. of participating Tutors: 13 No. of participating Learners: 101 Inaugural Ceremony Inaugural ceremony of the Learners Engagement Activity -2014 was organized in the open ground area of Regional Centre Sector 11/C Chandigarh. The posters prepared by the learner s for the competition were displayed in the open ground area, for participants, guests and other public. Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Honabl e Cabinet Minister of Finance and Planning, Govt. of Punjab was the Chief Guest. The LEA fair was inaugurated by Hon ble Minister at 12.30 P.M. Dr. T.N. Giri Regional Director, Regional Centre NIOS Chandigarh welcomed the Hon ble Minister and briefed about the programmes and activities carried out by NIOS. The programme began with a welcome song prepared by the staff of NIOS Regional Centre Chandigarh. The NIOS song was played.
Activity 1 Role Play The Role Play activity was presented by the learner s of eight AI s as per theme and guidelines of NIOS of LEA fair-2014 in the presence of Hon ble Minister. The Role Play presented by the learner s delivered the message about cleanliness, women empowerment, global warming, noise pollution and corruption etc. The Role Plays were selected from the ones identified from the study materials. It also touched upon main issues and concerns of adolescents. They were highly appreciated by the Honable Minister and all the audience. Sl. No. 1 2 3 Name Designation and Address
Name of panel of Judges: Sl. No. Name Designation and Address 1 Dr. Tehal Kohli Retd. Professor and HOD P.U. Chandigarh 2 Ms. Nisha Katyal Lect. English Shishu Niketan School, Sector-22/C, Chandigarh 3 Dr.(Mr.) Ravi Lekhi Lect. Hindi DAV Public School, Sector 8/A Chandigarh Name of prize winners:- Position Name AI number and Address First Second Third Consolation Consolation Jan Shikshan Sansthan (Rondi Dharti) Shishu Niketan (Go Green City Clean) 250002/750001, near Prjapati Bhawan Sector-38/A, Chandigarh 250008- Shishu Nikentan Sr. Sec. School Sector-22/D, Chandigarh St. Josep h Sr. Sec. School (Hum250012- St. Josep h Sr. Sec. School Sector-44, Chandigarh Badhein Desh Badhein) DAV Sr. Sec. School (Moral Values) Shastri Model School (Drugs and Youth) 250004- DAV Sr. Sec. School, Sector-8/C, Chandigarh 160038 Shastri Model School Phase-I, S.A.S Nagar (Mohali) Creative Expression through Writing and Poster making competition Youth Festival 2014 Activity 2 Creative Writing Competition: The Creative Writing Competition was held at NIOS Regional Centre, Sector 11/C Chandigarh. Thirty one learner s of Thirteen AI,s & AVI,s participated in the Creative Writing Competition. Topics as per guidelines of LEA-2014 of NIOS were given to the learners. The learner s showed keen interest in creative writing. They wrote about Environment, Importance of NIOS Programmes. I am a happy learner, I don t fear exams, NIOS opens the door to a better future etc. The learners from Punjab showed hesitation in taking part in the competition due to language problem because the participants were to write in Hindi or English, not in Punjabi. However, they got over their initial hesitation and tried their best in expressing their thoughts in a language they were not very comfortable in. Both girls and boys showed equal participation. Name of panel of Judges: Sl. No. Name Designation and Address 1 Dr.(Mr.) Ravi Lekhi Lect. Hindi DAV Public School, Sector 8/A, Chandigarh 2 Mr. Arjun Kamboj Director Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38, Chandigarh 3 Ms. Nisha Katyal Lect. English Shishu Niketan School, Sector-22/C, Name of prize winners: Position Name AI number and Address Avneet Kaur 160087- Genius Public School Sector-69, Mohali First Second Premo Prity Toppo 250008- Shishu Niketan Sr. Sec. School Sector-22/D Chandigarh Third Jamuna 250008- Shishu Niketan Sr. Sec. School Sector-22/D Chandigarh Consolation Sandeep Singh 250012- St. Joseph s Sr. Sec. School, Sector-44 Chandigarh Consolation Harsimran Singh 250012- St. Joseph s Sr. Sec. School, Sector-44 Chandigarh
Activity 3 Poster Making Competition:Thirty learners from AIs and AVIs participated in the Poster Making Competition. The material was supplied by the NIOS, Regional Center Chandigarh. Four hours time was given to the learners to make posters. The theme as per guidelines LEA -2014 was given to the participants. The posters prepared by learners were displayed in the arena of the courtyard for the exhibition. The Hon ble Cabinet Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa observed all the posters prepared by the participants with great interest. He appreciated the learner s effort for depicting ideas through colors.
Name of panel of Judges: Sl. No. Name Designation and Address 1 Dr.(Mr.) Ravi Lekhi Lect. Hindi DAV Public School, Sector 8/A Chandigarh 2 Mr. Arjun Kamboj Director Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38 Chandigarh 3 Ms. Nisha Katyal Lect. English Shishu Niketan School, Sector-22/C, Chandigarh Name of prize winners: Position Name AI number and Address First Ashwani Kumar 750001/250002, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38, Second Sandeep Kaur 750001/250002, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38, Third Sukhveer Kaur 750004- Indian Portal Assosiation, Karuna Sadan Sector-11/C Chandigarh Consolation Arun Jyoti 750001/250002, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38, Consolation Renu Sharma 750001/250002, Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Sector-38,