Tuesday, March 13, 2018

New ICSE syllabus rolls out: mixed reactions from the student community


Source- The Hindu

Does the change in the syllabus will help to crack competitive entrance examinations like medical and engineering?

Nobody still knows the answer yet. The year 2018 has begun and the revision in the syllabus, curriculum structure and training methods of Indian School Certificate (ISC) and Indian Certificate for School Education (ICSE) is being introduced.


The moment a student reaches class 10, parents start to worry about getting their child admitted in appropriate streams and the boards too for their senior secondary education. A wide-spread belief among both parents and students is that getting admission into schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will make the possibilities of higher education brighter, especially in the coveted professional courses.  


The common perception is that CBSE students perform better in competitive entrance examinations as compared to those studied under the ICS board or other similar boards. 


To break this misconception, there have been modifications made in the syllabus and new policies have been laid down. The 58th National Conference of  Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate (ASISC), an association schools following ISC and ICSE curriculum, with thw approval of Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the apex council which conducting  Indian School Certificate (ISC) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) has decided that there will be changes in the ISC and ICSE syllabi to lighten the burden for the students and also make them on par with students following other syllabi. 


The Council decided to change the syllabi for classes 9, 10, and 12 to ensure that more students crack competitive exams. This year, the students will appear for examinations with a new syllabus that will include question paper according to the new structure. The subjects like History, Geography, Mathematics and Physics will have changed syllabi. Even the question paper will be prepared in line with that of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). “Now it will be quite easier to crack the competition. Thanks to the council for bringing out the new policy as there will be now all NCERT questions”, said Nandini Rana, a former student of Sacred Heart High School, Himachal Pradesh who studied under the old ICSE syllabus.


However, there are other concern as well. Another student who recently completed the Senior Secondary examinations under ICSE from the same school thinks that the ICSE syllabus is good in terms of knowledge, but not effective in terms of cracking competative examinations. "Though the syllabus of ICSE board is too vast and lengthy which provides us with abundance of knowledge but it becomes completely out of concept in cracking entrance exams. Students have to drop an year or months to understand the basic concept of the syllabi for the medical and engineering entrances”, she said.


All these new policies and the changes in the syllabi have been made to provide a strong foundation for students appearing for the competitive exams such as AIPMT or JEE. So far, the schools had the freedom to decide the course content from nursery to class 10. Now all the ICSE affiliated schools will have to follow a uniform syllabus.


 “CBSE is all time best. Because it has all the keys to every type of competitive examination. And ICSE and ICS are just a burden on children” said Sukanya Kanyar, a student from Himachal Pradesh who was studying under ICSE syllabus but later changed to CBSE board.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

On This Day of That Year: Sachin Tendulkar hits first ever double ton in ODI

By: Yasser Ayaz  
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On 24 February 2010, Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to hit double hundred in One Day International(ODI) Cricket.


















Against whom?

It was against South Africa. In 2nd ODI (D/N) at Gwalior, India won the toss and elected to bat first. With that marvelous batting performance, India was able to put a huge total of 401 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. South Africa only managed to score 248 runs in 42.5 overs and India won that match by 153 runs.

Batting Analysis:

The speed of Tendulkar’s innings was breathtaking. He faced just 147 balls hitting 25 fours and three sixes. His strike rate of 136.05 was higher than any of the other innings on the list of top ten scores one-day international scores.




What did Sachin Tendulkar say about the knock?

There was no doubt who will be the Man Of The Match(MoM). After receiving the MoM, he expressed his happiness and dedicated his knock to people of India.

"I don’t know how to react. I’d like to dedicate this double-hundred to the people of India for standing behind me for the last 20 years throughout the ups and downs. I felt that when I was 175-plus and it was the 42nd over I had a chance, but I wasn’t actually thinking of it. It was only when I got closer to it that I thought about a double hundred” said Tendulkar.

Cricket has changed, so has its rules; number of double hundreds has gone up to 5, however, the first double ton still lingers on the minds of cricket lovers.

BCCI also tweeted about this day of that year.


Tuesday, May 30, 2017

YOUTH ICON : BHAGAT SINGH

By: Surinder Thakur


A brief outline of bhagat singh life, a legend's journey from starting to end and his sacrifices for the freedom of country.

Pride of Himachal Pradesh: Girl on fire

By: Narinder Sharma

In our society which is male dominated, now a days girls are also rising up in every field. They are giving tough competition boys. not in the field of education but also in the field of sports girls are trying their best. This has been proved by Seema in Asian youth athletics championship Bangkok 2017.
Seema while participating in the race

Girl from district Chamba of Himachal Pradesh brought happiness after winning bronze medal in Asian Youth Athletics championship. Seema is resident of Chamba district and belongs to a poor family.

She is a trainee in Sai Hostel training centre Dharamshala and studying in 12th class in Govt. Senior Secondary Girls School Dharamshala. She is the only third runner from Himachal Pradesh after Suman Rawat and Kamlesh to win a medal for the country in asian championship. she won the bronze medal by clocking a time of 10.05.27 in 3000 mtr race. 

She gave tough fight to the other participants who won gold and silver, it was a neck to neck competition. but after this she only settled for the bronze.“I could not catch up with the other athletes in the final sprint. A fellow competitor’s spikes hurt my leg during the race. Overall, I am happy with my timing,” said Seema after the game. 

Girls are showing their talent in every field. In 12th class results 35 out of 55 girls are in merit. Parents are also supporting their children to do what ever they want to.In result of that girls are taking part in every field whether it is education, sports, modeling, acting.

Girls like seema are giving motivation to the girls who wants to do something but they can't because of some problem. Sai hostel training centre in Dharamshala is helping girls who are interested in sports. These small small things will help in improving the image of women in society.

Mountains : Bliss of Beauty, Inspiration and Strength

By -: Rishika Sharma

How it feels to look at something, standing straight, firm and with proud. Covered with white shining snow, revealing beauty of being so high. Yes, mountains which provides us immense pleasure, are symbol of strength and being tough, looking straight no matter whatever comes.

Mountains unveiling the beauty of nature.
        Trackers love to live with mountains and keep exploring, always trying to reach at the top. It's an endless journey. Once you start exploring the nature, you don't need to answer anything else. People are always fond to see the world from top of the mountains. What a feeling that would be! Snow caped mountains, morning sun rays falling on it, rays passing through tiny droplets of dew on grass. Mesmerizing scenic beauty.

Snow caped Mountains
     There are different ranges of mountains throughout the world. Mountains are always full of teachings and learning, if one understands nature. It tells us to tackle the difficulties with confidence and stand still, no matter what situation is.

       Its difficult to climb to the top, but the view from the top is worthy of efforts. Hence, this tells everyone to understand that one should have the courage to face the ups and downs of life with positive attitude. And results will surely be fruitful.

Mystical mountains
       Hence, one should look around to find answers of their questions in nature. Mountains are merely one aspect. Keep searching, Keep fighting, Keep enjoying.

Peace captured

सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी हिमाचल प्रदेश में निकाली गई भव्य एकता रैली

द्वारा:-शैलेश कौशल

सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी हिमाचल प्रदेश में निकाली गई भव्य एकता रैली


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.हिमाचल प्रदेश केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय शाहपुर  से राष्ट्रीय एकता के तहत 12 मई सुबह 11.30 बजे से राजकीय माध्यमिक पाठशाला रैत के लिए रैली निकाली गई. विश्वविद्यालय के प्रतिकुलपति प्रो. हंसराज शर्मा ने विश्वविद्यालय परिसर से झंडा दिखाकर रैली को रवाना किया. इस मौके पर सामाजिक विकास केंद्र के निदेशक डॉ. बी.सी.चौहान भी सम्मलित हुए. इस एकता रैली के लि200 से अधिक लोगों द्वारा आवेदन प्राप्त हुआ था. यह रैली विश्विद्यालय के विद्यार्थियों एवं शिक्षकों द्वारा मोटर साइकिल, बस, कार आदि के द्वारा छतड़ी, द्रम्मण तथा शाहपुर में प्रदर्शन करते हुए रैत को गयी. सुरक्षा के लिए शाहपुर पुलिस भी डटी रही. भारत सरकार द्वारा प्रवर्तित एक भारत, श्रेष्ठ भारतके  एकता रैली का उद्देश्य भारतीय एकता एवं अखण्डता की भावना का सुदूर अंचलों , बच्चों ,युवाओं तक प्रसारित करना तथा उसमें देशभक्ति की भावना को प्रबल करना था. रैत स्थित उच्च माध्यमिक पाठशाला में बी.एस.सी भौतिकी की अदिति एवं टीम  तथा मैनेजमेंट डिपार्टमेंट के पंकज एवं उनके साथियों ने भारतीय एकता का परिचायक से संबंधित नुक्कड़ नाटक का प्रदर्शन किया. माध्यमिक विद्यालय रैत के प्राचार्य कुलभूषण ने न केवल विश्वविद्यालय को एकता रैलीके प्रदर्शन की संस्तुति दी बल्कि रैली में प्रस्तुत होने वाले नुक्कड़ नाटकसे विद्यालय के विद्यार्थियों को जोड़ने का भी कार्य किया. रैली का प्रभार मैनेजमेंट डिपार्टमेंट की सहायक प्रोफेसर मनप्रीत अरोड़ा संभाल रही थीं. इस रैली के संयोजक डॉ. खेमराज शर्मा, डॉ.आशीष नाग, डॉ.सुमन शर्मा और डॉ.रीता थे.  रैली में छात्रों के अतिरिक्त शिक्षकों में डॉ. दिलीप सिंह, डॉ. जगदीश, डॉ. सुरेन्द्र, डॉ. मोहिंदर, डॉ. विक्रम, डॉ. अदिति, डॉ. करुणाकर, डॉ. हेमराज, डॉ. दिलबाग आदि शामिल हुए.


यह जूनुन की रफ्तार है

रफ्तार जो जिद़गी में जूनुन भर दे और ऐसी रफ्तार जिसे हम अनुभब कर सकते है आजकल बाज़ार में आने वाली बाईक्स जो दिल में जूनून भर दे  बेहतर स्पीड के साथ अच्छा  माइलेज देती है । आकर्षक रंगों में आने वाली यह बाईक्स युवाओं के मन को भाती है । बदलते वक्त के साथ इनमे कई तरह के बदलाव हुए है जो इनके आकर्षण को और भी बढ़ाते है।

केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालय लाईब्रेरी सांइस के द्वितीय सत्र में पढ़ने वाले विजय सिंह का कहना है कि इन बाईक में आने वाले फीचर उन्हें बहुत भाते है। रफ्तार से वे अपना तनाव भी दूर करते है क्योकिं वे इन्हें चलाते समय ऐसा अनुभव करते है कि वह बिल्कुल मुक्त है और वे हर किसी चीज़ को पा सकते है तथा वे किसी ऐसी जगह पर है जिसके वे नज़ारे ले रहे है,तथा इसे अनुभव भी कर रहे है।

विश्वविद्यालय के अकिंत कुमार जो समाजशास्त्र में द्वितीय सत्र के छात्र है उनका कहना है कि बाईक्स चलाना उनका पैशन है तथा वे इसे एक पागलपन भी कहते है। उन्हें हाइवे पर तेज़ी से बाइक चलाना पसंद है क्योकिं इससे वे अपने आप को औरों से अलग भी दिखाते है तथा और लोगों की हैरानी का केंद्र भी बनते है क्योकिं उन्होनें अकसर लोगों को यह कहते हुए सुना है कि आगे क्या होगा।

ऐसा ही कुछ मानना है विवेक का, जो विश्वविद्यालय में लाईब्रेरी सांइस के द्वितीय सत्र के छात्र है जो यह मानते है कि इन बाईक्स के साथ ही वे अपने आप को प्रकृति के साथ जुड़ा हुआ भी देखते है। बाईक्स उनके एड्वचरस सफ़र को और भी रोमांचक, खुशनुमा बना देती है।

इतिहास में यदि इन बाईक्स के बारे मे देखा जाएं तो सबसे पहले इनकी शुरुआत 19वीं शताब्दी के आस-पास मानी जाती है। साईकिल को और अच्छा बनाने के साथ ही मोटरबाईक्स की शुरुआत हुई थी। सन् 1860 में पेरी मिशेव्स जो एक लुहार था जिसने शुरुआत में एक साईकिल निर्माण किया था तथा इसके कुछ समय के बाद अपने बेटे के साथ मिलकर मोटरबाईक्स का अविष्कार किया इसी सिलसिले ने धीरे-धीरे रफ्तार के दौर को आगे बढ़ाया और नई दुनिया को अपना परिचय दिया ।

आखिर कारण जो भी हो चलाने का लेकिन इन बाईक्स के न जाने कितने ब्रांड़ है बाजार में जो इस आनंद को युवाओं को देते है। मारुति,महिन्द्रा, रॉयल इनफिल्ड,होड़ा,केटीएम,डयक्ति जैसे ब्रांड़ इस साथ को और भी बढ़ाते है।