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Indian School Learning and having fun! celebrates World Hindi Day in style Bahrain students become guides to tourist and archaeological landmarks

The Department of• Social Materials at Omar Bin Abdulaziz Primary School for Boys set up the “Young Tourist Guide” project

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tudents from government schools benefit from an Teachers and students take part in online activities Seducational process that blends a comprehensive theo- Week-long retical curriculum with practi- competitions• and cal field applications. Hindi is an ancient It enhances comprehension, cultural activities academic competencies, per- mark occasion language that sonal skills, educational, nation- Young tourist guide at Arad Fort has not only had al and humanitarian values. TDT | Manama tremendous impact In an example of this ap - impressions about the produced on world history, proach, the Department of The students make short films of films, and according to the ques- but continues to Social Materials at Omar Bin the most important tourist and tionnaire and the questions sub- he Indian School Bahrain have tremendous Abdulaziz Primary School for archaeological areas in the Kingdom mitted to them. T(ISB) celebrated Vishwa impact on the world Boys set up the “Young Tourist The majority of them showed Hindi Divas 2021 online in Guide” project. of Bahrain, during which they talk in their desire to play the same role association with the Indian today The students make short films KNOW WHAT their own style and assumed the role because of their admiration for Embassy. ISB HON. CHAIRMAN PRINCE S of the most important tourist of tour guides. the unique experience provided Prof Ganesh B Pawar, dean NATARAJAN and archaeological areas in the by their colleagues. of Students Welfare and head Kingdom of Bahrain, during This project comes in support of the Department of Hindi at which they talk in their own vided by Professor Ahmed Ali, the completed works through of the efforts of the Ministry of the Central University of Kar- style and assumed the role of the teacher of social materials at the educational portal and the Education in promoting citi- nataka, highlighted the contri- world today.” tour guides. the school, followed by the stage Times platform to generate in- zenship and human rights by bution of Hindi language and Hon. Secretary Saji Antony The project was implemented of selecting sites, gathering in- terest among students. strengthening the students’ re- appreciated the programme, said: “As such Hindi is incred- in several phases. formation, and photography. And through the Microsoft lationship with the landmarks especially the patriotic song ibly important in the historic It held an educational work- The department’s teachers Forum program, the students of their homeland, in order to performed by ISB student Ra- development of the world’s shop on tourism guidance pro- then participated in publishing presented their opinions and enhance their belonging. man Kumar of Std. VIII and cultures, and well worth not former student Pradeep Ku- just honouring, but studying.” mar. The programme started with Associate Professor Jaya the national anthem of Bah- Priyadarshini Shukla of the rain and India followed by the Aligarh Muslim University school prayer. Bahrain-Saudi waste management cooperation discussed appreciated the efforts in or- Prof Pawar and Prof Shukla ganising the celebration in a were the judges. and using it as raw materials, in grand manner. HoD Baboo Khan welcomed Measures aimed cooperation with the private She said in her speech that the gathering. • sector. Hindi was the connecting lan- This was the grand finale of at reducing waste The Saudi move aims to en- guage in a multilingual country a week-long celebration which production through hance investment in the field of like India. was conducted in two phases. recycling process waste management in order to Vote of thanks was given by In the first phase, in - preserve the environment and Anooja Sreenivasan of class X. ter-school competitions and TDT | Manama increase the sector’s contribu- The award ceremony was cultural activities were organ- tions to economic development. held at the Indian Embassy on ised on January 4. Dr Bin Daina stressed the im- January 10. Poem Recitation for Std. IV pecial Envoy for Climate portance of enhancing cooper- Indian Ambassador Piyush and V, Hindi Solo Song for SAffairs and Chief Executive ation and exchange of informa- Srivastava distributed the tro- Std. VI to VIII and Hindi Doha Officer of the Supreme Council tion and expertise among the phy and certificates. Recitation for Std. IX and X for Environment (SCE), Dr Mo- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Principal VR Palaniswamy were conducted. hammed bin Mubarak bin Dai- countries in various fields, in- appreciated the efforts of the The New Millennium na, and Municipalities Affairs cluding the environment and Hindi teachers in coordinat- School, Asian School, New In- Undersecretary, Shaikh Mo- The meeting in progress sustainable development, not- ing the programme and the dian School, Bahrain Indian hammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Sebae, to be informed about Arabia’s new waste manage- ing that waste management students who actively partici- School, Ibn Al Hytham Islam- held a meeting with the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s waste manage- ment policies and measures is a priority for all countries pated in the celebration. ic School and New Horizon the Saudi Waste Management ment experience. aimed at reducing waste pro- and a challenge that they In his message, ISB Hon. School were the other CBSE Centre (SWMC), Dr Abdulla Al Dr Bin Daina lauded Saudi duction through recycling waste all face. Chairman Prince S Natarajan schools which took part in the said: “Hindi is an ancient lan- competitions. guage that has not only had Apart from competitions tremendous impact on world there were a variety pro - School’s digital history, but continues to have grammes such as patriotic initiative to Proposal to build suspension bridge tremendous impact on the songs. promote safe use of between and Bani Jamra technologies TDT | Manama Interactive digital whiteboard TDT | Manama he Northern Municipal project implemented he Elemen- TCouncil has approved a TDT | Manama Ttary School for Girls proposal to construct a suspen- gramme came by searching for has implemented a pro - sion bridge between Budaiya ways to increase students’ in- ject called “Be Aware ... Be and Bani Jamra. he public schools continue teraction in these lessons and Safe” to educate students During the current regular Ttheir remarkable efforts their motivation to participate about the safe use of various meeting of the Council, the pre- in employing and developing and engage in the educational technologies such as smart senter of the proposal, munici- modern educational digital process remotely. devices. pal member Muhammad Saad tools and strategies to support A wide interaction has been Led by technology spe- Al Dossari, the representative a remote digital learning ex- observed by students in the cialist Zahra Abbas Ali, perience. lessons in which these black- the initiative was aimed at Project aims to reduce It contributes to delivering boards are employed. The teaching students who are traffic jams and pre- the right to education for every teacher has the opportunity taking the distance learning serve pedestrian safety student in various parts of the to enhance direct communi- method on how to use prop- Kingdom of Bahrain. cation with the students, give erly the computers, virtual of the Third District, said that Among the many initia - feedback, and allow the stu- education platforms, social the suspension bridge will ben- An artist’s impression of the suspension bridge tives, Safer Elementary and dents to evaluate their peers media programmes, e-mail, efit the people from both areas Preparatory School for Girls and their answers according among other technologies. of Budaiya and Bani Jamra. suspension bridge. pedestrian safety, especially implemented the interactive to the teacher’s control. It was also aimed at de- It will also make the health Al Dossary pointed out that with the reported increase in digital whiteboard project in The blackboard also pro - veloping the students’ per- centre in the area more acces- the project also aims to reduce traffic accidents annually by the virtual classes. vides a writing feature for the sonality. sible to the people through the traffic congestion and preserve 5%. The idea of using the pro- teacher.