Bi-Annual Report- I (April- September, 2012) Dear Parents It is my privilege and pleasure to update you with the developments and happenings in our school. I take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your whole hearted support during the last academic year. Last academic year was the year of many fold blessings. It is the reflection of our activities, growth and achievements in the academics, cultural and co-curricular activities of our first term. I quote We would live to study, and not study to live. Francis Bacon. New dimensions are added to education owing to the advent of new social order that attributed to globalisation. The ever advancing computer technology to Robotics and changing values in every sphere of life. The stress is shifted from teaching to learning. The teacher s role is rather widened from teacher to facilitator; from being head of wisdom to moderator. With this thought the school agenda should facilitate the new emerging alternatives placing atop human excellence with values as key to objectives. The student is no more a taught but a learner who ought to learn more from different sources and experiences other than from his teacher. It is the new challenge to the teachers. This challenge is to help students to be leaders and entrepreneurs, innovators, information workers, logical thinkers with communication skills. The NCERT, CBSE and other National Agencies of Education with the involvement of Educationalists promptly debated for a suitable measures and to reform the present examination system i.e CCE(Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation), assessment and evaluation methodology and syllabi only to draw positive conclusion from the performance of students without surrogating a few with a brand of incapable and lifetime unproductives. With the changing scenario, we have designed the new academic year. Different opportunities are created for the students to bring out their talents in literary, cultural, sports and games. The end of all knowledge should be virtuous action CBSE Board Results Academics is our prime concern. Various measures like remedial teaching, continuous follow up with various tests and examinations yielded a very good result in both Xth and XIIth Std. The summary is given below: PARTICULARS Result Highest percentage (individual) Students Appeared Percentage of students securing distinction Percentage of students securing first division Percentage of students securing second division Infrastructural Development X 100% 95 % 79 49.36 % 43.04 % 7.53 % XII 100% 92.2 % 18 22.2 % 44 % 28 % A new wing consists of eight classrooms was added to our school. It was inaugurated by our School Chairman Shri S.K Gupta in the presence of Mr. Anil Tiple, the School Secretary. AV Room is renovated with air conditioners and new flooring. A Dance room was created as regular dance classes started for students right from I std to X std. A new lawn was developed for the inter house activities. The KG Section courtyard was renovated with cement tiles. A new cemented assembly area was developed to conduct the school assembly in all season in a better way.
New Academic Session: First time new academic session started in the month of April as per the CBSE. Now the two terms are equally divided. Text Books and Note books were distributed in the beginning of the academic year. The school Almanac was distributed to all the staff members and students. It contains detailed information of all rules and regulations, calendar with details of all examination, curricular and co-curricular activities. House T-Shirt: House T-shirts have been introduced for the first time to create a competitive spirit and oneness among the students towards their houses. Examination System: The conduct of examination was revamped in this academic year as per the CBSE guidelines. CCE (Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation), was implemented from I to X Std. More emphasis is being given to the holistic development of the students. Activities and projects have been made the integral part of the curriculam. Identity Card: We have introduced the ID cards for all the students and staff members. RTE (Right To Education):25% of the students have been admitted to LKG under the Right to Education Act of the Government. These students are given free education. Robotics and Abacus: The Investiture Ceremony: Robotics and Abacus are the new initiative started by the school this year. Abacus is for the students of I std to VII std.robotics is for the students of IV to VIII Std. Five teachers were trained by the Think Lab, Mumbai. Mr.Anil Tiple, School Secretary attended the closing ceremony and appreciated the initiative. In order to select the potential leaders of the future, the students prefectorial board was selected. They were conferred with the students councillors badge. The Principal congratulated the badge holders and encouraged them to shoulder their duties with loyalty, truth and honour. He enthused the young leaders to uphold the values of the school and keep the ABPS flag flying high. Achievements and Laurels : President s Award Nikhil Wangre of class XII has been qualified for the President award. He will receive his medal from the President of India in New Delhi. This is the first time that a student from The Aditya Birla Public School, Gulbarga has been honoured with this award. Governor s Award 12 students of our school attended the Rajyapuraskar Award Examination held at Kondojji of The Bharat Scouts and Guides in Karnataka State. Out of 34 qualified students from Gulbarga Dist. 11 students are from our school. These 11 students will be awarded the Rajyapuraskar Award by the Governor of Karnataka. Outside Examinations and Olympiads - International Olympiad of Science : Miss.Gautami Rao of VIII C was awarded a trophy for being the State Topper in the International Olympiad of Science-2011, organized by Society of Science Education, New Delhi.
International Life Skill, School Health and Wellbeing Summit 2012, New Delhi: CBSE has organized an International Life Skill, School Health and Wellbeing Summit 2012 for schools affiliated to CBSE from 19th to 21st April 2012. For the first time four students of class X and two teachers of our school have attended this 2 day summit held at New Delhi. CBSE Regional Level Science Exhibition 2012, Mumbai: 75 schools participated in the CBSE regional level science exhibition at Mumbai on 31st August and 1st Sept. 2012. Three students and two teachers represented our school. Our exhibits were on Agriculture & Food Security. Taluka and District Level Athletic Meet 2012 : 112 students participated in the Taluka and District Level Athletic meet. 13 students (6 boys and 7 girls) have been selected for State Level Meet. Medal tally is as follows: Level Taluka District Gold 41 52 Silver 24 13 Bronze 12 09 Celebrations: World Environment Day: World environment was observed with various activities like sapling plantation, cleaning the school campus and speeches by students on the importance of tress. Mr. S.K Gupta, the School Chairman and Mr. Anil Tiple, the School Secretary took part in the campaign. Independence Day: 66th Independence Day with unfurling of the National Flag by our Chairman Shri. S.K Gupta,the Chief Guest. He inspected the parade and received the salute. He addressed the gathering. Our students presented a cultural programme which was appreciated by all. School Exhibition and Fun Fair - on 19th August 2012: Students showcased their talents in bringing out their creativity and skills. They made working models and charts. Students were given opportunity to work in groups. They were different groups exhibiting Science, Social Science, Languages and Literature, Art and Craft. Fun fair was enjoyed by students as well as the parents. Everybody had a day out with lot of fun playing games and eating delicious snacks. The effort made by the students was appreciated by everybody.
Inter School Competitions: In order to develop the rapport with neighbouring schools, this year we conducted Inter-School competitions in Debate, Quiz, Collage painting and group dance. Nine schools from Gulbarga District participated in it. Our school received the overall championship. The School Chairman Mr. S.K Gupta and the School Secretary, Mr. Anil Tiple distributed the prizes to the winners. Teacher s Day: A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. Teachers were honoured at a function organized at the Staff Club Auditorium. The senior students put up a cultural programme. The school Chairman, Shri S.K Gupta and other members of School Managing Committee presented mementoes to the teachers. This was the first time that teachers were honoured with token of respect. A Luncheon was arranged in honour of teachers. Sports Day-(KG Section): KG Students celebrated the Sports Day on 25th September 2012. School Managing committee member, Mrs. Poonam Gupta was the chief quest and Mrs. Sangita Tiple, the guest of honour for the day. Teacher Development Programme: Keeping in view, the modern trends in various fields pertaining to Education, the Teacher orientation programme has been brought into vogue in our institution. School has conducted a two days workshop for preprimary and primary teachers in school with the help of Oxford University Press. The resource person Dr. Virender Sharma conducted sessions on creativity in teaching and helped teachers by providing effective teaching aids. The teachers found the workshop very fruitful. Computer application: Training in computer application was organized by ABPS, Harihar from 29th to 30th May,2012 by a faculty member from NIIT, Bangalore. Computer Teachers, Mr. Mujeeb and Mrs. Laisa attended the training.
Hindi Language and Grammar and Effective English teaching Workshop: Workshop on Hindi Language and Grammar - 28th and 29th July 2012 : Two teachers, Mr. Jayshankar Shukla and Mrs. Rekha Singh attended a 2 day workshop at Mathura on Language teaching and grammar. Workshop on Effective English teaching 25th and 26th August 2012 : The workshop concentrated on effective classroom teaching. The focus was on English assessment and all the skill devolopments. Mr. Riyaz Rahaman and Ms. Uma Devi attended this workshop at Mathura. Classroom Management : ISO AUDIT: Workshop on Classroom Management on 27th September 2012: A one day interactive workshop was organized by the school on Classroom management for the staff with the help of Oxford University Press. Mr. Chandrashekar was the resource person. Teachers appreciated the workshop and benefited from it. The periodic Audit ISO:9001:2008 by DNV Hyderabad was conducted on 17th August 2012 by the Lead Auditor Mr.Vijay Kumar Yadav. He recommended for the continuation of the certificate and expressed his happiness over the way the school is progressing. Parent Teacher Meeting: After the formative Assessments (FA1 & FA2), the parents had the opportunity to meet the teachers and find out their ward s progress. They collected their ward s FA1 and FA2 Results. Parent s Interaction with Principal : Principal conducted an Orientation for the parents of class IX & X students on the topic CCE (Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation). He explained to the parents the way CCE is done, what is Formative Assessment(FA) & Summative Assessment(SA). Principal and Vice Principal met the parents from Class I to XII and updated them with first term activities and progress and took the feedback. He also spoke to them on future plans and queries were answered. Visit Mrs. Ratan Shah along with Mrs.Poonam Gupta visited the school, interacted with Principal and Vice Principal and was impressed with school s activities.
Inter House Competitions: Literary and cultural : Various competitions were conducted to foster the literary and cultural talents of the students. Students were categorised into four groups namely KG, Group A (Classes I to IV), Group B (Classes V to VIII) and Group C (Classes IX to XII) in order to give more opportunities. Debates, Elocutions, Extempore, Wall Magazines, Poetry recitation, Spell Bee, News Reading, Poster Making, Art Making, Essay writing, Calligraphy etc, both in English and Hindi were conducted. Best of Waste on 25th August 2012: Indoor and Outdoor Games: We give due importance to Sports and games too. Various indoor (chess, caroms, Table Tennis and Badminton) and outdoor games (Kho-kho, dodge ball, hand ball etc.) were conducted. Learn through Fun for KG: You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. Various activities like rain dance, colours day, cereals day, fruit & vegetable day were organised in order to create interest and creativity in the Tiny Tots. Do not train children to learn by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. With this thought, let me appeal to you for your earnest interest in your ward s development and growth. Let us work together to bring about positive changes and inculcate good values and habits in our young minds. I look forward for your creative criticism and co-operation. Principal Dr.Manoj Kumar Gupta