SHRI RAM CENTENNIAL SCHOOL

Issue 49, July 2019

“At SHRI RAM CENTENNIAL SCHOOL there is no child who is not recognized. All we do is to make them believe. Reach for the stars – There is no ceiling to the sky! ”

Important Announcements for the month of August August 1 Inter Section Email Writing August 2 Rakhee & Card Making Competition (M2 to Class 5) Inter House Judo Competition (All Divisions) August 3 Rakhee & Card Making Competition (Class 6 to Class 12) Inter House Judo Competition (All Divisions) August 5 Six a side futsal – Inter Class (Knockout) begins August 6 Inter House Science Quiz August 7 Forgiveness Day Inter House Kavita Path Pratiyogita August 9 Current Affairs Test for Buisness Finals of Inter Class six a side futsal August 10 Disaster Management Drill August 12 Id-Uz-Zuha holiday August 13 Inter House Quiz on India’s freedom struggle August 14 Inter House Patriotic Dance Competition August 15 Independence Day August 16 Registration for ISC 2020 and ICSE 2020 August 17 3rd Saturday Holiday August 19 Half Yearly Examination begins for classes 4 to 12 School will get over at 12:30 p.m.

Workshop on discovering one’s potential as a teacher July 8, 2019 Monday Self-development is a lifelong process. It is a way for people to assess their skills, qualities, consider their aims and to set goals in order to maximize their potential. Keeping this in mind, a self-development workshop for all the teachers of Shri Ram Centennial School was conducted on the 8thof July, 2019. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Sachin Sidhra, an Associate Professor at Lovely Professional University (LPU). The foremost aim of the workshop was to help teachers in portfolio building by upgrading themselves with the latest and new courses in the education industry. The workshop began with a warm-up session, where teachers shared their expectations out of the workshop, followed by many interesting activities like SWOT Analysis, Mind and Hand coordination, Maslow’s Theory etc. The theories of ‘Jug n Mug’, ‘Effective Emotional Disruptive Management and Classroom Innovative Techniques were also shared at length. The workshop stressed on having a healthy work environment for the overall development of all the teachers.

Workshop on Work Life Balance July 8, 2019 Monday Another workshop was conducted by Mr.Sachin Sidhra on 8th July, 2019. The session began with an interesting activity, where teachers in pair, followed instructions given by him. The learning from this activity was that if everybody around is helpful, we can easily enjoy the work without taking much of stress. Hence instead of being a critic, we should extend a helping hand as much as possible.

The fact that we take professional stress at home was also stated. Quadrant of time was introduced to the teachers which can help them create a healthy work environment. Any work without a plan can create stress. Hence one should have minimum of 5 plans every day.

To overcome personal stress, we can make use of our free time in the staff room, to make others feel comfortable. It was also stated that one should not take too many tasks in hand. Instead one should learn to say ‘No’ and delegate the task to someone with lesser workload. This way a cohesive work environment is built.

He then discussed about managing personal stress. Adapting healthy lifestyle, giving 30 minutes time to self to analyse our day, dedicating time for family, 8 hours of sleep, working out and meditating were suggested.

The workshop concluded by another activity wherein the teachers formed a circle and passed on a football to each other stating a reason why they were thankful to him/her.

Staff Workshop July 9, 2019 Tuesday Resource Person: Mr. Jayant Harihar Lal, Executive Director, SRCS ‘I touch the future, I teach.’

Mr. Jayant Harihar Lal, the resource person commenced the workshop with several thought-provoking questions. Listening to teachers’ responses, he summed up that teachers themselves were once students. He elaborated on the role of student, teacher and administration in realising the vision and mission of the school. Three concentric circles were drawn, placing the students in the innermost circle, teachers in the second circle and administration in the outermost circle, to show the child centric approach of the school. He iterated on the fact that the interaction between teachers and students constitutes education and emphasized collective responsibility of the staff in maintaining the reputation and progress of the school.

Next Mr. Jayant Harihar Lal through a PPT presentation explained -What makes a good teacher?

There were 10 points that he focused upon:

*Understand that you teach people and not merely a subject. *Demonstrate the joy of learning. *Keep your eyes on the prize. *Recognize that you are accountable for your students’ success. *Ask and you may receive. *Always be fair and prepared for problems before they arise. * Be Broad minded and Flexible. *Don’t work in fear. *Raise your expectation for yourself and your students.

The first session ended with a beautiful thought- ‘As a teacher, you have the power to change the world, one child at a time.’

Finally, the outcome of the workshop was listed, stressing that all planning must be made by keeping the child in the centre thus devising solutions easily. The teacher must believe that he/she is the key to solution and is somebody who can be banked upon.

“When making choices that will affect your children, use common sense”.

WAR OF WORDS July 11, 2019 Thursday “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” ~Joseph Joubert

In contemporary world, there are more issues than solutions and a great many faces of any argument. Equality and peace can be maintained if we come together and discuss issues in a civil manner. Not only do they lead to some of the most invigorating battles of words, they also serve to spread knowledge and awareness among those who hear it.

It was with this spirit to spread knowledge that, on the 11thJuly, 2019 four students from SRCS participated in Stage-I of the prestigious Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate. Shaurya Mehta (XII) and Girishma Gandani (XI) participated in Category I for Classes XI & XII, while Aditya Swami (X) and Aryan Singh (X) participated in Category II for Classes IX & X.

Aryan Singh and Aditya Swami bagged the Team Runners-Up prize, advancing to Stage-II, with Aditya Swami winning the Best Speaker award.

FRANK ANTHONY ALL-INDIA NATIONAL DEBATE -2019 July 11, 2019 Thursday

The steel city chapter of the prestigious National Debate was hosted by Shri Ram Centennial School, Dehradun on 11th July, 2019. 16 students of 8 ICSE schools from Dehradun and Nainital, gathered, for a battle of wits at the preliminary round of Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-school Debate.

There were youngsters from Touchwood School, Convent of Jesus and Mary, All Saints College Nainital, The Heritage School, The Doon Presidency School, St.Thomas’ College, St.Mary’s Convent School Nainital and Seven Oaks School.

We hosted Pool A9 and Category I, where students from classes 11 and 12 were asked to ponder upon the topic

“Effective Democracy can only be possible with Effective Citizenship.”

Children very enthusiastically presented their opinions on the topic. They argued cogently about the pros and cons of Democracy. “The standard was high, which was expected, as this is a very reputed debate organised by the CISCE,” said Mr. Gaurav Garg, the Director of Shri Ram Centennial School. One of the esteemed judges, Dr. Manoj Kumar appreciated the debating skills of the students and highlighted the fact that they were going to be the strong building blocks of the nation.

What added zing to the thinking exercise was the fact that the topics were given just an hour before the encounter. Each participant was allowed three minutes for presentation and two minutes for the rebuttal round. The event gathered momentum during rebuttal as students competed with ease and confidence.

St. Mary’s Convent College Nainital aced the debate by winning the prize for the ‘Best Debating Team’. Master Daniel Imbert from St. Thomas’ College grabbed the ‘Best Speaker’ award and Miss Hrishita H. Nayal of St. Mary’s Convent College Nainital was the First Runner-up speaker. St. Thomas’ College was announced as the runner-up team.

The Chief Guests for the day was Mr. Gaurav Garg, Director, Mr. Desmond D’ Monte, Principal and Ms.Neena D’Monte, Headmistress of Shri Ram Centennial School. The esteemed Judges for the day were Dr. Manoj Kumar (Scientist FRI) Mr. Ashok Singh (The Times of India group) and Miss Sneha Badola( Assistant Professor, IMS Unison University). The moderator for the day was Dr. Smita Gairola( Research Associate) who put forward the rules and hosted the event. The Principal SRCS concluded the event with the vote of thanks and appreciated the efforts of each participant.

The Management and the staff of Shri Ram Centennial School are grateful to the Council for being given the opportunity to host this year’s debate. We look forward to many such opportunities in the future.

ub Z igy

11 tqykbZ 2019 dks Jhjke lsaVsafu;y Ldwy us QzSad ,Fkuh eseksfj;y okn&fookn izfr;ksfxrk dk vk;kstu fd;kA bldk fo’k; Fkk& izHkkoh yksdra= izHkkoh ukxfjdrk ds lkFk vkrk gSA ;g ,d cgqr gh fnypLi izfr;ksfxrk Fkh tgk¡ lHkh izfrHkkfx;ksa dh fopkj/kkjk lquus ;ksX; vkSj izHkko”kkyh FkhA izfr;ksfxrk dk vk;kstu dkmafly vkWQ n bafM;u Ldwy lfVZfQdsV ,Xtkfeuslu] ubZ fnYyh }kjk fd;k tkrk gSA tks bl cksZM esa v/;;u djus okys fo|kfFkZ;ksa ds fy, ,d Kkuo/kZd eap gSA eSa bl izfr;ksfxrk dks izFke ckj vius Ldwy esa ns[kdj vfr izlUu FkkA

Hkkuq izrki flag d{kk 10 v

u;k i z; kl gekjs fo|ky; esa iBu&ikBu ds lkFk&lkFk ikB~î lgxkeh fdz;k,a gksrh jgrh gSaA blh ds pyrs xr fnol fnukad- 16-07-2019dks d{kk esa vUrdZ{kh; iqLrd ppkZ&ifjppkZ dk v;kstu fd;k x;kA blesa d{kk 6 ds rhuksa oxksZa ¼v]c]l½ ls Nk=&Nk=kvksa us çfrHkkx fd;kA ftlesa Nk=ksa us viuh fgUnh&ikB~îiqLrd ls Lop;fur fo"k; ysdj vius&vius oxZ dh vksj ls çLrqfr nh ftlesa loksZÙke çLrqfr d{kk 6¼v½ ds Nk=ksa us nhA ge lc us bl izfr;ksfxrk dk cgqr vkuUn mBk;kA

lkjk cRrjk d{kk 6 v

ub Z lk sp Nk=ksa ds thou iBu& ikBu ds vykok IkkB~; lgxkeh fdz;kvksa dk Hkh egRoiw.kZ LFkku gSA esjs fo|ky; esa Hkh Lke;& le; ij vusd ikB~;& lgxkeh fdz;kvksa dks d{kk esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkrk gSA fnuk¡d 17 vxLr dks esjs fo|ky; esa d{kk& 8 ds Nk=ksa ds rhuksa oxksZa ds chp fgUnh Hkk’kk esa iqLrd ppkZ& ifjppkZ dk vk;kstu fd;k x;k FkkA fgUnh Hkk’kk esa izFke ckj iqLrd ppkZ& ifjppkZZ vk;ksftr gksus ij eSa cgqr mRlkfgr FkhA bl nkSjku d{kk dks rhu& rhu oxksZ esa ck¡Vk x;k Fkk o lHkh us ikB~; iqLrd esa izdkf”kr dgkfu;ksa ij vius& vius fopkj izLrqr fd,A lHkh ny ds Nk=ksa us fofHkUu jpukvksa ij vius fopkj j[ksaA bl nkSjku Nk=ksa us mRlkg ls dgkuh dk lkjka”k #i] euilan ik= ds ckjs esa vius fopkj j[ksA vU; ny ds Nk= ,d& nwljs ds lkeus fofHkUu leL;kRed iz”u iwN jgs Fks vkSj nwljs ny ds Nk= mRrjksa ij fopkj izLrqr Hkh dj jgs FksA gekjs v/;kid egksn; us Hkh Nk=ksa ls iz”u iwNsA bl izdkj lHkh ds fopkjksa dks lqudj eq>s jpukvksa ds ckjs esa vf/kd tkudkjh izkIr gqbZA vius fopkjksa dks izdV djus ds fy, iqLrd ppkZ& ifjppkZ cgqr izHkkoh gksrh gSA

MALALA DAY July 12, 2019 Friday The United Nations has declared July 12th as Malala Day to commemorate not only the young activist's birthday, but also the day she delivered a powerful speech at the UN to call for worldwide access to education. She was targeted by the Taliban in an assassination attempt for speaking against them and encouraging young people to use education to battle against them. To make the students aware about Malala’s Contribution in the society, on 12th July, 2019 the students from Art Department of Classes XI and XII under the able guidance of Ms. Seema Dhanola, took part in Malala Day Poster Making Competition. The quote for making poster was “If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?” Results of this competition are as follows: I Position Khushi Kala II Position Rishabh Chaudhary III Position Gokul Mittal KALABHARTI July 12, 2019 Friday On 12 July, 2019 an Art Competition was organized by our school. The whole school participated in the event. It was amazing to see creativity exploding in every piece of art. Students enthusiastically took part in the competition and exhibited eye-captivating paintings.

Students from Grade I to X took part in the National Level Kalabharti Art competition which was divided into two categories. The students of Grade I to III participated in Category I. The topics given were ‘Balloon’, ‘Mango’, and ‘Banana’. Category II involved the students from classes IV to VI and the topics were Space Picture, My Garden and My Favourite Picture. The students of classes VII to X participated in Category III and the topics given were Flood, Swami Vivekananda, and Pollution. The results of this competition will be declared by the Kalabharti Child Art Institute after evaluation.

ShriMUN’19- Stepping into the shoes of world leaders 19 & 20 July, 2019 Friday & Saturday The question you must answer isn’t how to get ahead. It’s how to go somewhere that matters. And have fun along the way. – Umair Haque Model United Nations are diplomatic simulations where students typically role play delegates to the United Nations. It is a wonderful platform that helps to strengthen the analysing and evaluation skills of the students to make a meaningful education. Without the critical faculty of deep analysis and introspection of different perspectives, a mindset for solution can never develop. These simulations, very different from the system of unemployable degree-oriented education, help germinate minds of brilliant statesmen who can steer the society through difficult situations. A healthy national and global

society can exist when one respects others for differences of opinion, value different cultural perspectives and ethical leadership. The Third Chapter of the Inter House Shri MUN’19 organised on July 19 and 20, 2019 at SRCS proved to be a great experiential learning program that provided students with an opportunity to hone their skills in diplomacy, negotiation, critical thinking, compromise, public speaking, writing and research. It also included all the 7Cs that SRCS aims to equip students with. The opening ceremony was held on July 19 at 8:30am where Mr. Desmond D’Monte,The Principal SRCS and Ms. Neena D’ Monte, The Headmistress Junior School, lit the ceremonial lamp and declared the conference open. The Principal SRCS wished the participants a great experience which will prepare them for competition outside the school. The conference was presided over as Secretary General by Ms. Navita Malhotra, Senior Academic Coordinator. The Chairs to the 6 committees of Shri MUN’19 were as follows: Committee Chairs United Nations Environment Program Saksham Khanduri United Nations Security Council Shaurya Mehta United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Grishma Gandani

United Nations Human Rights Council Suyash Verma All India Political Meet Ayaan Ali International Press Ishita Saini The Agendas of the various committees were- UNSC-The Situation in Yemen UNCSW- Discuss the Women Rights Violation with respect to the UN Charter. UNHRC- Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism. UNEP- Protecting environment and cultural heritage in conflict zones AIPPM- Ban on EVM The event offered a wide platform for students to experience the feel and the heat of MUN crisis. 140 students from Classes 7-12 representing their houses participated in the event. Mass participation showed the appetite of the student community for a higher cerebral engagement.

After 2 days of deliberation and constructive arguments, smart lobbying and negotiations, the following came out as winners. Committee Best Delegate Most Promising

Delegate Special Mention

UNSC Aastha Thawani Isha Kukreti

Snigdha Chandel Myra Jaiswal

Chitrakshi Malhotra Samya

UNEP Aditya Swami Mehuli Sharma Maira Nawani Eishaan Ali Vrinda Tulsian

UNHRC Nandika Sharma Varsham Jain Suyash Wadhera UNCSW Manya Tulsian Arohi Singh Swastikaa Khanna

Devansh Marwah Vardan Vashistha Anannya Pareek

AIPPM Mridul Khanna Samriddhi Mehan Md. Farhan Saatvik S. Dausani

CITIZEN, NOT POLITICIANS NEW LEADER, NEW VISION, NEW DIRECTION July 22, 2019 Monday

School elections are an opportunity for learning process. Learning that is central education, leadership and life skills, and that is also challenging and fun to be a part of it.

Casting of vote on the ballot paper turned out to be a new experience for students from Primary to Senior Secondary. The students were the active participants for the electioneering process. The school’s library turned into a polling booth where the process started from applying of ‘Ink’ on the left hand forefinger to the way of casting their votes.

Everyone contributed to the flow of ideas, guidelines and endeavour in the election campaign.

All the students actively participated with adherence to the rules, regulations and code of conduct for the various stages of elections. Students voted wisely for those individuals they believed will respect the school.

The result of the election campaign was declared on 23 July, 2019 with an unbiased approach. The total vote casted were 525. 21 student

representatives contested for 14 posts.

Rainbows – Little Champ-2019 22 July, 2019 Monday We at SRCS provide ample opportunities to our young learners to excel and showcase their skills and talents. Students from Primary wing (M2-III) enthusiastically participated in ‘Lil Champs’ singing competition held on

22 July, 2019.

The students had gala time singing. Bathed in the amazing rainbow colours of talent, the sports complex of SRCS witnessed a range of performances.

4 students from each class participated in solo performances followed by group singing wherein each and every student had an opportunity to sing along with their respective classes.

LET’S HAVE A MOMENT OF SCIENCE 23 July, 2019 Tuesday

The Junior Einstein Competition was organised on 23rd July, 2019 at the academic block outside the chemistry lab and c-block wherein students of classes 3 to 8 showcased their scientific skills in the form of working models.

The objective of this competition was to inculcate a scientific attitude in the students.

The students were divided into two teams: Team A comprised of the students of classes 6 to 8 whereas Team B comprised of students of classes 3 to 5.

Everyone took the initiative of encouraging the students to put up such a wonderful and enlightening exhibition. The students exhibited models like smart city, vacuum cleaner, volcano, models with different chemicals etc. The most unique model was the one that was based on Archimedes’s principle to extract water from underground.

The results of this event are as follows:

Class First Position Second Position Third Position 3 Kaira Gupta,

Vanya Rathore Huneja Ansari & Swastika Vijesh Vij & Anant

4 Aarav Saklani, Abin Mukherjee

Vihaan Nagpal, Uday Pal Singh Yyashvi Aggarwal, Kimaya Negi

5 Tarini Agarwal, Shidra Sarfaraz

Angel Chaudhary & Hajira Ali Aarna Sharma, Yashasvi Raj

6 6A – Sarah Batra, Sannah Sharma, Agasthya Jain, Pratham Prashant

6C – Rudraksh Nautiyal, Arnav Agarwal, Vaishnavi Mittal, Agam Hundal

7 7A – Garima Panwar, Allaya Gupta, Aradhya Panwar, Manvika Jain

7B – Pranshul Badola, Gautam Bhatia, Ishaan Naithani, Vedansh Pawar 7B – Yatharth Soni, Ssanvi Aggarwal, Yashvee Soni, Prafull Pandey

8 8B – Vardan Vashishta, Mohd.Sameer, Abhinav Jha, Avirat Kaushik

8C – Eishaan Ali, Vansh Aggarwal, Ankit Gupta, Aryan Barthwal

Students were motivated for developing a scientific fervour and an attitude of research , thereby helping them to develop the qualities like analytical and critical thinking.

CREYA LEARNING 24 July, 2019 Wednesday "Art is the highest form of hope" "Art, undeniably, is conductive to kindness." Creya Learning in partnership with UNESCO gave our SRCians an opportunity to showcase their talents. On 24th July, 2019 the art enthusiasts participated in the event organized by Creya Learning .The topic for the event was “Global kindness matters campaign". Students made fascinating posters about kindness. Numerous children from class 7-12 were the part of this campaign. Nandika Sharma of class 10 B made ‘Tree of Kindness’, whereas Samriddhi Negi of class 9 B made a potrait of Malala Yousufzai as her perception is ‘What Malala did for women was a significant act of kindness’. Prisha Shrivastava of class 9 A wrote an eloquent quote ‘If you want to be something in the world, BE KIND!' Prathu of Class 11 made an evocative poster, which gave the clear message that ‘nothing is as important as kindness’. Creya Learning provided all the children a chance to portray their passion by exhibiting the artistic skills .This gave the students an opportunity to be the part of UNESCO's official website. SAREGAMA July 25, 2019 Thursday

SRCS carves the path for children to showcase their talents, and discover who they truly are . In an attempt to do this, the school organized an Inter-House Music Competition. The 4 houses Unicorn, Griffin, Sphinx and Phoenix had a tough battle of vocals amongst each other.

The competition commenced with the recital of 'Ganesh Vandana' sung by our Indian music teacher Mr. Pramod . The judges for the afternoon were Mr. Amit Thapa and Mr. Sushil Kumar Sharma. There was 1 group performance and 4 solo performances that each had to

showcase. For the breaking of the ice, we welcomed on the stage the students of Phoenix house who presented a medley before us, leaving us all speechless with their melodious voices .This was followed by Unicorn house who sang ' vo sikandar bhi' leaving all of us mesmerized with their crazy beats and perfect enthusiasm .Then we witnessed another splendid medley by Sphinx house followed a breathtaking performance showcased by the students of Griffin house.

Shortly after the group performances the stage was overtaken by our melodic solo singers with indeed a thundering applause. Each solo singer was amazing in their own performance. Finally after witnessing an exuberant showcase of various talents we ended our day on a note of suspense.

The results are as follows:

Category First Position Second Position Third Position Individual Anviti Tripathi Samya Arohi Singh Group

Phoenix

Unicorn

Griffin

INVESTITURE CEREMONY STUDENT COUNCIL-2019-20 26 July, 2019 Friday

“A School where all children are welcome as they are, challenged to grow and prepared to take their rightful place in society.

The Investiture Ceremony of Prefects was held on 26thJuly, 2019 at Shri Ram Centennial School and was indeed inspiring and motivating moment for the upcoming leaders of the school.

The Principal along with The Director Mr. Gaurav Garg presided over the ceremony. The lighting of the auspicious lamp was followed by the Ganesh Vandana and fusion dance performed by the students of SRCS. The students sang to the melodious tunes of ‘Vakratunda Mahakaya” invoking the divine blessings for the students Council who were to sworn in.

The Principal commended the efforts of the prefect body 2018-19 and welcomed the newly elected prefects with the message that hard work and unity is the quality which builds a strong leader. Prefects took the oath of office to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities and be an inspiration to the school .The Principal, The Director SRCS and Headmistress Junior Ms. Neena D’Monte pinned the badges and handed the prefects their respective flags. The Head Boy and The Head Girl for the academic year 2019-2020 are Ayush Unniyal and Manya Tulsiyan.

STUDENT ‘S COUNCIL-2019-20

Head Boy----Ayush Uniyal

Head Girl---Manya Tulsian

Sports Head Boy----Erik Thomas

Sports Head Girl---Juweria Irfan

Event Head Boy---Ansh Bhatia

Event Head Girl—Grishma Gandani –

House Captain Griffin-Samriddhi Mehan

House Captain Phoenix-Md. Farhan

House Captain Sphinx-Prithvi Pal Singh

House Captain Unicorn-Rasya Mihir

House Sports Captain Griffin - Devansh Marhwa

House Sports Captain Phoenix - Harsh Thakur

House Sports Captain Sphinx - Abhinav Dhasmana

House Sports Captain Unicorn - Tarz Gandhi

Mess Captain---Aashray Mediratta

Environment Head—Yugam Khunger

Event Management Team Members-Unnati Gupta, Pratham Khurana

Chief English Editor-Grishma Gandhi

English Editors-Vrinda Tulsian, Jahnvi Moond, Anannya Pareek

Chief Hindi Editor-Keshav Gupta

Hindi Editors-Aradhya Dhyani, Samya, Arohi Singh

A.V. team—Marut Mishra ,Parth Vijan,Harsh Arora

NOMINATION SPEECH HEAD GIRL Ronald Reagen, ex-president of USA once said, “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things.” With this thought in mind, I, Manya Tulsian, stand before you all as a candidate for the position of Head Girl . Back in class 9th, I was mandated as the member of the event management team and thus being a part of the student council. This gave me an opportunity to work under experienced faculty and seniors who helped to instill in me a true sense of responsibility and leadership techniques. Being a part of the soccer team taught me how to work effectively with a team. Aggressive participation in Inter School Competitions helped me develop communication and oratory skills. Courage is what makes one speak and courage is what makes one listen. Participating in various competitions and being a member of the student council has taught me to listen to everyone’s opinion and respect them. I aspire to inculcate these valuable learning and serve my school in the best possible way with the support of all the teachers and students. Teachers have always shown faith in me and I’m glad because of their belief in me I am standing here today. “Alone we can do so little and together we can do so much”, says Helen Keller and this can only be brought to meaning if we all work together as one and help SRCS achieve great heights. We all want a leader who helps and guides us, is a friend to us when needed rather than dominating us. I look forward to be that leader for you all. Manya Tulsian NOMINATION SPEECH HEAD BOY

“A very good afternoon to all the teachers and students. I stand here before you all to discuss the reason, ‘Why I would like to be the head boy of SRCS’. For those who don't know me, I’m Ayush Uniyal and I have been attending this school for almost over 5 years and therefore I would feel honoured and privileged to represent my school as a leader. I am confident that I would be a positive leader for youngsters as well as my peers. I am well-mannered and quite an approachable student. I am also familiar with leadership values as I represented India in 2015 WKC in Venice, Italy where 28 countries participated. I stood fifth and I’m also a black belt in Karate, which enlightened me and showed me different aspects

of life. I also admit that I might not be the coolest candidate but I can assure you that if you vote for me I will put everything I can into the role of Head boy, because being a leader would be a huge honour. I promise each and every one of you that you will get equal opportunities, in every event. As soon as I become the head boy I will be placing suggestion boxes in every floor of academic block so that each and every student and teacher can give their suggestions in small chits or letters. I will also visit each and every class for a Question-Answer session. In the end I would like to say, vote wisely.’’The people you elect today will reflect our school's prestige tomorrow.” Ayush Unniyal

Creative Section ‘Education fosters Democracy’. ‘

Education is the instruction and training imparted to students in schools, colleges and universities’. Democracy is defined in the dictionary as a state of equality, social, political and legal equality. To achieve that, it is essential to have a system that allows cooperation and encourages people to think freely for the betterment of humanity as a whole. It is the education system we see today in India that hinders the growth of democracy.

To understand this, we need to rewind the clock and go 400 years back, when the education system came into existence. The East India Company had just started annexing territories in India. They had this brilliant idea to employ the Indian population in their service. Now, they needed three types of people to work for them: clerks, to manage the territories they annexed; sepoys to defend those territories and also factory workers because the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. Guess what all of these jobs have in common? They all require zero creativity, zero imagination and the ability to follow orders without questioning them or coming up with ideas. For that, they introduced the Western form of education in Indian government schools. Today, for the same tasks, we create robots and program them to work without using any creativity. However, we still haven’t stopped programming students the same way through schools and colleges where emphasis is placed on rigorous practices and retention capacity rather than understanding and imagination, where students are being marked as pass or fail like factory goods rather than assessing their strengths and weaknesses; where students are “instructed and trained” like the lion in the circus, to cut out all ideas, creativity and independence and follow the instructions of the ringmaster thoughtlessly.

In an age where we replace our mobile phones every 5 years because we like staying up to date, why do we still have an outdated education system that is 400 years old?

Today, 1 out of 10 engineers, IT employees, the epitome of excellence of this brilliant education system of ours, contemplating suicide at some point in their lives. Does it sound right?

Is this the education system that will nourish the inspiring leaders of tomorrow that will carry our nation forward?

Aditya Swami

Midnight The starry sky hangs above the sleepless city, people typing away at their computers, caffeine surging through their veins , their eyes like blowholes which swallow everything on the screen barely caring about the time which slips by unattended, chipping away at their health. Turning their hair as white as the moon in the sky their faces reveal a blend expression having forgotten the feeling of restlessness and tiredness, they wait not for the time to leave but for their promotions which just inch them further towards an unbridled brain death.

Abhinav Dhasmana