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Shout out loud
Summer splash
A child chills out in the pool on a hot day. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya
Talk time
n?Communication has always been a problem and will continue to be one for our children,? proclaimed Partha Pratim Mondal of Shyambazar AV School on Friday at a panel discussion organised by The Telegraph at Bengal Chamber of Commerce.
Heads of institutions and senior staff of city schools met to discuss ?Role of educators in creating all-rounders for the future?. All those present contributed to the discussion. ?Orientation for teachers is very important, perhaps even more important than that for students,? felt Nupur Chatterjee, assistant mistress of Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls? High School.
All the educators at the meeting agreed that the children from vernacular schools lacked confidence, though in most cases the children were academically brilliant.
Saumendu Bikas Chattopadhyay, headmaster, Maharaja Cossimbazar Polytechnic Institution, said: ?Good children suffer from inferiority complexes when they are pitted against children from English-medium schools due to their lack of prowess in English.?
Regarding all-round development of the students, almost all present believed there is no effort made by the schools as the environment does not support such activities.
A. Rahman, assistant master, Ballygunge Government High School, felt: ?The system needs to be revamped as there is no focus on all-round development of the students.?
Some others present at the meeting were Ashish Kumar Das of Maharaja Cossimbazar Polytechnic Institute, Suvra Mullick of Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls? High School and Lipika Gangopadhyay, headmistress, Victoria Institution.
Beautiful spring
nWhere is the gentle breeze blowing?
When are the flowers blooming?
I can say in a sure voice
That it is all in spring.
When are the new leaves growing?
When are the cuckoos singing?
It is also true that these are
All in spring.
Medha Basu,
Class IV , Patha Bhavan