Dad with Shibu Soren at Ranchi Airport before boarding flight for Delhi

Inter House Solo Song Competition 2025-26

 

Mr Ummakant Maharaj's Farewell 

 

Dr Ratnesh Sinha's Farewell

 

Durga Puja 2025

 

Ganesh Puja is celebrated with great pomp and show every year in Sector 5 of Nigahi at Divya Shrivastava's and Sajntosh Srivastava's place, It is always a pleasure to be part of the same.

 

Ms Kavita Tripathi ADEO Singrauli motivated the students of classes VII to XII to remain alert while using social media. She inspired the girls to move ahead with confidence and do well in life.

 

Happy Teacher's Day 2025

Few of the Pre Primary Teachers presented a beautiful dance in the morning assembly. Soon after the assembly they came down for this memorable pic.

 

r Pani Pankaj Pandey GM IR NCL Singrauli engaged the students from classes VII to XII and motivated them to do well in life. The ideas that he shared were on the following lines:-

“Be Like Vikram and Pragyan”

When India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission softly landed on the Moon, the whole world watched with pride. We saw two heroes at work — the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover. But if we look deeper, they teach us something much more than science — they teach us about life.

Vikram, the lander, represents preparation — the years of effort, study, and discipline that help us land safely in life. It is like earning your degree, building your skills, and being ready for challenges. Without Vikram’s stability, the mission could never have started.

But landing is only the beginning. After Vikram came Pragyan, the rover — curious, active, and exploring. Pragyan didn’t stay still. It moved ahead, discovered new things, and interacted with its surroundings. Pragyan represents wisdom in action — how we use our knowledge in real life, in our relationships, in helping others, in solving problems, and in understanding the world around us.

Students, in life, your education is your Vikram — it helps you land safely. But your attitude, curiosity, kindness, and actions are your Pragyan — they help you explore and make a difference.

So, don’t stop after earning your marks or degrees. Let your inner Pragyan come alive — keep learning, questioning, and spreading light wherever you go.

Remember: Knowledge helps you land; wisdom helps you live.

Let’s be both — steady like Vikram, and wise like Pragyan.

 

With Aman Chopra and Henamt Garg. It was a pleasure to meet both of them. Hemant had come to school to get his son admitted in BV 1. 

The feeling can't be put in words. The students whom you taught come to admit their own children. 

Pray to God to bless Hemant's son to do well in his lfe.

 The Age Dilemma in School Admissions: A Wake-Up Call for India

In most parts of the world, a child’s Date of Birth (DOB) is a factual, immutable record—used consistently for all legal, medical, and educational purposes. However, India presents a curious exception to this norm. Here, many parents have traditionally manipulated their child’s DOB—usually reducing it by a year or two—either at the time of initial school admission or even later. While often done with good intentions, such as helping the child “fit in” or finish schooling early, this practice has led to widespread distortions in the education system, particularly now in the wake of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

NEP 2020 marks a historic shift in India's education landscape by introducing a structured 5+3+3+4 curricular framework. At its foundation lies a well-thought-out age-based entry system:

Bal Vatika 1: For children aged 3+ to less than 4

Bal Vatika 2: 4+ to less than 5

Bal Vatika 3: 5+ to less than 6

Class I: 6+ as on 31st March of the admission year

Furthermore, the policy mandates the three years of foundational learning (Bal Vatika classes) before a child enters Class I. This is aimed at ensuring holistic early childhood development and readiness for formal schooling.

However, despite this clear framework, discrepancies persist across the country. Several state governments, either due to political considerations or practical constraints, have relaxed the upper age limit by as much as six months and have reset the cut-off dates to 31st July or even 30th September. This variance has resulted in a fragmented national standard, leading to considerable confusion among schools, parents, and administrators.

The immediate fallout of this inconsistency is evident. Many parents now fear that adhering to the new age norms will lead to a “wastage” of a precious academic year. Consequently, schools are frequently approached with requests for double promotions, which go against the developmental readiness of the child. Moreover, when parents sense that age norms could become a barrier, they often resort to reducing their child's age in official records—a practice that is legally questionable and educationally harmful.

This practice of DOB manipulation, if left unchecked, will continue to undermine the integrity of the education system. It not only hampers the implementation of NEP 2020 but also affects the child’s overall learning trajectory, maturity level in the classroom, and emotional development.

It is high time that educationists, policymakers, and administrative bodies across India come together to sensitize the public. Awareness campaigns must be initiated to explain why adhering to correct age norms is crucial for the long-term academic and emotional success of children. Stringent regulations must also be enforced against the fabrication or alteration of DOBs. Authorities who aid such manipulation must be held accountable.

The aim of NEP 2020 is not just to restructure education but to build a robust and equitable learning ecosystem. This goal can only be realized when all stakeholders—parents, schools, and the government—act responsibly and in unison. It begins with respecting something as fundamental as a child's true age.

Sukhwant Singh Thaper