THE GL BAL TIMES AIS Gur 43 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012 www.theglobaltimes.in Status of the week Interesting people have their own personal flaws. They may not sleep When protected His well, but they dance better. Tanya Singh, XI D, AIS Gur 43 It’s not just the conservationistsGod CreationIslam INSIDE Beautiful and mystical is His Creation; who are on a quest to save even more are his ways of protecting it… All the mosques, Mughal forts and even Nature, it’s someone the great Taj Mahal has exquisite floral even greater... the and nature patterns to spread aware- ness and make people realise Gods themselves the beauty and importance of Allah’s creation! Ladies & gentlemen, P 5 Saksham Agarwal What’s more; a style AIS Gurgaon 43, X D of calligraphy, known as ‘Tohra ince the dawn of civiliza- Kari’ involves draw- tion, religion has been a ing beautiful designs Ssignificant influence in of various animals guiding the cradle of human- and birds and a mes- ity towards progress. Today, as sage from the Qur’an, How it all began? P 7 major environmental challenges thereby creating awareness! confront us, our conservation Gods and Nature hath their movement needs to explore and tap the hands forth…can’t we step power of faith. The time has arrived to re- forward and embrace them? vive the knowledge of religions on how How often do you we can make this earth a better place. Re- Christianity remember God? ligions may be diverse, yet they speak in a “If you want to cultivate a) Everyday single and strong voice of conservation peace, protect creation.” b) Once in a while and stand united - to protect God’s – Pope Benedict XVI c) Only when in trouble Creation… Churches have always been as- To vote, log on to sociated with two trees: the oak www.theglobaltimes.in Buddhism tree and the olive tree, the branch Buddha meditating under a tree with serene of the latter came in to symbolize POLL RESULT skies and joyful birds represents the sym- peace and harmony between humanity for GT issue February 13, 2012 bolic association of this monastic tra- and nature, thereby protecting both. Do you think Facebook is dition with nature. Be it through stories An integral belief of the Christians is, overrated? or paintings like the Tanghka Paintings, we, human beings are also a part of this Buddhism has always sought to conserve ‘Creation’, so caring for this creation is Illustration: Kallol Chatterjee, X C, AIS Gur 43 nature and promote love and compassion Hinduism actually caring for ourselves...do we re- for all life forms. “Humanity does not close companion as the religion sees pol- ally want to be the reason for our end? One of its most remarkable achievements have the right to destroy luting rivers, cutting trees and killing of No 70% in conservation was when the Dalai Lama what it cannot create.” animals as a sin. This religion has given us Whichever religion you believe in, 56% called upon Tibetans not to wear fur and – Bhagavad Gita a unique way to protect nature – to see Her whichever God you have faith in, there’s 42% 27% Yes animal skin. The movement spread and Whether it is tales about mischievous Kr- as our own Mother and bestows upon us always something in it that compels you 28% 69% people burnt their furs, even if they were ishna herding cows or mantras dedicated our utmost duty to protect Her. to realise your potential, to understand the 14% 4% Maybe poor! If the poor who can’t even afford this to the five elements –Earth, Air, Fire, When we can have mantras to worship value of your effort and above all, inspires 0% newspaper can do it ...why can’t we with Water and Sky; Hinduism has always been them all...why can’t we be ‘mitras’ you to act to protect ‘His Creation’, for we Results as on February 17, 2012 luxuries do so? in sync with nature. Conservation is a (friends) with them and protect them all? are also a part of it. So, let’s act now! G T Apurva Chandra with students of AIS Gur 43 (L-R) Shekhar Rana, Aashna Agarwal, Shruti Malik Educate & S Bhuvaneshwari afresh While the education system has come a long way, it still is far from generating a youth that is “literate in the functional sense,” says Apurva Chandra, Joint Secretary, Secondary & Higher Education. Emphasizing the need to reform the old patterns of learning; he talks about the changing face of education, the need to participate in the learning process and more... S. Bhuvaneshwari, XII A, employable and finally, a good citizen. to assimilate. CCE has been imple- itive exams and according to the moni- ability. University entrances and compet- Shruti Malik, XII A & India’s future depends on the youth but mented with an aim to encourage inde- toring done by CBSE, performance of itive exams also have a role to play. Shekhar Rana, X B, AIS Gurgaon 43 since, they at times, use rote learning to pendent thinking. It is for this reason that the students who took CCE last year has pass exams, they are illiterate in the more emphasis is being laid on projects improved in first term exams of class XI. On merger of boards functional sense. and worksheets and HOTs have also Besides, in India as far as the steep dif- On functional illiteracy been introduced. Moreover, question pa- ference in the syllabus of X and XI is There are several boards in India, which On rote learning VS pers are set for a wide variety of students. concerned, we need to keep in mind that includes ICSE and CBSE, along with The main objective of Right to Educa- 52% of the students drop out of school each state having its own board. Merger tion Act is the education of every child. independent thinking On knowledge, not marks education after class X. of boards is not an option as India has a For that purpose RMSA (Rashtriya federal structure of government and ed- Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan) has also India recently participated in PISA for While CBSE gives an option to students On flexible education ucation is a subject close to people’s been instituted. Expenditure worth Rs students of X & XI. There were 59 to opt for Board exams in class X, I heart. However, a common core curricu- 35,000 - 40,000 per annum is devoted to schools which participated and India would advise them not to bother about Quite contrary to popular belief, CBSE lum is being prepared for Science and infrastructure, employing teachers, etc ranked 57th & 58th. So, definitely inde- competing for marks. The objective of does offer a flexible education system, as Commerce and has been adopted by 16 under Sarva Shiksha Abhyaan. The final pendent thinking needs to be encour- students had become to only pass exams it allows any five subjects with one lan- states. It is difficult to have a core cur- outcome is not the physical parameters aged. The education system is criticized without participating in the process of guage, but it is the schools that find it dif- riculum for Humanities as states would but the quality of education. The objec- for rote learning and it is a fact that the education. A child does get 2 years ficult to implement the same because of not be willing to part with subjects like tive of education is that, a child becomes system should test the student’s ability (Class XI & XII) to prepare for compet- reasons like time table and teacher avail- languages, history, etc. G T CONTEST EDITION CONTEST Working with GT is an amazing experience, has THE GLOBAL TIMES | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012 always been and will always be! 2 Gurkiran Kaur, XI D, AIS Gur 43, Page Editor World Mirror News and Views Graphic: Shekhar Rana, X B, AIS Gur 43 AIS Gurgaon 43 NEWS NEWS@glance Grammy high V Adele stole the show by winning the Best Album, Best Record Artist, Best Song, Best Pop Solo Performance and enthralled the audience with her performance at the Grammy’s 2012. Other winners were Bon Iver for Best New Artist, Otis by Kanye West and Jay-Z for Best Rap Performance. PM Manmohan Singh declares 2012 ‘The National Year of 2012 Wonder Mathematics’ in a bid to encourage competition in the field of Mathematics and Science and to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the mathematical prodigy, S Ramanujan. Edu tales CBSE proposes common engineering entrance with effect from 2013. The exam will be jointly conducted by leading engineering institutes like NIT, IIT and CBSE. It is further proposed that 50% weightage will be given to the entrance exam and the remaining, to Class XII Board results. India earned a much needed win against Australia at the Sporting Feats fourth ODI of the CB Tri-series on February 12. Yuvraj Singh, diagnosed with lung cancer and undergoing chemotherapy in the US, is expected to resume play by May. World tour 5 ministers resign as the Greek Cabinet approves the Austerity Bill, which cuts down public sector investment and hints on a Anchor: Gurkiran Kaur tax hike, inciting civilians to protest. 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