Paryavaran Sangha (Eco Club)
VKV (NEEPCO) Bokuloni believes in eco-friendly habit formation among its stakeholders. It has also enrolled itself as a member of NGC (National Green Corps). Embracing a passion to work for a green and clean surrounding is what our Paryavaran Sangha (Eco Club) strives for. The Sangha works with (a) the motive to empower students to explore environmental concepts and act beyond the confines of a syllabus or curriculum, (b) the vision to reach out and involve their parents and neighbours and (c) a mission is to raise the students’ ‘interest’ and awareness in environmental issues.
Therefore
the school conducts various activities to sensitize the students, the staff,
the parents and the community to achieve this. A few activities of our
Paryavaran Sangha (Eco Club) are mentioned below in brief:
· Using
Morning Assembly as a forum for delivering Sensitization Talks to students
· Habit
forming activities such as coming to school on foot or using bicycles, use
of steel tiffin boxes and water bottles, carpooling, reusing unused paper,
water auditing, regular monitoring of water faucets for leaks, energy
conservation etc., donating plants to school on birthdays, Periodic Cleanliness
Drives to make students and staff form a habit of maintaining hygiene and
cleanliness.
· Reaching
out activities for school stakeholders (E.g.: A Plant Donation Drive
was conducted among the parents in 2018. Winners were awarded on Annual Day.)
· Awareness
creation through school beautification and gardening activities: Through
Orchid Garden, Vertical Garden (by recycling used water bottles and bamboo as
holders), Kitchen Garden (to learn the basics about farming), on-campus Seed
Germination (an educational as well as economically viable activity), Waste
Management (Composting and Segregation of waste materials), Eco friendly
decoration during celebrations, on-campus shelter for birds etc.
· Eco-educational
Trips (e.g. classes IX and X were taken to Dibru-Shaikhowa National Park
for a Survey on Sustainable Development, edu-trip to native farmers etc.)
· Making
school a Plastic Free Zone
· Various
Competitions (to inculcate good habits and interest in eco-friendly
activities) such as Debate on environmental issues, WWF Wildlife Quiz, Green
Olympiad, other inter and intra school competitions.
A little more information about the
above activities :
The Vertical Garden
acts as a green wall creating a natural clean air system promoting a better
breathing atmosphere. Orchid Garden is yet another step to conserve the
rare native orchid species to foster in our students a love for the flora and
fauna of the region. Occasionally, the Sangha conducts Plantation drive.
Eco-educational Trips
give students valuable exposure and insight into native flora and fauna as well
as native farming and entrepreneurship. A Social Science Exploratory Project in
Sachoni Merbil village on Eco-Tourism by the students and teachers fetched the
“Best School for Social Science Environment’ award to our school in 2018. It
was a competition for all the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas of Assam and
Nagaland, and 20 schools took part in it.
On-campus Bird Shelters
attract birds like Myna (Asian starlings) to the school campus where they breed
and give students valuable lessons on food and other habits of birds.
On-campus Seed Germination &
Kitchen Garden helps to grow saplings from seeds germinated
on the campus, which is not only cost-effective but also provides students
basic knowledge about farming. It also encourages students to form healthy food
habits. The Sangha also uses organic compost made on the campus.
Waste Management
is another regular activity of the school. Through this students learn about
organic composting and segregation of waste materials. Two separate dustbins
are placed in each class and in different places in the school to collect
biodegradable and non biodegradable waste separately. The school also focuses
on 3 R’s: Reduction, Reuse and Recycling. The members of the eco-club are
working toward responsible waste management.
School as No Plastic Zone Great
positive changes have been seen in and around the school because of this
initiative. For instance, a large number of students have stopped using plastic
tiffins and water bottles. Conscious efforts are made to avoid plastic for
decoration and other routine activities of the school.
Sahitya Sangha (Literary Club)
The
Sahitya Sangha has been set up to give a forum to the students and the teachers
of the Vidyalaya for their literary expressions. It also looks after all the
linguistic and literary activities of the Vidyalaya. The primary goal of this
Sangha is to inculcate among students a love for languages and enhance their
literary skills and creativity. The Sangha was formed with interested students
who actively participated in writing, editing and decorating the wall magazines
and the display boards under the guidance of all the language teachers of the
Vidyalaya.
The
Sangha exhibits annually a wall magazine, depicting various literary genres in
English, Assamese, Hindi and Sanskrit. It also arranges quarterly four literary
display boards of the four languages. The student members of the Sangha from
all the classes enthusiastically expressed their talents. Besides these, the
Sangha arranges boards with motivational quotations daily. The Sangha also
co-ordinates the common error correction activity, which a teacher performs
daily on a board placed in the staffroom. The sangha also regularly undertakes
a range of activities in the morning assembly viz. correction of common errors
and mispronunciation, talk-shows, skit etc.
The
Sangha has conducted various activities throughout the year. An English
workshop was conducted on 21st September for the teachers by the principal of
the school to make them confident in using the language correctly. The school
arranged a Scholastic Book fair from 12th to 14th May for the students. Dr. Satyakam Borthakur,
Professor of Assamese, Dibrugarh University was invited by the Vidyalaya to
conduct an Assamese Poetry Workshop on 19th July 2019 and Smt. Lakhimi C. Gogoi, Teacher,
Sologuri, Bishnupur continued the workshop on 20th July 2019. 43 students of our Vidyalaya
participated in the workshop. They spoke about the essence of the Assamese
language and guided students on various aspects of recitation such as
pronunciation, modulation, intonation etc. On 11th September, on the occasion of Universal
Brotherhood Day, a creative writing competition was organized for the classes
VI to X. On Children’s Day, 14th November 2019, a Recitation Competition (for
classes KG to V) and an Extempore Speech Competition (for classes VI to X) were
conducted.
The
Sahitya Sangha with the collaboration of four other literary sub-clubs acts as
a gateway to the potentialities of the children. The members of the club have
devoted the best of their time to always raise the standard of the Sangha and
they have resolved to go ahead with the same spirit.
Ganit
Sangha endeavours to bring joy to the learning and practicing of
mathematics. It puts efforts to make
students feel that Mathematics is fun, exciting and full of wonder.
By
involving students in various mathematical activities the Sangha gives them
opportunities to try new things and boost self-confidence. It strives to
enhance their understanding of math and cultivate creativity with the right
temperament.
A
group of students from different classes contributed to the Ganit Sangha
Display Board expressing their creativity and inner talents. Herein they have
also learned the art and techniques of material layout and designing within the
limited surface.
The
Vidyalaya invited Sri Dhan Pradhan, Vice Principal, VKV Golaghat and Asst.
Co-ordinator of GPP (Ganit Prajna Pariksha) to conduct a Mathematics Workshop
for classes VIII, IX and X on10th August. He discussed mainly Linear Equation,
Quadratic Equation and Coordinate Geometry, and engaged the participants
through different problems of the topics. In another session, he demonstrated
certain abstracts on magic square and geo-gebra. The whole workshop was
interesting and worthwhile.
From
time to time the Sangha put up on display boards mathematical puzzles and
riddles to create and sustain interest in the subject. Students who could solve
such riddles were awarded merit points. The National Mathematics Day i.e. 22nd December (Sunday) was observed belatedly by
the Sangha on 23rd December 2019 (Monday) with
an interesting mental math quiz for all the classes.
Vijnan Sangha (Science Club)
Vigyan
sangha plans, organizes and records the science related activities in the
Vidyalaya throughout the year. The Sangha instills in students an interest in
science. They are allowed to think and explore, and learn how to apply the
theoretical concepts in the real world. Under the guidance of the science
teachers of the Vidyalaya the students worked on working models, created
presentations and answered critical questions based on specific topics. The
Sangha Display Board gives a platform to the students to represent their
scientific temperament through their creative tasks and innovative ideas.
Vijnan Sangha engaged in the following activities also: Participation of
students in Aryabhatta Anusandhanatmak Vijnan Prakalpa (AAVP) held at Tinsukia,
Participation of Teachers in the National Science Children Congress (NCSC)
workshop held at St. Xavier’s, Duliajan, Motivational Science Workshop
organized in the Vidyalaya itself to prepare the students for AAVP, Preparation
of the students for the participation in Extempore Speech and Poster Drawing
Competitions related to science at St. Xavier’s, Duliajan, organized by
Aryabhat Science Centre (ASC).
Sanskritik Sangha (Cultural Club)
Sanskritik
Sangha organizes cultural and co-curricular activities to help learners to
choose and explore their inner talents as per their aptitude. Through these
students learn teamwork as well as focus on their individual talents.
Students from classes IV to X were divided into
four Houses viz. Aadarsh, Sadhana, Sangatata and Shraddha. Each house got a
topic each to prepare their house display board as given below :
In
addition to the common co-curricular competitions performed in earlier sessions
a few more activities were added to the agenda of the Sanskritik Sangha this
academic year viz. Clay Pot Painting, Shubha Kamana Patra (Greeting Card
Making), News Reading, School Pledge, Rashtriya Geet & Calligraphy. All the
activities were divided into ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ categories. Among these, there
were two compulsory activities. Apart from the compulsory competitions, every
student had to take part in one competition from Category-A, two competitions
from Category-B and three competitions from Category-C. Therefore, every
student was required to take part in 8 competitions in total i.e. 2 compulsory
competitions and 6 competitions of his/her choice. Apart from the above, those
who attended Diha Naam workshop during the Summer Vacation were allowed to take
part in Diha Naam Competition (in Group) also. All house students were asked to
submit their choices to their respective Class Teachers in advance.
The
Sangha designed the programmes in such a way that every student got equal
opportunity to take part in co-curricular competitions of their choice to boost
up their self-confidence, and give them valuable experience required for their
life. The winners are being suitably awarded also.