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2016- Annual Report ORIENTATION PROGRAM: FEBRUARY28 & 29 Day-1 Morning Session All staffs (teaching and non teaching) gathered in Deckyi Tsering Hall at 9 am.The school Director ,Mr.Ngodup Wangdu welcomed the staffs after two months holiday and briefed the 38 th MDC meeting outcomes. The School Principal Mr. Namdol Tashi shared the academic related matters of 30 th EDC meeting resolutions and also briefed the teachers about the suggestions raised in the teachers’ annual reports and the improvement needed in the report. Afternoon Session In the afternoon session, an inspirational film titled “Beyond the blackboard” was screened for the teachers. SECOND DAY ORIENTATION The first Section meeting was held on the second day of orientation- 29 Feb, 2016. All the teaching staffs gathered in their respective sections. Mrs. Nawang Lhamo, Senior Headmistress chaired the senior section meeting. The meeting went well with constructive suggestions from the teachers. SCHOOL OPENING CEREMONY: MARCH 1, All the students above class 9 and staff members gathered in DeckyiTsering Hall and observed one minute silence to show our solidarity for the self immolators followed by the school song. We are very fortunate to have His Eminence Khabji Ling Choktrul Rinpoche as the guest of honour to bless the occasion during the school opening function. Khabji Ling Rinpoche spon contribution of TCV Schools in Tibetan community following the school motto “ Others Before Self”. During the function, the school various committee members were introduced with traditional scarves and staff ccompleting 40 years, 30 years and 25 years of service in TCV were honored with citations and statues and thangka. The function concluded with votre of thanks from the school principal. PARENTS’ DAY: MARCH 5 The birthday of His Holiness‘s mother Gyalyum Chemo is celebrated as parents Day. All the staff and students above class 9 gathered in Dickey Tsering hall at 9:00 am. We had our Education Director as the chief guest of the programme. He spoke on the importance of education and also emphasized on the collaborative partnership of both teachers and staff for all round development of the children. Mr.TenzinChophel,The infant section headmaster read out the Kashag statement on the occasion of parent’s day. The program lasted for 2 hours. SENIOR SECTION INTER CLASS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT REPORT: MARCH 7 TO 26 Inter class football practice was started from 7 th march to 26 th march for both boys and the girls. The tournament began from 28 th march and final was played on 16 th April. The tournament was played on league cum knock out basis. Total number of girls participated are 181 and total number of boys participated are 231. Among class IX and X, winner of the girl’s team was class IX – P and runners up was bagged by class IX- B. Best player was awarded to Tsering yangzom and Kunga Nyiwoe of class IX B. From the boys group winner was class X-B, and runners up was class IX-P.Best player was awarded to Mr. Tenzin Tsering of class X- B. Due to the large strength in class XII, eight teams were formed for the boys division and four teams for the girls. Winner of the boys group was class XII –D, the runners up was class XII-A. And the best player was awarded to Mr. Tenzin Lodoe of class- XII -D Winner of the girls group was class XII – C and runners up was bagged by the class XII- D. Among class XII girls class XII – A was the winner and class XII – B was runners up. Best player was awarded to Miss Tenzin Dekyong of Class XII – A TIBETAN UPRISING DAY: MARCH 10 A total of around 200 students from Class X and XII of Upper TCV Senior Section joined the official commemoration of the 57th Tibetan National Uprising day along with hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered atThekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang. A minute’s silence was paid as a tribute to all the Tibetan martyrs was followed by the official addresses by the Tibetan Prime Minister (Sikyong) Dr. LobsangSangay and TPiE Speaker, PenpaTsering. Also present were dignitaries, CTA officials, and representatives of various NGOs The commemoration was followed by a procession. It started from Tsuglakhang and ended at Kacheri, a local Indian judiciary and administrative premises. Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters marched with Tibetans national flag, placards and banners shouting slogans such as ‘Free Tibet’, ‘Long Live the Dalai Lama’, ‘People of the world, Support us’ etc TIBETAN WOMEN’S UPRISING DAY: MARCH 12 The Tibetan Women’s Associations commemorated the 57 th Tibetan women’s Uprising day on March 12, 2016 at the martyrs’ Pillar in honour of the sacrifices made by Tibetan women in Tibet. Hundreds of Tibetan women along with supporters took part in the commemoration. A total of 210 girls from Class IX, X and XII participated in the commemoration of the day. REPORT OF “WORLD WATER DAY” TALK INITIATED BY CENTRAL TIBETAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION:MARCH 22, To mark “World Water Day” the Central Tibetan Women’s Association conducted an interactive session with the class XII students of Tibetan Children’s Village Upper on March 22 at Dekyi Tsering hall after school hour. This session aimed to highlight the critical issue of climate change in Tibet and make students aware of the continuing destructions of Tibet’s environment under Chinese rule. Miss Norzin Dolma Enviroment Officer, Tibetan Women’s Association who attended the 21 st conference of Parties (COP21) which took place last year from November 30 to December 11 at Stade de France in Paris was the spokesperson of the session. Introduction of Tibet’s major rivers and its importance for Asia sustainability was introduced to the students in the beginning of the session. The speaker further shared her experiences and pre COP21 projects which includes street theatre action and the week- long advocacy campaign calling for climate action for Tibet-the earth’s third pole. This program on Tibet’s water issue stole the attention of the entire students who remained highly attentive and conscientious throughout the session. The program ended with the students’ message on Tibet’s environmental issue and the question answer session. Later, students were requested to sign a petition that urges the Chinese leadership to halt the forced of nomads from the Tibetan plateau and thereby ensure the future food and water security of Asia. The program concluded with the word of thanks by the health committee chairperson and scarf offering by the school principal. TB AWARENESS TALK ON “WORLD TB DAY”-MARCH 24, On March 24, the students from class VIII to X of Tibetan Children’s Village Upper attended TB awareness talk organized by Department of Health, CTA & Delek Hospital at Dekyi Tsering Hall in the evening (7:00-8:00pm).Dr. Tenzin Tsundue and Dr. Tenzin Dasel from Delek Hospital took great initiative in sharing the insight data of tuberculosis inside Tibetan community in exile. Students were targeted for this major program as according to last year data, students came out with the highest percentage of TB patient inside the Tibetan community. With this, they aimed to educate students about TB in order to bring a positive change in the data of tuberculosis among the students. The program started with the introductory speech by our school Director followed by the awareness talk by Dr. Tenzin Tsundue. The program ended with the question answer session and word of thanks by our school Principal. SPRI NG FET E: MARCH 25, This year’s School Spring Fete was held on April 25, 2016 on the School basket court under the supervision of the School Games Committee and cooperation from the School Staff and Students. The day had very festive look with plenty of stalls for various games, entertainment, food stalls and big Mickey Mouse ride for the young children. The stalls are crowded with children as well as many people from the nearby Tibetan community. Many of the students were involved in running these stalls efficiently along with the staff by putting their heart and soul to generate income for their stalls so that the school games committee can raise sufficient fund for this year’s sport and cultural activities. GRADUATION DAY: APRIL 1, The graduation ceremony for the outgoing students of Class XII was held on April 1, 2016 on the decorated school basket ball ground at 9.00 a.m.There were one hundred and seventy graduating students of class XII Commerce this year. As was customary the school invite one of its former students as the guest speaker for the occasion. This year we are very happy to have Mr. Tenzin Tsepak who is the principal interpreter to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. TCV president, Mr. TsewangYeshi offered traditional scarves to the graduating students to wish them success. The School principal,Mr. NamdolTashi offered his last words to the graduating students to be in close alignment with the morality that we practice in the school. The graduating student representative and ex- head boy master Tenzin Dukdaexpressed gratitude to all the staff for their contribution. The chief guest Mr. Tenzin Tsepak focused his talk on the ethics as propounded by His Holiness. A luncheon was arranged to all the outgoing students and all the staff. WORKSHOP ON TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DVELOPMENT PLAN: APRIL 2, Mr. Tenzin Dhargyal, Professional Development officer cum an English teacher of TCV Suja shared his observation on last year’s professional development plan at DeckyiTsering Hall from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. All the teaching staffs of TCV upper as well as TCV Day school Mcleod were present in this workshop.
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