Report on PRINCIPALS’ CONCLAVE (8th
to 10th April 2016) organized by HRD Centre, under the aegis of
DPS Society at India International
Centre, New Delhi.
UDAYAN (Together For A Better Tomorrow)
Prepared by :
Sukhwant Singh Thaper
Principal, Delhi Public School Nigahi
Day 1 :
Friday, 8th April 2016
Session
I - Inaugural
The day had started with beautiful Sitar
recital by the students of DPS Rohini. It was followed by formal welcoming by
Mrs. Vinita Kher Madam, Director, HRDC, DPS Society.
It was followed by lighting of the
sacred lamp along with Mangalacharya song sung by the students of DPS Rohini.
A Film of 15:25 minutes on the history
of DPS Society was screened.
Prof.
B.P. Khandelwal, Sr. Member, The DPS Society (10:30
am)
Sir
pointed out that it was a happy occasion as 8th April 2016 was
unique and auspicious as it was New Year day -
Day of Navratra.
He
invoked the God to empower us with
knowledge and spiritual strength to lead the institutes.
He
said, “The Conclave has been named ‘UDAYAN’
as DPS is rising with awakening.”
He
expressed his concern by saying, “Disturbed Global Transitional Phase is going
on, where is humanity going ?”
He
informed that in the next meeting of UN at Istanbul, DPS is going to send its
representation.
He
said, “Love, Peace, Non Violence, Truth, Universal values need to carry on.”
“We
need to ask ourselves, “How far can I go ?”
He
said, “The youth is going aggressive & intolerant. We need to awaken up to the present needs.”
“As
Principals – Leaders, we need to come forth and improve our own selves. We need to learn to lead with example. We
need to deliberate what should be our roles to make the society better and
meaningful.”
He
spoke on girls education and how to empower them.
He
spoke about Overall Quality Education.
How to inculcate these things inside the classroom.
He
said, “Values are caught not taught.”
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He
also touched the topic of Inclusive Education, which he said is a challenge.
He
said, “We at DPS have accepted these challenges and executed them well.”
He
spoke on syllabus, How to teach, evaluate, how to reduce burden of the child ?
He
said, “The whole Conclave is prepared to keep the participants active and to
learn from the various sessions.”
Towards
the end once again he wished all the participants a very Happy New Year.
Mr. Pramod Grover, Hony. Treasurer, The DPS Society (10:40
am)
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He said that he had
joined DPS Society in 1990. His father had warned him that DPS is an addiction. He said he has not been able to shake it off.
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He pointed out that we
as DPS have a colourful history and now more than 200 schools have established.
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He informed the members
that he was the one who had initiated the idea of HRD Centre.
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He said that training
is needed to upgrade ourselves.
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He said we have moved
from cord phones to smart phones.
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He said, “I do seek
help from my grand daughter to operate my smart phone.”
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He said, “Syllabus has
changed, we are moving at a fast pace.”
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“We need to move fast
otherwise we will be left behind.”
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He also said, “Our
children are intelligent and are doing well.”
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“We need to find ways
of doing the best for the children and take DPS to greater heights. Not in
numbers but in quality.”
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He said, “Value system
is breaking down. We have to take care of that. Without values we can’t go
further.”
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He reiterated the fact
that, “Wherever DPS is there it is at the top.”
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“We need to go ahead
and teach our children the latest knowledge.”
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He encouraged the
participants by saying, “Put your heads together, interact and come up with
ideas to implement.”
Rear Admiral M.M. Chopra, Vice Chairman, The DPS
Society (10:46
am)
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He said, “I know all
the Principals and nearly 90% of them are in touch with me personally.”
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He said, “You all give
me energy at 85.”
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He welcomed Dr. Kobus
Neethling and appreciated all the dignitaries present.
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He said, “This new year
we say good bye to sadness and welcome
freshness and happiness. “
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He said, “I call the
day, Day Of Renaissance”
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He defined Renaissance
by saying, “Time of calling the past to renew and reinvent.”
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He said, “The schools
are passing through the stage of Renaissance.”
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He shared the following
conversation between a 6 year old son and his father :
A 6 year old son and
his father were moving around near Vijay Chowk of New Delhi. The son saw the
building of parliament and he asked :
Son : Why is the building round ?
Father : It indicates that we all are equal.
Son : What happens there ?
Father : People meet, discuss, pass laws and
tell people how to obey them.
While
moving around they came across another building, The son asked :
Son : Father what is that building ?
Father
: That is the Treasury ?
Son : What do people do there ?
Father : People meet there and distribute
wealth among society.
When they went further
they came across the Church of North India.
The son asked, “What
building was that ?”
Father : People meet, create trust and
distribute trust among society.
Next
they came across the “St. Columbus school”.
The son asked what is that building ?
Father : It is a school.
Son
: What do they do there ?
Father
: The school is a place where you
create knowledge.
Son : What is knowledge ?
Father
: Force that creates Power, Wealth, Trust,
and how to use them.
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He further said, “
Knowledge is not a constant. It is an
accumulation of the past and needs to be passed to the next generation.”
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He quoted Lord Alfred
Tennyson’s line
“The old order changeth yielding place to new
And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the
world.
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He said new ideas new
system cannot be stopped whose time has come.
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He said DPS has come to
the level due to the stalwarts of the past.
But the Renaissance has been brought by Mr. Vijay Kumar Shunglu Sir.
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He said Shunglu Sir,
Khandelwal Sir and Pramod Grover Sirs are the trios behind the Renaissance.
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He requested the
participants to give a standing ovation to all three of them.
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He quoted the Couplets
of Sant Kabir :
धीरे धीरे रे मना धीरे सब कुछ होए
माली सींचे
सौ घड़ा
रुत आये
फल होए
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He said atom needs energy. The atom of DPS has been provided with that
energy by none other than Mr. V.K. Shunglu, the Chairman of DPS Society. We
need a Messiah to propel the machine. People from all over the world learn in
India. HRD Centre at Delhi will do that.
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He informed the members
that DPS Society is aiming for having one DPS in every smart city.
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He said smart cities
need to be built around a DPS.
Mr. V.K. Shunglu, Chairman, The DPS Society (11:37 am)
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His main message was “Let
alone Let be.”
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He informed the members
that the Conclave “UDAYAN” was planned well and hoped everyone would benefit
from it.
Session
II - (Leadership and A Vibrant School)
Dr. Kobus Neethling, President South African
Creativity Foundation (12:10
pm)
Whole Brain Leadership
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Dr. Kobus Neethling
took up the session “The Role of Leadership in Creating A whole Brain School.”
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Dr. Kobus started his
session with the statement, “Never underestimate your influence as a teacher on
your students.”
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“A lot of stuff is happening
in the brain. The more we understand the
brain the better teacher we will be.”
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The Whole Brain
Leadership understands the essence.
For example, “In a
particular place as the children were falling sick many leaders proposed to build
a hospital. But people with Whole Brain
Leadership qualities found that as the water was polluted in the area,
installation of RO plant was more important than building a hospital and when
it was done the children stopped falling sick.”
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We need leaders to come
forward and remove problems from the root.
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A Whole Brain School
can go to the roots and remove the problems.
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It is important to
remember that the way we make people feel never gets forgotten.
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He said, “Change is the
essence of life.”
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He said the essence of
a Mathematician is not to make simple things complicated but to make
complicated things simple.
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He shared the quote of Aristotle
“It is the sign of the educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it.”
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By pointing out this
quote he said you may do it on your own but should avoid arguments. The Whole Brain Leader avoids arguments.
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He said, “Allow Open
Minds in the school.”
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He said the Whole Brain
School promotes equal creative thinking.
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He shared the true life
events regarding his Mentor.
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While his Mentor was on
his death bed he had received various Cards, Letters from hundreds of his
students. When he had gone to meet him he had found his Mentor had kept all the
letters on his chest and was reading the Cards and Letters one by one.
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He said values are
important in life.
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He quoted Edward De
Bano who had said “There is no doubt
that creativity is the most important human resources of all. Without creativity there would be no progress
and we would be forever repeating the same pattern.”
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Education tries to keep
everyone in a box in a majority of ways.
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He said to think of
bigger problems not of smaller things, not materialistic things that we
possess.
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He said that
“Creativity is both teachable and learnable.”
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How to introduce
creativity in schools ? Attitude, Culture, Environment, 4 Skills, Fluency,
Flexibility, Originality, essence, Elaboration need to be encouraged.
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He said, “The Whole
Brain Leader’s biggest quality is, he is passionate, he is courageous, and ignites
passion and courage in others.”
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He said what kind of
courage is essential in the schools.
1. On
passion he quoted E.M. Foster. “One
person with passion is better than 40
people merely interested.”
2. He
said ‘Curiosity’ and ‘Passion’ are more than ‘Intelligence’.
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He said about the three
good qualities found in every human being who has been of the age group between
85 years to 105 years. Those three
qualities are :
1. All
of them are Passionate.
2. All
of them Wake Up Early.
3. All
of them Work.
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He motivated everyone to
make their school Passionate.
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He quoted Rollo May by
saying, “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is
conformity.”
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School is more of a
mind game, He gave example of one of the CEOs who gave up his job in order to
climb Mt. Everest. Inspite of being well
prepared he failed to climb the Mt. Everest at the final stage. On being questioned later he said that at the
Base Camp they had made him fill a form before he was allowed to climb the Mt.
Everest. One of the questions was, “How do you want your body to be treated,
or, what do you want us to do with your body?” He said that, that question weighed
so much on his mind that he could not make it to the Mt. Everest.
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“Courage is less
physical but more of a mind game.”
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“More than physical
courage is the spiritual courage which is needed to succeed.”
The Whole Brain Leaders leads others
from ordinary to beyondness.
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He spoke about the book
written by him “Am I Average or Am I Stupid.”
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He said our brains are
great mirrors, whatever we show it will reflect the same. You show the good
things, it will reflect good things, you put in progress it will give out
progress, you point problems it will give out problems.
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He spoke about teaching
with your whole brain learning.
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He spoke on L1, L2, R2,
R1 theories in which L1 stands for Information, L2 stands for Lists / Time, R2
stands for Groups & R1 stands for Informal, Colourful, Visual etc.
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He said negativity is
the most dangerous element.
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Creativity, Wisdom, Joy, Passion,
Courage, Opportunity, Finding
Negativity
, Problems, Paralysis, Torments
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He said 96% people suffering from tension will not
be cured with medicine because it is from within.
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Keep the school an
above the line school where you have more of Creativity, Wisdom, Joy, passion,
Courage, Opportunity, Finding.
Session–III – (Global
Learning Crisis and the Growing
Learning Deficit : Do Schools Make a Difference ?)
Post Lunch session (2:30 pm)
Professor
N.V. Varghese, Director of the Centre for Policy
Research in Higher Education (CPRHE), NUEPA, Phd. Education Planning and Mr. J. Veera Raghavan, Former
Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, took the
session of ‘Global Learning Crisis & Growing Learning Deficit’.
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The points highlighted by the above
persons were :
DPS in India is a leading educational
organization.
The word belief has got two dimensions :
schools need to build a) Capacity for tomorrow b) Trust for people.
Schools need to inculcate Skills, Values
and Ideas.
Children of DPS generally land up in
USA.
More than economic growth it is the
distribution that is more of concern.
We are growing but we are growing unequal.
Human beings are the most equally
distributed on planet Earth.
But some regions develop others do not.
Why ?
It is not a matter of growth but
difference in equality that creates problems.
Distribution in Education is a
contributory factor in widening inequalities.
It is not between those who are educated
or uneducated but between those who have learnt more and those who have learnt
less.
It is not the years of schooling but
quality of learning in schools that matters.
250 million children are not able to read or do Maths.
Children who are unable to read class II
books in V grade, score higher grades in Class XII. How ?
At times people say in certain schools
English is also taught in local language. What will people learn ?
More than concentrating towards
Educational Pedagogical Systems we need to improve subject competencies.
Subject / Class teachers need to be
empowered to take decisions at their level for matters related to their areas.
On a lighter side he added the following
:
Those who cannot learn teach,
Those who cannot teach, teach teachers,
Those who cannot teach teachers, become
Principals
Those who cannot become Principals
become Planners.
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Dr. J.C. Pant, Principal DPS Bulandshahr
ended the session with the following statement, “Teach to test, test to text,
students score. Go beyond the text and students fail.” Give it a thought.
Post Tea session (4:10 pm)
Session
IV - (Learning
To Be : An Agenda for Values)
The Awakened Citizens Programme Value
Education for standard VII, VIII & IX.
Swami Shantatmananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission, New
Delhi
Swamiji began the session with Swami
Vivekanand’s quote, “When I see a Rainbow in the sky my heart leaps up !.”
Swamiji added to it and said, “My heart
leaps up whenever I see a teacher.”
Swamiji reflected on the following :
How
much %age one has scored is appreciated. No system has been set to test truthfulness,
honesty, integrity.”
He said the report cards read “Chemistry
the child got these many marks, Physics the child has got these many marks,
but, as a man what have you scored ?”
He said, “Tell a Nursery child that your
teacher is wrong and see how she reacts?”
We as teachers are role models. Each behavior of the teacher is emulated.
Ultimate aim of education is to realize
God. It can also be said ultimate aim of
education is to build capability of self assessments.
He said, “Total knowledge, now it is
available on google. Schools have to
change from knowledge providers to institutes which will develop creativity.
Swamiji ended the session by saying, “Each
one of us has a talent manifesting in us that has to be found, exposed and
excelled.”
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Day
2 : Saturday, 9th April 2016
Mrs.
Vinita Kher, Director, HRDC, The DPS Society, briefed the participants about the
proceedings of the day.
“A Leader sees further than what others
can see, a Leader plans further than what others can plan.”
Session
– I – (Leadership and the Alchemy of Teaching)
This session was taken up by Mr. Debashish Chatterjee, IIM, Lucknow,
Former Director IIM, Kozhikode.
He said, “For every incumbent there is an
insurgent. Problem is, an incumbent is visible but the insurgent is not.”
He shared a joke of a boss being ordered
for coffee by his subordinate.
He advised to put off the cells by
saying that he should be taken seriously for he was not an entertainer.
He said, “A Leader is everyday and
always bombarded with work after work.”
When incumbent is busy dealing with the
insurgent he is not sure from where will the new insurgent sprout up.
Parroting ideas are hashed and rehashed
in schools.
He said, “Silence is not economy of
speech Silence is the economy of thoughts.”
He took up the question, ‘Can you teach
the Zebra Algebra’ ?
Zebra cannot think and will kick anyone
standing behind, even if he is a Principal or a Vice Principal !
Principal when bombarded with incessant
work he will act like the Zebra.
He needs to have intellect to
differentiate.
Under the Alchemy of Learning he said, “There
were three areas of learning : Identity, Productivity, Connectivity.
Under Identity he said, “We all need to reflect upon the question
“What are we beyond our business cards ?”
Under Productivity he said, “One needs
to reflect upon that are we capable of producing love, hatred or more
problems.”
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Under Connectivity he said, “How well we
can connect ourselves to everyone in our work place as well at our homes.” At
work place for us how well are we connected with our students, parents,
students, colleagues, class IV staff ? At
homes how well are we connected with our spouse, children, siblings, parents,
neighbours etc ?
“People do not make good mirrors,
now-a-days”. Does it mean anything ?
Having a position does not make one a
leader. Know yourself who you are.
He gave a beautiful analogy of Hub Rim
and Spokes.
He touched upon the infinitive and
finite things around us, for example, “How many different sights can we see ? How
many feelings can we feel with our skin ? etc.
As Principals we need to have a very
high degree of differentiation capability.
In a teaching learning space we need to
accept the differentiation.
As a parent if one feels he / she “owns”
the kid then it is all gone.
A crow carrying fish is being chased by
other crows so who are the crows chasing ? The crow or the fish?
Similarly as Principal if others are
criticizing who are they and what are they doing so ?
Learning is constantly going back and
relearning.
Our needs are surprisingly very
less.
It’s a small world. We should have big
thoughts & work with love.
Small seed grows into a big tree. He gave example of Tendulkar’s habit of
hitting sixes and immediately seeing the ground in order to prepare for hitting
another one.
Unfortunately we get so busy with execution
that we stop preparing.
‘p = P – i’
Small ‘p’ is ‘performance’ Capital ‘P’
is ‘Potential’ and small ‘i’ is ‘Interference’.
He shared an example of a mosquito and
an elephant wherein when the mosquito sitting on the elephant feels he is
moving the elephant.
We need to shed off our Identity
Syndrome.
Being Principal / Teacher is a privilege
not an accomplishment
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Post lunch session
Session
– II (Preparing to Teach and Learn in
the Digital Age
IT
applications in Schools
Speaker – Prof. M.M. Pant, Former, Vice Chancellor,
IGNOU
Learning in the Digital Age – Evolution
of Technology
Principals shared experiences on how
they have digitalized their schools.
The following were few of the sharings :
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Book Shops in various
DPS provide Text Books, bells, school bags, stationery items, inside the
classroom which is on the basis of the online orders of the parents on the same
day.
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Feedback of the results
are made readily available online.
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Schools are providing
3D holographic teachings.
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All teachers working in
the school are expected to be familiar with computer related work and are
enable to know how to email, how to use social media in working like Whatsapp, Twitter,
Instogram etc.
Virtual Reality and Artificial
Intelligence was taken up.
The speaker said, “Lot of learning takes
place in the nights as students now a days have become highly nocturnal.
School should be a space not a place.
At DPS Bangalore South Smart Classes are
used by the teachers through WiFi.
At DPS Surat all teachers are being
given I Pads with all applications. The school
has a Teaching and Learning Centre.
Mrs. Tanwar of DPS Dwarka said, “What
school’s think of Library conveys what the schools think about education.”
Computers are incredibly fast but
stupid.
Humans are slow and inaccurate but
intelligent.
Put together they are powerful beyond imagination.
How
to remain a master in the technological based world ? Suggestions given by
participants were :
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Be critical
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Raise the bar
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Demand the students to do something with
the information
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Do not expect less from
technology
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Can teachers create ?
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Can students create ?
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Chaotic situation leads
to thinking, thinking leads to answers, answers lead to solutions.
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Together we learn.
Dr. J.C. Pant said, “Technology will
make teachers more important.”
Let’s not be a communicator of
information alone.
He said, “Brand is not important, For
example, Yudisthar and Duryodhana went to the same school.”
He said, “Those whom DPS rejects does
not mean they are not good. Example, Dronacharya also rejected Eklavya.”
“Degrees are not important.” Bill Gates
was a drop out.
Technology can be used for large
learning.
“Power corrupts politicians, Power Point
corrupts education.” “Learning is not
broadcasting.”
Remember CBSE exam results are not the
end of educational achievement.
“Teachers should learn to know the worth
of the Subject. “
He spoke about the four waves :
1. First
wave of Industrial Revolution was in 1784 which was driven by the Steam.
2. Second
wave was in 1870 which was driven by Electricity and mass production.
3. Third
wave came up in 1970 which was driven by Electronics, IT and Automation.
4. Fourth
wave came up in 2015 and it was driven by Aeronautical Engineering, Robotics,
3D Printing, Nano Technology, Energy Storage, Quantum computers etc.
Suggested books – ‘Make it Stick’, ‘The
Science of Learning’ by Peter Brown
Post lunch session
It was taken up at DPS Mathura Road and was
conducted by Mrs. Sugandh Sharma, Additional Director (Research and Innovation),
CBSE, Delhi & Dr. M.V.S.V. Prasad, NCERT.
Most of the information shared by them is
available on CBSE & NCERT websites.
Highlight of the session was Dr.
M.V.S.V. Prasad spoke on Education System in the country and said, “It was
being spear headed in the country by three agencies, CBSE, DPS & NCERT.”
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Day
3 : Sunday, 10th April 2016 (9:10
am)
Mrs. Vinita Kher briefed the
participants about the days agenda.
Mrs. Sunita Tanwar came up to brief
about what happened in the Group Discussion in DPS Mathura Road.
Session
I – (Open Session – Outcomes of the Group work)
Dr.
Sharda Manocha, Joint Director, HRDC
spoke of ECE group :
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Happy 35 students in a
class - Not possible.
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Music should be part of
the day everyday.
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One month mandatory
training at HRD for all Pre Primary Wing teachers was being contemplated upon
Mrs.
Zeenat Khadar, Joint Secretary, The DPS Society
spoke on Elementary Education group. She
said, “Textual Knowledge needs to be Overhauled. Compassion, Creativity, Connectivity, Critical
Caring Needs to be brought in.”
Formative Assessment needs to be given
more sensitive thought. Social Emotional Intellectual needs of children needs
to be looked at. Teachers with
Graduation and B.Ed are recruited to teach Pre Primary Wing students. They need to be guided by the Principals or
sent for training.
Continuity of syllabus from Pre Primary
Wing to Primary Wing to Middle Wing to Senior Wing was stressed upon.
Mrs.
Renu Chaturvedi, Principal, DPS Greater Noida
spoke of Inclusive Education. We need to
be more objective towards the issue.
Mrs.
Vandana Marwa, Principal DPS Sharjah (UAE)
spoke on Schools Abroad Group. She
shared the problems and solutions :
Problems a)
Recruitment and retaining teachers
b) There
were less takers of lien system.
c) School
calendar is not matching with the local system.
Solution a)
Local recruitment should be done with training.
b) Senior members of various DPS can be sent on
deputation.
c) New nodal sessions of
DPS.
d) Students Exchange
Programme can be taken for more interaction.
e) Virtual Training
of participants through modern technology needs to be taken up by DPSS for
those teachers.
f) CBSE Vs IB
courses for students. Counseling session
to be taken up.
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Dr. J.C. Pant,
Principal, DPS Bulandshahr spoke on behalf of Examination Evaluation
Group.
He
shared his bank friends experience who was filling in the co-scholastic grades
on behalf of his wife on the school’s report card. CCE he said in a lighter way, “Completely
Confusing Evaluation.”
He
said, “Whatever you can do please do, whatever is done under pressure is done
wrong. Whatever is done with happiness is done beautifully. “Worship your work
job, love it.”
He
said, “Teachers should have dressing sense.”
Dr. D.R. Saini
spoke on Syllabus Reforms.
He
said, “CBSE is conducting very fair examination.” He said, “In Sports victory
cannot be guaranteed. “There is either win or loss.”
In
DPS he said, “All can win because teachers are good.”
Five
tips for the teachers :
1. Use
teaching aids.
2. Use
Text Books.
3. Test
4. Time
Table
5. Teachers
– (A normal teacher teachers, a good teacher explains, a better teacher
demonstrates and best teacher inspires)
Prof.
B.P. Khandelwal, Sr. Member, The DPS
Society (10:40
am)
He
advised the participants to prepare documents for UDAYAN to be forwarded to
Mrs. Sunita Tanwar.
He
shared the information that DPSS will have its representation in the next UN
meet at Instanbul.
Nation
/ Schools are at risk.
He
advised all the Principals to manage the institute as per the modern
necessities.
Programme of Action (POA)
He
suggested to be well prepared by saying that, “You For Yourself.”
Session – II (School Leadership and
Academic Excellence)
Mr.
Rajput, Ex-Director, NCERT, Former Director, NCTE, Member, National Education
Policy – Drafting Committee, Former Joint Education Advisor, MHRD, Government
of India.
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He was basically
a man of Physics, became Principal learnt from colleagues, stayed Principal for
11 years. He said, “Those who transfer
knowledge need to create knowledge as well.”
He advised
Principals to use Buddhi (Vivek). He
shared his ‘NEW Shirt Experience of 1962’.
His Professor
had complimented him for his new shirt and had also said, “Get One for all
family members.”
He said this one
advise given by his Professor had influenced him so much for ensuring to love
his family members.
He said, “A
teacher transforms a lay person into a personality.”
He said,
“Schools do not just strive for Board results but much more.”
“Nothing is
insufficient, Practice is what matters.”
He said, “If we
can change life of one person our life is successful.” (Gandhiji’s mother had
said to Gandhiji)
“We have
thousands of lives to mould” – Think over.
Scientists are
calculating how much time is left for the Earth to survive, why ?
He spoke on
‘Aparigrah’.
He said, “Pace
of change is enormous.” He said, “We need to learn the difference between
knowledge , information and wisdom.”
Burtrend Russel
said, “Change through role models.” A
child watches mother, father and teacher.
Everything is observed by students for being emulated.
He quoted
‘Chairaveti Chairaveti’ - Adhyam, Manas, Chita, Upyog.
As leaders we
need to find “What is wrong?” and not “Who is wrong?”
People do not
grow old they become old when they stop growing up.
The Main problem
in life is, “We have 100s of problems .”
“Give up egos.”
He said to all
the Principals that you have to reach greater heights with your work.
He motivated all
the Principals to write articles on what have you achieved in the last 10 years
and get it published in the form of a book so that people outside DPS circle
come to know about it and learn from their experiences.
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Rear Admiral M.M. Chopra, Vice Chairman,
The DPS Society (12:45 pm)
He shared his 60
years old experience.
He said during
his visit to Iraq he had requested to have an audience with Ayatollah Khomeini. He had asked him a question, “Why all the four Prophets, Moses, Zoroaster,
Jesus and Mohammad were born in desert ?”
The answer given by Ayatollah Khomeini was, “They were all shepherds.” He highlighted the qualities of a shepherd, “They
are Caring, they want all their sheep to eat to their full, if someone gets
hurt they pick them up and attend to them and last but not the least they lead
them from behind.”
Similarly he
said, “A Great leader cares for of all his working staff , comes to their
rescue during the time of their need and leads them not from the front but from
behind.”
Post
tea session
Session – III (School Governance)
Mr. R. Taneja,
Secretary, The DPS Society and Dr.
J.C. Pant, Principal, DPS Bulandshashr took up the session which was
Chaired by Mr. Pramod Grover Sir.
“Hand
Book of Administration and Accounting Guidelines” was provided to all the
Principals.
Taneja
Sir said DPS Society is always with the Principals. It was very encouraging for the Principals.
Dr.
J.C. Pant spoke on complexity in schools.
Quotation
do not help when you are in need.
He
said, “A Gwala has different types of cows and he milks them all irrespective
of their individual nature. In order to milk a particular cow the Gwala may
have to tie ones legs, get the horns held, get help from someone, get the tail
held by someone or feed the cattle well for milking.”
Similarly
as Principal one should know how to get
the task done from all staff.
Principal
is a very lonely person.
Do
not make your face your index of mind.
Be
pleasing and please keep smiling.
He
asked all the Principals what was one thing that they lost after becoming
Principals and then gave the answer himself, “Opportunity to criticize the
Principal.”
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He
advised on appointments :
1. Adhoc
appointment not more than 89 days.
2. Contractual
for maximum one year.
3. Regularization
should be through Staff Selection Committee.
Do
not make yourself supernatural, be real, give time to the parents, meet them
all.
Mrs.
Rawat, Principal, DPS Guwahati spoke about the difficult circumstance that
prevailed during the initial years of the establishment of DPS Guwahati. Further she said that one needs to learn to
come out of these problems. Many a times
we fail to understand the issues when they are happening but later we realize that
they had some meaning in them.
Mrs.
Reena Dawar, Principal, DPS Chandigarh said, “Teachers teach, Principals lead
& Management Governs.”
Dr.
J.C. Pant advised all the Principals to ensure that they have readresal of Sexual
Harassment Report and copy / Quarterly Report sent to CBSE.
He
advised every Principal and teacher to see POSCO.
Mr. Pramod Grover concluded the session by the
following statements ‘What is the role
of Governance in DPSS ?’ He said, “DPSS
is a big family. Once a person has worked in DPS he / she does not wants to
change to any other organization.”
Valedictory Session
Post lunch session (2:50 pm)
“When we come
across a problem we look away instead of looking at it for a solution.” Dalai Lama
Learn to be
compassionate, Learn to be a good human being.
Schools should
not teach discrimination.
(Learning for Empowerment and
Enlightenment)
Professor
S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Mr. V.K. Shunglu
Sir concluded the session by saying, “Yes many of us are aware of the situation
of fractured situation of the society. So what can we do to make a change ?” He
said, “Make you students more empathetic.”
He said, “A
student in Dharavi has all the rights that we are enjoying in this room.”
He said, “Can we
make a difference to those 25% students of RTE ? Perhaps we can.”
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Those who are in
the rural areas can they do something more.
We have to think about that neglected part of the society, we can’t kill them.”
“If there is
fire in the slums no one bothers to put it off.”
All education
that we impart will be of no use if we do not teach them to be socially
empathetic.
Rear
Admiral M.M. Chopra
He spoke towards
the end by sharing the following information :
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We have a short history of 67 years with
4 lakh students more than 10 thousand teachers.
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We shall have a DPS in the center of
every smart city in the country.
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We have an energy. We believe that
growth of an institute lies in the energy that it possesses.
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60% of our earnings have been spent in
15 acres of land at HRD Centre.
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We are moving away from metros to Semi
Urban areas which earlier were under rural belts.
“Education should be rooted to culture and committed to
progress.”
Report
prepared by :
Sukhwant
Singh Thaper
Principal
Delhi
Public School Nigahi
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