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‘SAMVEDANA’ Science Project – Paper Presentation Competition

Science Paper Presentation Competition ‘SAMVEDANA’ was organized by Dr. M Ramanna Shetty Memorial English Medium High School on behalf of Karavali Sahodaya Schools on 3rd November, 2022. The competition aimed at inculcating research and analytical skills among the adolescents.

26 CBSE & ICSE schools participated from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada Districts and presented 54 papers. Juniors presented on ‘Climate Change and its Impact on Coastal Karnataka’ and the seniors on ‘Carbon Neutrality’.
 
The program was inaugurated by Dr. K V Rao, Director, Pilikula Regional Science Centre, Mangalore. In his address Dr. Rao said “Observation, disproval of existing theories and asking questions are the keys for developing scientific temperament”. He congratulated the Principal for taking up a research-based competition. 

Dr. Anirban Chakraborty, Director, Nitte University Centre for Science Education & Research, Mangalore said “Quality of science education provided at foundational level decides future of a country”.

He expressed his happiness for organizing a competition on aspects of environment.  Dr. Srinikethan, Director, Technical, Nitte University was present on the occasion. The valedictory function was presided over by Dr Praveenkumar Shetty, Director (Research & Development) Nitte University, Mangalore. He said “curiosity and focus are pre-requisites for research and to dream high”. 

Distributing prizes, Mrs. Anuradha Shivaram, Principal of Manipal School, Mangalore assured that the journey of Science Paper Presentation competition would continue through Karavali Sahodaya in the coming years. 

Mr. Sathyajith K T, HoD, Physics, NMAMIT, Nitte opined that competition of such kind is nothing but celebrating curiosity, problem solving and cultivation of skills.  Principal of the host school, Mrs. Shreelatha Rao said “Channelizing energy in research at a tender age makes students look at science not as a subject but a technique to understand daily life phenomena”.

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Karavali Sahodaya Schools Complex Meeting – A report

The Annual General Body Meeting of Karavali Sahodaya Schools Complex was held on August 4,2022 at Anandathirtha Vidyalaya, Pajaka, Udupi. Principals from 42 CBSE schools of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts attended the meeting.

The meeting began with a soulful prayer rendered by students of Ananda Thirtha Vidyalaya followed by the welcome note by the host Principal Dr. Geeta Shashidhar. Addressing the gathering, the President of the Anandathirtha Trust, Mr. Nagaraj Ballal, urged all the Principals to work together towards the betterment of their students.

In her inaugural address, Mrs. Shreelatha Rao, President of Karavali Sahodaya Schools Complex spoke about the importance of the Sahodaya which literally means ‘Rising Together’. The Secretary, Mrs. Abhilasha S. presented the minutes of the previous meeting. The Joint Secretary, Mrs. Anuradha Shivaram spoke on the objectives of the Sahodaya Schools Complex and the genesis of the Karavali Sahodaya Schools Complex. The Treasurer, Mr. Prashanth D’Souza presented the financial statement for the year.

In the discussions that followed, decisions were taken on several important matters such as, conducting a Sahodaya Pre Board Exam for the Class X students in January 2023, compiling a Sahodaya e-newsletter, organising Capacity Building Programmes for teachers and Principals, an Induction Programme for new hires and conducting competitions for students with the theme Azaadi Ka Amrith Mahotsav.

The meeting ended with the vote of thanks proposed by Fr. Maxim D’ Souza, Principal, Don Bosco School Shirva.

Report on the 72nd Republic Day Celebration

Despite the fear of the pandemic, students, teachers and PTA members came forward to celebrate this 72nd Republic day. CANARA HIGH SCHOOL, CBSE celebrated Republic day in the school premises on 26th January 2021.
Principal Mrs. Joy J Rai escorted the chief guest Lt. Colonel (R). Jayachandran A.K and Correspondent Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai to the dais. The programme began with the National song ‘Vande Mataram’ by the choir class X. The National flag was unfurled by the chief guest Lt. Col. (R) Jayachandran A.K followed by National Anthem and flag song was sung by the choir .
Ms. Dhanya Prabhu. of class X welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest to the audience. The Chief guest also honoured four Guide students with Rajya puraskar. Ms. Swati Prabhu of Class X spoke on the importance of the day in Hindi. This was followed by a speech by our correspondent, Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai who briefed about the role played by ex-Canarites in drafting the Constitution of India. He has also appreciated the way the students are following COVID-19 SOP.
The choir also rendered a patriotic song intended to arouse patriotic feeling.
Chief guest Col.(R) Jayachandran A.K addressed the gathering and made a mention about the first lady pilot Ms. Bhawana Kanth who has been given the opportunity to fly Rafael fighter jet in the Republic Day parade in the National Capital. He also advised students to join armed forces for a respectable and disciplined life. He also emphasized on the need to uphold the values like Fraternity, unity and integrity of the Nation.

Under ‘Ek Bharath Shresht Bharath’ programme Karnataka is paired with Uttarakhand , though there is diversity in region ,language and topography ,we are one as Indians . Through the dance programme that followed the students displayed the fact that India stands for ‘unity in diversity’.

The celebration concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Master Vinay Kamath of Class X.

Features and Glory Of Uttarakhand

EK BHARATH SRESHTHA BHARATH programme aims to enhance interaction and promote mutual understanding between the people of different states through the concept of state sharing. As a part of this programme an art integrated exhibition was organised on the 8th of January 2021 at Canara High School CBSE, Dongerkery. The initiative was taken by Mrs.Joy J. Rai.
At the inaugural function, Mrs Joy J Rai Principal of Canara High School, inspite of the Covid 19 pandemic, the students and teachers have put in a lot of hard work in organising the exhibition. Mrs Sreelatha Principal of SRSM , Mrs.Niti Mahindra Principal of DPS and Mrs.Rekha Shetty retired teacher of Lourdes Central School were the guests for the day.
Students showcased their talents and creativity in making the static and working models, charts and posters to give a bird’s eye view of Uttarakhand. The core subjects were related to art. The history, culture, festival, art, architecture, education, tourism of Dev Bhumi as Uttarakhand is popularly known as was portrayed. Students of classes 1 to 10 contributed to this enlightening exhibition.
Principals and teachers of various schools witnessed the exhibition. Parents were invited to view the exhibition. The principal, teachers and students by appreciated for putting up such a wondelful exhibition.
This led to enrichment of knowledge of partyner state.

Fit India School Week

Exercise results in good health, long life, strength and happiness. Good health is the greatest blessing. Health is means of everything.
India is an incredible land where the ancient science of health prevailed in the form of ‘Ayurveda’, ‘yoga’ and many traditional practices and games.
These ancient skills of health sparkled in its true glory when the Honourable Prime Minister of India launched nationwide “Fit India Movement” on 29th August 2019. This movement aimed towards a new India with a blessing “Dirghayushya Bhava”.
CBSE has taken this great initiative forward promising to make the young generation of India fit both mentally and physically. As a part of this, CBSE has involved its affiliated schools in various activities aiming to develop sports quotient among all the students to achieve a healthy life style.
Adhering to the guidelines of “Fit India School Week” celebrated in the month of December 2020, Canara High School CBSE had instructed students to participate in the activities proposed by CBSE. A week-long series of activities like Yoga, Skipping, badminton and chess were assigned to the students. A striking factor of this series was ‘1 Day dedicated to family fitness’. Students were asked to send photographs of the activities and a collage of the same was prepared. This series also involved the faculty of Canara High School CBSE.
CBSE has involved its affiliated schools in various activities aiming to develop sports quotient among all the students to achieve a healthy life style.
Adhering to the guidelines of “Fit India School Week” celebrated in the month of December 2020, Canara High School CBSE had instructed students to participate in the activities proposed by CBSE. A week-long series of activities like Yoga, Skipping, badminton and chess were assigned to the students. A striking factor of this series was ‘1 Day dedicated to family fitness’. Students were asked to send photographs of the activities and a collage of the same was prepared. This series also involved the faculty of Canara High School CBSE.
The school then registered itself on the official Fit India Portal and uploaded photos related to the event. A digital certificate of recognition congratulating the school for successfully organising the “Fit India School Week – 2020” was issued by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

A short report of the Orientation Programme.

An orientation programme for Lead Collaborator/ Member Principals of Hubs of Learning was conducted at Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar, Udupi, Karnataka on 6th September 2019. The programme was organized by the CBSE COE, Training Centre, Chennai. Ms. Arunima Mazumdar, Deputy Secretary, CBSE COE Chennai expained in detail about Hubs of Learning and the duties and responsibilities of Hub Schools. She emphasized that the principals should have the motivation to build positive connections among schools for an inclusive educational community. She also led a discussion on team-building aspects and clarified the doubts of principles in this regard. As many 84 CBSE School principals under COE Chennai attended the Orientation programme.

Health and Physical Education workshop – 10.11.2018

Canara High School CBSE in association with Ratna Sagar organized a Health and Physical education workshop for teachers of various schools on November 10th 2018 at Bhuvanendra Sabha Bhavana. The programme was inaugurated by lighting the lamp.

Dr. Jogiswar Goswami, Associate Professor and Assistant Director, Amity School of Physical Education and sports Science was the resource person for the day. He has been recently appointed as Convener of ‘Committee of Sports and Physical Education’ of CBSE. Having participated in gymnastics and aerobics at National level, he has won one gold and 2 bronze medals.

Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai, Correspondent of Canara High School CBSE spoke on the topic “sports” and it’s importance of overall development in physical, mental and social well being of the students. He also spoke about the importance of physical education as a part of the CBSE curriculum in schools. Principal of Canara High School CBSE, Mrs.Joy J.Rai, Manager of Ratna Sagar Sri Harish, Sri Hemanth and Sri Preetham were also present on the occasion.

Ninety teachers of various CBSE schools had the privilege of participating in the workshop. Mrs. Tripthi Rai compered the whole programme. Mrs. Aparna A.P. welcomed the gathering and introduced the guests. Vote of thanks was delivered by Mrs.Sindhumathi.

CANARA DECENNIAL CARNIVAL

AICS Cultural Competitions

As a ground breaking part of Canara Decennial Carnival celebrations, CBSE organized an AICS Cultural Competition on 31st July 2018.

The inaugural programme was held at Sri T.V.Raman Pai Hall. The Chief Guest Dr. Krishna Nayak inaugurated the programme. Inauguration was very innovative and impressive wherein a student dressed up as a peacock approached the chief guest with a message in its beak. The Chief Guest read out the message and inaugurated the program. The Vice President Mr. Annappa Pai, Correspondent of Canara High School CBSE Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai, members of Governing council Mr. Vaman Kamath, Mr. Suresh Kamath and Basthi Purushotham Shenoy, Principal of Canara High School CBSE Mrs. Joy J. Rai, Judges of Various Competitions, Team managers of various schools were present for the grand inauguration. In the inaugural address Dr. Krishna Nayak praised the achievement of Canara CBSE and its growth into a much reputed institution in the past 10 years. He wished the school to grow to a greater heights In the able leadership of Mrs. Joy J. Rai and her team. Our Correspondent motivated the students with his valuable words where he added art is equally important with lots of career opportunities. So the students should focus towards the opportunities availed by arts along with science. Vice President in his presidential address wished participants and urged them to give their best.

In the series of events that took place, it provided a unique platform to the students to show case their talents and integrity. Master of ceremony were Meghana Iyengar of class X and Sameeksha of class IX. Master Akshay of class IX welcomed the gathering and Sai Pratheeksha of class VIII proposed the vote of thanks.

The valedictory of AICS Cultural Competition was held at T.V.Raman Pai hall. Winners of all the competitions were awarded with certificates and mementos by the secretary M.Ranganath Bhat of CHS association. The Chief guest presented mementos and certificates to the winners of various competitive events and applauded them for excellence. It was truly a mesmerizing show.

Workshop on enhancing leadership abilities for principals held at AIMIT

Mangaluru: St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru and the Association of ICSE and CBSE Schools (AICS) conducted a two-day workshop on July 17 and 18 on Leadership for CBSE and ICSE Schools.

The workshop was to enhance leadership abilities in school principals and help them manage the challenges in the current environment. The workshop was organized by the Management Development and Consulting Center (MDCC) of AIMIT at their Center at Beeri.

The programme received an enthusiastic response with the participation of 56 Principals from Dakshina Kannada Schools.

Fr. Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT inaugurated the program with a meditation session and prayer and welcomed the participants highlighting the need for such programmes. Vidyavantha Acharya welcomed the gathering and spoke about the need for principals to upgrade their skills every year to effectively lead their schools. Rajendra Desai, Dean, MDCC introduced the programme and the resource persons who were to conduct the individual sessions over the two days.

The programme consisted of sessions by Rayan D’Souza, faculty, AIMIT on leadership and teams and communication at the workplace. Vipul Redey, Head –School Enablement, Khan Academy highlighted the resources that Khan Academy could bring to create Collaborative Classrooms and Fr. Pradeep Sequeira kept the principals delighted and engaged with his sessions on listening, caring and understanding people and handling ‘Gen Z’.

Day two’s sessions were lead by Fr. Denzil Lobo SJ, who brought in his rich experience of over 40 years of building and leading institutions, with his session on effective leadership. Surfraz Hashim, internationally acclaimed mind trainer, conducted very impactful practical sessions on mind mapping. Merida D’Almeida shared her experience of over 18 years as Principal of SMS, Brahmavar.

The programme was concluded with Acharya and Dr T.J. Quadros sharing their thoughts on the programme appreciating the quality of the inputs and the hospitality and Joy Rai, president, AICS delivering the vote of thanks.

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Report on CBSE Sub. Specific Training in Sec. Social Science held at Mount Carmel Central School, Maryhill, Mangaluru.

A training session on competence building in Social Science was conducted on 29th and 30th July 2016 at Mount Carmel Central School by CBSE Master Trainers Mr. Sajeev K. Joseph, PGT, Marygiri Eng. Med. School, Sreekandapuram, Kannur & Mr. James P.A., Sr. TGT, Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar, Udupi appointed by CBSE – Centre Of Excellence, Kochi. 37 CBSE Schools in and around Mangaluru and Udupi Districts had sent 71 Social Science teachers to attend this seminar.

On 29th July 2016 the training programme began around 9:15 am by invoking God’s blessings by a group of students of the host school, followed by the welcome address by Principal Sr. Doreen A. DSilva A.C. The seminar was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by Sr. Carissima A.C., the administrator of the school, the 2 resource persons, Principal and a participant of the seminar, followed by a short message by Sr. Carissima A.C., the administrator of the school.

The session started with an introduction by Mr. James P.A. and an ice breaker activity.
In the first session Mr. Sajeev Joseph discussed about the importance of NCF 2005 in Social Science. The main guiding principles were connecting knowledge of life to outside school circle, learning the concept than rote, enriching curriculum and overall development of children and not being text book centric and to reduce exam stress.

In the second session various methods and strategies of teaching Social Science were discussed by Mr. James and the participants were reminded of Dr. Gardener’s theory of 8 multiple intelligence and were guided how to create strategies of teaching activities and methods according to the student’s caliber. This was followed by different methods of teaching Social Science that can be incorporated in their teaching learning process.

The importance of interdisciplinary approach was discussed by Mr. Joseph, where the teachers learnt not only to link the other disciplines / subjects but how to inter link the boundaries of Social Science subjects and the need to open up to a plurality approach.

It was followed by Bloom taxonomy of educational objectives where the group was preoccupied with activities. They also learnt about the taxonomy of educational objectives where taxonomy is a classification into their domain such as cognitive, affective and psychomotor.

The day ended with the preparation of a sample lesson plan in groups and its presentation. Home assignment included the sample of individual lesson plans.

On the second day, the discussion was about how to assess and evaluate Social Science
– The members learnt various tools to assess the subject.
– The features to improve assessment skill and the different kinds of assessment tools.
– Achievement tests – its objects, types and steps involved.

This was followed by ‘item and item writing’ where they were asked to differentiate one mark, three marks and five marks questions through various activities.

At the end of the session, from each group one school representative had to present a detailed lesson plan, which was analyzed by the rest of the teachers along with the resource persons.

Finally the session was concluded with Map skill and map questions. These two days training programme was interactive and highly informative with the aim of encouraging the teachers to eventually own the responsibility of taking up initiative to make themselves better equipped with tools and techniques of teaching methods, designing and planning lesson plans and evaluating the students with multiple intelligence variation in Social Science.

The training programme concluded with highlights of both the days, feed backs from various school representatives and vote of thanks.

A Report on the CCE (Scholastic) held on 22nd and 23rd of July 2016.

The 2- day Capacity Building Programme on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation was held at Carmel School, Mangaluru on 22nd and 23rd of July 2016, attended by 82 participants from 8 Schools. The programme was inaugurated at 9.45 a.m. with the lighting of the lamp and a prayer song. After the two speakers, Mrs. Deepika Jaidas and Dr. Abdul Jaleel Perla were introduced and welcomed, all the participants were divided into 12 groups. To put the participants at ease, there was ice-breaker followed by sessions on meaning, features and concepts of CCE. After a tea-break, were sessions on features and techniques of Formative Assessments and Comparing classroom scenarios. After lunch, sessions on tools and techniques of formative assessments, making rubrics, inter-disciplinary projects, meaning and features of summative assessments were conducted.

The second day’s workshop commenced with the recapitulation of the previous day’s work and continued with the summative assessments, assessing co-scholastic areas. Post lunch, photo-session was followed by sessions on identifying and dealing with bullying, connecting with values and inculcating the same in students, and understanding the concept of gender sensitivity. The workshop was concluded at 5.30 p.m. with a valedictory function.

A Report on the Training programme on `O Labs’ (Online Labs) led by Mr. Pantina Chndrashekar from Amrita CREATE’, Amrita University.

This training Pragramme was conducted on 23rd July 2016 at Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar, Udupi District, Karnataka. This was attended by 84 Secondary and Senior Secondary Science teachers of 37 Schools of 3 Districts.

`O Labs’ is a research initiate by Amrita CREATE (Centre for Research in Advanced Technologies for Education) in collaboration with COE (Centre of Excellence), CBSE and funded by CDAC, Mumbai.

In the first session of the programme Mr. Chandrashekar from Amrita CREATE explained and demonstrated the `Online Labs’ concept. The salient features and the benefits of this concept were also discussed in detail. The Second session was a practical session where teachers could experience the concept using the Computer.

The theory followed by the practical session gave the teachers a clear idea about how to use this concept in their own Classrooms. The whole programme emphasized that ‘Online Labs’ is the best option available especially in rural areas where students do not have proper lab facilities and internet connections. As it is free of cost, the students coming from poor financial background can also avail themselves of the benefit of `Online Labs’.

Thus this programme gave an additional teaching tool in the hands of the Science teachers who attended this programme.

• July 25, 2016

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CCE Report conducted at Madhava Kripa school – 2016

Capacity Building Program on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation Co-scholastics area was conducted at Madhava Kripa school on 15th and 16th of July 2016. The resource persons were Mrs. Abhilasha, Principal of S.M.S English Medium School’Brahmavar and Dr. Abdul Jaleel Perla, Principal of Aliya Senior Secondary School,Kasargod. There were 40 teachers inclusive of the teachers from the neighbouring schools like Christ School, St. Mary’s English Medium School, Sri Lakshmi Janardhan School and G M Vidyaniketan Public school. The first day’s session began at 9.00am with a formal function followed by the ice breaker session.

“Tell me I forget,teach me I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Teachers enthusiastically participated in the two days programme. All the teachers had a lot to take back to our classrooms. The workshop on co scholastic aspect of CCE opened up a new door to information which we were oblivious of. The session by Dr. Abdul Jaleel on Familiarization with life skills and recording and documentation held the key for us. It unblocked all doubts of who has to assess the co scholastic aspect of a child and we realized that every teacher is responsible for evaluating and understanding the co scholastic areas and not just the co curricular teachers. With many activities given to us we got the hang of assessing co scholastic areas.

Mrs. Abhilasha acquainted us with Awareness and Familiarisation of attitudes and values was informative. She also made us feel how important a teacher’s role is in grooming a child.The sessions provided food for thought like how teachers can unravel the student’s potential and schooling be made joyous for children. The importance of value education was well brought out. It was interesting to slip into the shoes of the children and learn. The trainers could well reach out the immense subject within the stipulated time. This training will surely help us to hone our teaching skills. Thanks to Dr. Manulal, Advisor-Training, Centre of Excellence, Central Board of education, Kochi!

The two days session ended with a valedictory programme, wherein the participants and trainers exchanged their feedbacks to encourage each other.

Mrs. Jessy Andrews,
Principal

Report on CCE workshop held on 8th & 9th of July 2016.

The 2-day workshop on CCE began at 9:20 am with a small inaugural programme which had the lighting of the lamp and a brief introduction of the resource persons Mrs. Shrilatha Rao, Mrs. Jessy Andrews, Mrs. Abhilasha and Dr. Abdul Jaleel Perla. The participants were then grouped into 2 batches and were directed to their respective venues. The 1st session commenced with an Ice Breaker after which the resource persons discussed the meaning, features and the concept of CCE and activities were conducted for the better understanding of the same. Post tea break was the session with discussions on the meaning, features, tools and techniques on formative assessment. Post lunch session had an introduction to summative assessment. The day’s workshop concluded at 4:30 pm. The second day’s workshop commenced with a breakfast at 8:30 am followed by a photograph session. Session 1 began with the recapitulation and continued with the resource persons discussing the different topics according to the schedule planned. In the post lunch sessions of day 2 the participants were exposed to the co-scholastic aspects of CCE. The workshop wound up at 5:15 pm with a valedictory programme which was open to the feedbacks of the resource persons and one representative from each school.

Principal’s Annual Conference on 26th & 27th October

Principal’s Annual Conference will be held on 26th & 27th October 2016 at Sri Bhuvanendra Sabha Bhavan, Canara High School CBSE, Dongerkery, Mangalore.
Theme : Leadership: Body, Mind and Heart

Topics:

1. Leader’s role in Scaffolding slow bloomers.
2. Changing role of school leadership – distributive leadership.
3. Self actualization of education.
4. New curriculum and classroom culture.
5. Fostering creativity.
6. School governance
7. Behavioral changes in teenagers
8. Empathy, leadership, design and technology
9. Paradigm shift.. our adaptability and responsibility
10. New literacy’s for new generation.
11. What building relationships with students really means?’ (this is related to bullying which is a serious offence)

Speakers:

1. Inauguration and keynote address by Captain Ganesh Karnik, MLC (Teachers’ Constituency).
2. Prof. Pushparaj, Principal, Chinmaya Educational Institution, Kasargod.
3. Dr. Madhav Bhat, Retd. Principal, Vivekanand College, Puttur.
4. Dr. Shailaja Shastri, Jain Univerisity, Bangalore.
5. Dr. Vijay Kumar, Vice chancellor, Yenepoya University.
6. Prof. Mathew C Ninan, Principal, Little Rock (Summing up the 2 day conference)
7. Dr. Sandeep Shastri, Pro-Vice chancellor, Jain University.- Valedictory Address
8. Dr. Vanishree Joseph, NITTE education trust.
9. Dr Ravishankar Rao, Professor, Mangalore University

Report of the CBP conducted at Dr. M Ramanna Shetty Memorial English Medium High School

A capacity building programme on Scholastic area was hosted by our school for two days on 10th and 11th of June 2016. 45 teachers from the following schools took part in the training.

Mrs. Abhilasha, Principal, SMS Eng. Med. School Brahmavar and Mrs. Jessy Andrews, Principal, Madhavakripa School, Manipal were the resource persons.

The two days’ training programme was very informative and benefited the teachers to a greater extent. Though they had undergone many trainings in CCE from empanelled agencies, they were of the opinion that the essence of CCE is made very clear to them through this CBP organized by the CBSE. As it was conducted by the Principals who are dealing with the aspects of CCE every day, they were able to connect with the participants making them understand the true meaning of CCE.

Though the training was in Scholastic Area, it also included brief sessions on co-scholastic areas like value education, life skills, gender sensitivity etc.

We are grateful to the CBSE for taking this initiative of preparing the teachers towards the paradigm shift in the field of education and to Dr G Manulal, Advisor(Training) CBSE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, KOCHI for being a constant guide throughout this programme.

Principals vow to make Schools safe for Children

Principals of ICSE and CBSE Schools (AICS) of Udupi and DK districts made a joint declaration on November 9^th2013 that they would put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure the safety of children in their schools. The principals met at Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar in the context of many cases of child abuse reported in recent times. Dr. P.V. Bhandary, Psychiatrist in his keynote address confirmed that the incidence of child abuse is indeed a reality, and thatit is rampant now. Both boys and girls are vulnerable. The surprising fact is that the perpetrators are often those close to the family of the child. It is a myth that the people who commit the crime are of unsound mind. It’s often elders with a ‘good Samaritan’ image who commit the crime. Parents need to be wary of such situations. Schools should also take suitable steps to see that children are not abused, particularly in residential schools. Schools should create a task force to be ever vigilant in order to protect their children. Prof. Mathew C. Ninan, Principal of Little Rock spoke on the ‘School Perspective’. He said, it should be the mandate of every school to create awareness amongst its children against possible attempts to abuse them. School, by definition, should be the safest place for children. It’s possible to create such a school environment if the children, teachers and parents are sensitized, and there is an open channel of communication amongst them. Children should be empowered and emboldened to complain against any attempt to abuse them, without any fear of reprisal. Short films on ‘good touch, and bad touch’ were screened to show how children can be educated in an age-appropriate mannerto protect themselves. Principals made a joint declaration that they would put in place a host of reforms and systems to eliminate all forms of child abuse in the school, its premises,in the hostels and school buses. MrsShreelathaRao, President of AICSintroduced the agenda and welcomed. Mr Vidyavantha Acharya,Mrs Neeta Kishore, Mrs K.Anandhi and Fr. AnilD’Costa led the discussion, attended by over 30 principals. Dr. Thomas Quadros made the concluding remarks and proposed the vote of thanks.

Report on All India CBSE Inter School Tennis Tournament South Zone 2013

The inaugural function of the ALL INDIA INTER SCHOOL(CBSE) TENNIS TOURNAMENT, SOUTH ZONE took place on the 7th of October, 2013 at Canara Tennis Academy,Mangalore. The programme started off with a colourful march past by all the teams accompanied by Canara High school, Urwa girls carrying placards bearing the state names. The march past was also accompanied by a band troupe from Canara Higher Primary school, Urwa. The invocation by Canara CBSE students was followed by a welcome address by Mrs.Joy J. Rai, Principal, Canara High School CBSE. This was followed by the introduction of the guests by Mr.Kochikar Sudhakar Pai. The contribution of Mr.C.G.Krishna Bhupathi in shaping the tennis career of great players like Mahesh Bhuapathi, Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna was highlighted in his introductory speech. The tennis village at Bangalore, set up to encourage budding tennis talents was also mentioned. This was followed by hoisting of the National flag, school flag and CBSE flag by Mr.S.S.Kamath, Mr.Basti Purushotham Shenoy and Mr.Ranganath Bhat. All the flag bearers of the various teams undertook an oath of fairplay, led by master Rajeev Shenoy of Canara CBSE school. Mr. G.Rajendran unveiled the symbol of the Tennis tournament and Mr.S.S.Kamath officially declared the tournament open. This was followed by a key note address by the guest Mr.C.G.Krishna Bhupathi who expressed immense pleasure to be amongst the participants and tennis lovers. He quoted that self confidence was the key to success and confidence comes only by preparation. He also encouraged the students to take up sports activities which will help them to develop concentration which in turn will help them to develop in all other fields including academics. The vote of thanks delivered by Mrs.Preetha Nayak. The function ended with thanks offered to the Rain God Varuna as well as seeking his help in the successful conduct of the tournament. During the four day tournament around 52 schools participated playing nearly 104 matches at two venues ie., Rama Krishna Tennis Club and NITK, Surathkal. The results are as follows

During the Valedictory function Mr. Uday Yeragatti, Dean, student welfare, NITK, Mr. I.C. Shetty, AGM, Canara Bank, Mr. Abdul Salam, President, Rama Krishna Tennis Club and other dignitaries including Mr. S.S Kamath, President, CHSA, Mr. Ranganath Bhat, Secretary, CHSA, Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai, Correspondent, Canara High School CBSE, Basty Purshotham Shenoy, Correspondent, Canara Tennis Academy and other members of the Governing council of CHSA, were present. Dr. Kishore, CBSE Observer, Mr. Shivaram, Deputy Director of physical Education, NITK, Mr. Suresh Mallya of Ramakrishna Tennis Academy were felicitated during the function. Principal Mrs. Joy Rai compered the program and the entire CBSE Staff and Heads of various other Canara Institutions and parents were present for the function.

20th Annual National Sahodaya Conference

Amritsar Sahodaya Schools Complex is organizing 20th Annual National Sahodaya Conference from 08-10 November 2013 at Amritsar (Punjab). All the member schools of Sahodaya Schools Complex are cordially invited to participate.
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CCE Training Programme at Canara High School

CCE Training programme organized by the Karavali Sahodaya Complex was hosted by Canara High School on 9^thJuly, 2012. The resource persons for the day were Mrs. Hannah Henry and Mrs. Meera Padmanabhan from Everonn Education Ltd, Chennai. About 59 teachers participated in the programme. The participants were divided into two groups-Middle school and High school. The patterns of Assessment, including various parameters were the main issues discussed. The correspondent of the School Mr. Kochikar Sudhakar Pai, Principal Mrs. Joy J. Rai attended the inauguration and valedictory ceremonies.

Report of CCE Training Programme at Christ School

“It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.” – Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain This year Christ School at Manipal had the privilege of hoisting the CCE Training programme for the Teachers of Karavali Sahodaya Complex. It was held on10th July 2012. We were privileged to have the expert training professionals from Chennai Mrs. Meera Padmanabhan the Lead Trainer at Evron Education Limited and Mrs. Hannah Henry who is currently with Evron as the senior Lead Subject Matter Expert in Physics. The presence of Mr. Mathew Ninan, President of Karavali Sahodaya brought a special honour to our school. In his address to the teachers he encouraged them to be more creative and innovative in their teaching ministry to bring out the best from the young minds. About 48 Teachers from the various institutions of Karavali Sahodaya responded to the invitation. The inaugural programme began invoking the blessings of the Lord Almighty with a prayer song by the students of class VII. The resource persons and the special guests were welcomed and felicitated by the Principal and the Correspondent Rev. Fr. Francis Xavier Lewis. After the inaugural function the Session was taken over by the resource persons. Following points were discussed in the session.

• Anecdotal Records
• Formative Assessments
• Documentation
• And Co-Scholastic Area

Training Manuals were given to each participant and everyone responded well and cleared their various doubts. The Training was concluded at 5.00p.m.

Eliza Vaz, Principal

CCE Training In Little Rock

I am glad to report that the CCE training that took place on 28th and 29th November in Mangalore and Udupi regions respectively have gone off well. Mangalore Region’s was held in Canraa CBSE School and that of Udupi was held in Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar. Mrs Meera Padmanabhan, DGM, Training and Mrs Saraswathi Srinivasan, Senior Faculty of Everonn Systems, Chennai conducted the training in both places. Everonn is an officially agency accredited by CBSE to conduct these training programmes, strictly as per CBSE approved training manual. 46 participants each attended the training. Thus 92 teachers got the training. Barring one School, all others were represented. I understand that the feedback was very good. As you know one day is too short to transact the entire gamut of CCE. We may therefore think of 2 days’ sessions next time. I wish to thank all the Principals and teachers who attended. I must place on record the services of Canara CBSE School, its management, and especially Principal Mrs Radha R. Prabhu for all the arrangements she made for the programme at Mangalore. Thanks very much. Yours faithfully,

Mathew C. Ninan Principal, Little Rock.

2011