WORLD OF EDUCATION

When my school could not Produce 100% Pass percentage  in Class X ! __________________________________________________                                                                    By: Jugal Kishore Students, parents and teachers -all eagerly wait for the declaration of result of class X and XII as they open channels for children to opt for different streams in Class XI and opportunities to join Higher Institutions of learning after Class XII. Teachers also eagerly wait to know the outcome of their efforts done on their students  during the academic session.   In Class XII, we not only produced 100% but also added 10 % increase in th...

MY VILLAGE AND  ITS PRIMARY SCHOOL Hoshiarpur   of Punjab( India) used to be a backward   district   during seventies and eighties of the last century but educationally it has always been   always a front runner. Even today, though it is not fully developed yet a lot has changed. My village, Ramtatwali, where I was born in late sixtees, was extremely backward and situated in the foothills of   Shivalik   range of mountains. It had no Post Office. The adjoining village-DHOLBAHA-was our Post office and had a High School also   where I later on joined in Class VI. My village   had hundreds of mango trees, that too, of different hues and tastes. We would carry razors in our pockets or sometimes hidden   in our books to eat raw mangoes with a pinch of salt.   Salt was also carried in a piece of paper which was unevenly folded and kept in our pockets/bags. When mangoes would start ripening-we would collect some and keep in our bags ...

Covid-19 and My School ________________________________________________________________ By: Jugal Kishore,Principal This is the time when invisible becomes so visible, so horrifying that we even dread going near to our dear ones. We ostensibly doubt every other person to be the carrier of deadly Corona Virus. We fear to touch the surfaces which we involuntarily used to touch. Lifts and   table tops, latches of washrooms, mouse of your laptop and handles of   doors appear to be one’s deadly enemies. Sometimes when I see doctors and nurses in their PPEs, I feel as if some biological warfare is going on. This sends shivers down to the spine. What if you turn out to be Covid positive? Low death rate in India is the only relief one could get. The world, indeed, is passing through an unprecedented testing time. Villages appear to be safe havens whereas    cities appear to be unsafe. Though the skies appear to be more cleaner and rivers more transparent yet the...