E- MAGAZINE ‘VIHAN,’ KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, RANCHI REGION-15122021

MATHEMATICAL FACTS  Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th. PI=3.14.  “Pi” said to “I” “Be real”, then “I” replied “Be rational”.  Abacus is considered to be the origin of computer.  1/998001 gives a complete sequence from 000 to 999 in order.  Fibonacci Series is composed of the sum of the previous numbers, starting with 1.  2520 is the smallest number which is exactly divisible by all numbers from 1 to 10.  Sum of first 4 cubes (1+4+27+81) is 100.  Jiffy is the standard unit of time which equals 1/100th of a second.  Father of Mathematics:- Archimedes.  A Number which is same after reversing its digits is called Palindrome Number. Ex- 121.  A cyclic number is an integer in which cyclic permutations of digits are successive integer multiples of the number. Ex142857 when multiplied by 1 to 6 , digits of the result will be same only place value changes.  Multiplication is repetitive addition.  Division is repetitive subtraction.  Any number divided by 0(zero) yields to Infinity, hence it is called indefinable.  Factorial of 0 (Zero) is 1.  There is no Roman numeral to represent Zero (0).  The Fields Medal is the highest award given in the field of Mathematics awarded once in every 4 years.  Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 that we use today, hence 1 Minute equals 60 seconds.  = (equal sign) was invented in 1557 by Robert Recorde.  Arabic numerals that we use today were actually invented in India. D.H.Tigga PGT (Maths) KV Patratu Source: Internet “Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” 100

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE A] The word : Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis officially recognised as the longest word in English refers to a particular Lung disease. Try pronouncing that ! B] The little dot (.) placed over the Vowel \"i\" is called a \"tittle\". C] A sentence that contains all the alphabets of a Language is called a \"Panagram Sentence\" . The following ones are popular Panagrams in English : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Brown jars prevented the mixture from freezing too quickly. Both these sentences contain all 26 Alphabets . D] 11% of the entire English language consists of just the letter 'E'. E] The word 'set' has the highest number of definitions in English language. F] The first English dictionary was written in 1755 by Samuel Johnson. G] A word that is created by blending the sounds of two English words and combines their meanings is called a \"Portmanteau\". For example, Hangry : being hungry and angry. Brunch : an afternoon meal that combines breakfast and lunch. Carjack : a car hijack. H] A \"Palindrome\" is a word or phrase that’s spelled the same whether you read left- to-right (like normal) or right-to-left. Example - madam , refer , radar , civic , level. I] In English, the most commonly used Noun is \"Time\" and the most common Adjective is \"Good\". J] The longest English word that can be spelled without repeating any letters is ‘uncopyrightable’. Nikhilesh Mohapatra TGT English KV Patratu Source: Internet “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive 101 difference to the world.”

HUMANITY: A VIRTUE Red colour had been expanding in the entire sky for the last half an hour. Birds were heading towards their nests. A small crowd, including five to six women were having their gossips, two girls were returning from coaching, some shopkeepers were closing their shops and a boy was cycling up and down the street. Suddenly, I noticed an old man, about sixty to sixty five years old, having wrinkles on his face and was busy in packing all his apples from a handcart into three cardboard boxes. The man was partially trembling, standing on his foot getting supported by a crutch. After seeing that old man, lots of thoughts started creeping into my mind. Why is he doing such a job at this age when he should spend all his time in remembering God? Even though he is not a normal person as he had already lost his one leg. Is he childless or his children have left him alone and moved to another places for better job opportunities? Thus, he is doing such a hard work to survive in this otherwise busy materialistic world. After some time, I came out of my thoughts, when I saw, his handcart got struck by another consecutive cart whose owner was also in a rush to go home. By the sudden jerk, some of his apples had fallen beside the cart. When he tried to pick up the apples, he found difficulty to bend his body towards the earth. Yet, he was trying to get his apples back. Lots of people were around him, but neither he asked anyone for help nor he scolded the cart keeper who was responsible for falling of his fruits. Then, I confirmed that he must be left by his children. So, he might have thought that if his children have left him alone, then who else in this world to whom he should ask for a help. While struggling to pick up the fallen fruits, he lost his grip over the crutch, and it was now on the ground. I was taken aback when I saw, again no one had come to help him. Then, I realized that humanity doesn’t exist anymore in this world. I kept observing the situation, but after sometimes I couldn’t help myself and came out of my house. When I was about to cross the road, for my pleasure I saw a young man who was also returning from his work had arrived in front of the helpless old man and handed his crutch, collected all his fruits and packed them into their respective boxes. Then, the old man expressed his gratitude and gave blessings to the young man. I was glad to be proved wrong. “Yes, still there is humanity”. Priya Tudu Class- X KV No. 3, Bokaro “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” 102

VIBRATIONS OF UNIVERSE & ITS RELATION TO PAST , PRESENT & FUTURE Law of vibration is one of the universal laws of nature. It simply says that everything that contains matter vibrates at a particular frequency. But when it comes to radiation or any type of energy in flow, does this law hold? Let us try to seek an answer to our question. From the basic definitions of force fields & Feynman’s diagram, it can be said that all force fields are being mediated by virtual particles & since they are “particles” so there must be a vibrating frequency for them & consequentially for fields. Now due to dual nature these virtual particles must vibrate too even in their wave mode at a certain frequency for a given source . Now if one seeks the recreation of an event, then all vibrations of that event must be re-collected to present moment of time river. Since vibrations do exist independently of time & exist everywhere i.e, from quantum world to celestial world, so if we re-collect vibrations of an unknown but informed event, no matter when it happened or was going to happen (such as planned events -motion of bodies which is predictable)then that event can be re-created in present or should I say we are in that event future or past wherever? But again, how can we collect vibrations of an event or how can we make something happen? I believe one must utilise the fact that frequency of one vibration tends to attract event- the collection of vibrations having same frequency. In order to know frequency of something that happened beyond one’s time, we must focus the particle consciousness of source onto the event, no matter what the spatial or temporal separation is because conscious things can be connected to each other always… Vishwajeet Sagar PGT Physics KV Hazaribag “Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.” 103

CURIOUS CASE OF A LITTLE ECO CRUSADER Just a few days ago, Tanishka, my 10 years old neighbour, came to my door to ask for bunches of old news papers. Later on, when I got to know that she collects old newspapers from other neighbours too, my curiosity grew as to what she does with them. Could it be that she was using them for paper crafts or simply wasting them by cutting for play. So, I decided one Sunday afternoon to go to her house to see what she does. I found her sitting midst the heaps of newspaper spread on the floor, with scissors in her hand and a bottle of glue. I wondered what she was up to when she realized my presence and greeted me with a big smile on her face “ Hi, Ma’am.” I responded, “Hi Tanishka, what are you doing on a Sunday while all the other children are playing outside?”. ” Ma’am, I have to finish off this work today as papa said we would be going out in the evening to distribute the paper bags,” she replied pointing to the paper bags lying in the corner. Surprised by her reply I asked, “But why are you making these bags and who asked you to make them? “ She said, “No one asked me to, but I got this idea when the guards at our BSF gate were telling people that plastic is banned in our campus. Still many shopkeepers use plastic bags and people hesitatingly take them. I thought it would be nice if I could help them by making these paper bags so that they don't use a plastic bag. It's a small step from my side to do my bit for our clean and green campus. I also remember our plogging run last year as a part of Swachh Bharat celebrations on Gandhi Jayanti. My friends and I had collected plastic wrappers around the campus along with you. Do you remember Ma’am?” Tanishka’s words struck my mind as I had never realized how small initiatives like plogging that we conducted as a part of school activities could ignite the thinking of the future generation. I was spellbound as to when this little girl started thinking so big and took this initiative, all on her own. “That's a great initiative, Tanishka!” I was already feeling proud of her when her father announced in excitement, “ Tanshu, your website www.healtheplanet.org.in has been created for you.” Tanishka jumped and hugged her father. 104

Her father spoke to me as well, “ Isn’t it nice to see these children thinking for our planet? After all, we should hand over a clean environment to them to live in. When Tanishka came to me and told that she wanted to make these paper bags, it reminded me of several events like plogging, Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan, we elders participate in for the sake of clicking pictures and the very next day we ask for a plastic bag from the shopkeepers. So, I thought more and more hands should join this big initiative of this little girl. And what else can be better than a digital platform in this digital world?” I said “Certainly ! Why not ? Tanishka, I’m your follower already!” She blushed and said “ Thank you Ma’am. Please keep passing more of your old newspapers so that I can distribute more and more paper bags in our area.” My heart filled with blessings for the child as I left her. Later in the evening, as I went out for my regular walk to the nearby shop to buy milk, I found Tanishka’s paper bags kept beside the weighing scale. As the shopkeeper set to give the milk packet in a plastic bag I pointed him to the paper bags and said “ Bhaiyya, paper bag dijiye na…” He almost smilingly said “ Ji Madam, Abhi abhi ek bacchi deke gayi ye paper bags. Aaj kal ke bacche kitna sochte hai! ” I replied “ Bhaiyya, ab humko bhi sirf sochna nahi hai, karna bhi hai. ” So, why wait? Let us all make a little effort to help the future generation live on a cleaner planet. Kumari Sukriti PRT KV Hazaribag “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” 105

SAVE TREES SAVE LIFE There was a forest. The forest was full of tall trees and thick bushes. And all kinds of animals lived there. There was a village near the forest. The people of the village were dependent on the forest itself. They used to roam in the forest all day long and collect flowers, fruits, leaves, datun, wood etc. Articles collected from the forest were sold in the market. And the money so got was used to buy the goods of their needs. One day a group of people came from the town and started chopping the tall trees in the forest at which the villagers protested that how they could destroy the forest on which their livelihood depended. Then the people who had come from the city lured the villagers by offering them money and even the villagers succumbed to the temptation. Now the town people started chopping the tall trees freely with the help of the villagers. After a few days the trees got depleted and apart from the loss of greenery in the forest, there was a lot of desolation. The wages given to the villagers were now all spent and they had no means to buy food and were starving. Now the area had scanty rain and no fresh air. After a few days the villagers started dying because of hunger. MORAL :- Shed Greed, Save Everything. Shivam Kumar Class- IV KV Hazaribag “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ” 106

MISS BEING AT SCHOOL I miss being at School Dressed in uniform was being cool Sound of period bells Little girls sharing their daily tales Loud chatting boys Making paper craft toys I miss being at School White socks and black shoes are so cool Good morning Ma'am, good morning Sir Getting back to School may not be that far I eagerly wait for that day to come To study and play with friends under the Sun. Tanishka Debnath Class V B KV Hazaribag YOUR BEST If you try your best Then you’ll never have to wonder About what you could have done If you’d summoned all thunder. And, if your best Was not as good As you hoped it would be, You still could say “I gave today All that I had in me.” Priya Kumari Class-10 B KV Hazaribag “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” 107

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy) ABSTRACT This article focuses on the overview of NIPUN and the changing scenario in the field of education. The impact of NIPUN has made a dynamic change in educational system and its functionality in to a fast to faster mode. Students need not to wander shelf to shelf to find out an information. They just get their information sitting in front of a desktop. Digitization has simplified the learning process. This article will discuss about the concept of NIPUN, its requirement and various components which help to provide a better teaching-learning environment. INTRODUCTION The National Education policy 2020 has stipulated that attaining foundational literacy and numeracy for all the children must become an immediate national mission. Towards this end, The Ministry of Education has launched NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy) Bharat Scheme. It aims to attain foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of GRADE 3, by 2026-27. This mission has been setup under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme SAMAGRA SHIKSHA, and will focus on the following areas: providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling, teacher capacity building, development of high quality and diversified student and teacher resources/ learning materials; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this programme are to create an enabling environment to ensure universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy, so that every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27,to strengthen the existing mainstream structures and will take a holistic approach though the active involvement of all stakeholders, to focus on different domains of development like physical and motor development, socio emotional development, literacy and numeracy development, cognitive and moral development, art and aesthetics development which are interrelated and interdependent and to focus on developing phonological awareness and sound discrimination, visual perception and visual association of the teachers to help the children to develop into better readers and writers. This NIPUN BHARAT envisages making the experience of learning at the foundational stage not just integrated and inclusive, but also holistic, enjoyable and engaging. 108

STAKEHOLDERS The various stakeholders of this scheme are:-Department of School Education and Literacy, MoE, States and UTs ,NCERT, CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, SCERTs, DIETs, DEOs and BEOs, BRCs and CRCs, Head Teachers and Teachers, NGOs/ CSOs ,SMCs, Community and Parents ,Volunteers and Private Schools. NIPUN Bharat will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy. A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block[1]School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha.‘Samagra Shiksha’ programme was launched subsuming three existing schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).The aim of the scheme is to treat school education holistically, from pre-school to Class XII.A special package for foundational literacy and Numeracy (FLN) under NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement) is being developed by NCERT. Around 25 lakh teachers teaching at pre-primary to primary grade will be trained this year on FLN.NISHTHA is a capacity building programme for \"Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training\". Stage-wise targets are being set in a continuum from the pre-primary or balvatika classes. FUTURE ASPECTS NIPUN has the following future aspects: - Foundational skills enable to keep children in class thereby reducing the dropouts and improve transition rate from primary to upper primary and secondary stages. Activity based learning and a conducive learning environment will improve the quality of education. Innovative pedagogies such as toy-based and experiential learning will be used in classroom transactions thereby making learning a joyful and engaging activity. Intensive capacity building of teachers will make them empowered and provide greater autonomy for choosing the pedagogy. Holistic development of the child by focusing on different domains of development like physical and motor development, socio-emotional development, literacy and numeracy development, cognitive development, life skills etc. which are interrelated and interdependent, which will be reflected in a Holistic Progress Card. Children to achieve a steeper learning trajectory which may have positive impacts on later life outcomes and employment. Since almost every child attends early grades, therefore, focus at that stage will also benefit the socio-economic disadvantageous group thus ensuring access to equitable and inclusive quality education. CONCLUSION Nowadays NIPUN has become the buzz word in the arena of modern education system. It can provide better teaching-learning experience to the students and can maintain the learning process more properly. But finally the success of NIPUN depends upon its proper planning and execution. Hence we need to take right initiatives in right direction. References Education, G. o. (2021). NIPUN. Department of School Education & Literacy. National Education Policy 2020. (2021, August 14th). Retrieved from wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Policy_2020 NIPUN Bharat. (2021, August 14th). Retrieved from Drishti IAS: https://www.iasabhiyan.com/nipun bharat/ Suman Kr. Nayak PRT K.V AFS Singharsi “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” 109

AN INTROSPECTION “Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others, and let him teach by examples before teaching by words. For, he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach other and rectify their ways. ” - Kahlil Gibran At times we have to visit hospitals sometimes to see a relative or sometimes as an attendant. Once I had to stay there for more than 10 days. Whole day long I kept on sitting in waiting room in front of ICU, observing various activities of the hospital staff. One afternoon I suddenly realized that there is a similarity between doctors and teachers as well as patients and student. Both doctors and teachers have to take care of their clients. But I felt an enormous difference between their working style. In hospital a doctor pays much more attention to the critical patient who is admitted in ICU and struggling for life than those who are in the general ward, whereas in a class-room teachers mostly focus on the brighter students rather than needy one. And that is only because of unhealthy student teacher relationship. In India a fundamental mistake has been occurred from very beginning of its independence. People became teachers not because they wanted to commit their lives to educate children or to shape young minds beautifully but to get an employment and livelihood. They merely wanted to secure a govt. job. The hunger for a secure job led the crowd towards this noble profession. And as a result the lovely bond of student-teacher could not be established. Teachers spared love and affection in the name of academic performance and discipline. Corporal punishment and other abuse came in practice. Most of us don’t know why the intellectuals are full of doubts and all the idiots are full of confidence. Every parent, every teacher who abuses the child to bring a change in the child, achieves the change but loses the child in the process to change. Every abuse to a child hits her/ his self- image. That’s why we have a world where chartered accountants are full of inferiority complex, MBAs cannot take an interview with confidence, doctors commit suicide. In fact, we find people with lots of education who cannot even come over the stage and stand in front of mic and share their ideas. They are conscious that what other people think about them. We cannot explain that the sort of confidence, courage, conviction, love, peace and self-image that we have today to ourselves, are all because of our growing years. Our parents and teachers didn’t break us, in fact, knowingly or unknowingly they created us and now it is our duty not to destroy the self-image of the students but to create them. Socrates says, “The children now love luxury. They have had manners, contempt for authority; They show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise”. Socrates is very relevant even today after hundreds of years. At present, students are not merely depending on teachers or school. Many new sources of knowledge have come to nurture their intellectual quest. Mobiles and so many TV channels are there to communicate them. Facebook and Whatsapp messages are mentoring them on daily basis. They are getting much more from outer world. And we people are not communicating enough to them. In fact we are teaching languages but not communication. And in all this process we are losing the very bond of love between us. Now who will lead them towards love, peace, decency and universal brotherhood, and who is responsible for these situations? Though many factors work here, but so far we teachers are in the centre. Aristotle cannot be unquoted here. He says, “Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” 110

A teacher cannot shift his wisdom and knowledge to his/her students. If he is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. A musician may sing to you of the rhythm in its full extents, but he cannot give you his understanding. A teacher, who walks among his students, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. Love alone can do miracles in life. Love is very essential for all types of relations whether it is in family or a student-teacher bond. A teacher will have to show his motherly love for the students. We first must be a parent to every student and only then a teacher. We shouldn’t go to school as a teacher but go there as a parent of those hundreds of students and be a cause for turning point in their life. Ally Carter says, “The older I got, the smarter my teachers become.\" He reveals the aspirations of the new generation's student. Students of the global generation want the smarter teachers. And in fact our way of teaching and communicating should not be getting obsolete. Here I would like to quote William Arthur Ward - “The mediocre teacher tells The good teacher explains The superior teacher demonstrates The great teacher inspires. ” Motivation, guidance and counseling are the integral part of education today. But how can we inspire others without uplifting ourselves? We cannot stay in the fifth rung of a ladder stagnant and expect every student on remaining rungs of the ladder, motivating them, encouraging them to come up. We cannot do this because we have become the bottleneck for them. First we have to shift to sixth rung and make space for the others. We have to move to higher levels. Without developing ourselves we cannot develop others. We teachers have to keep growing constantly. To make a better India, we teachers have to introspect ourselves first and only then we can achieve the ultimate goal of the education and create a dream society of Mahatma Gandhi and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. A beautiful poem by Tagore always reminds us to make the country beautiful by the sort of education we need. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my father, Let my country awake! Bhawani Singh Shekhawat PGT-English KV Singharsi “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” 111

GRAMMATICALITY AND ACCEPTABILITY “This is the sort of English with which I will not put up”, wrote Winston Churchill, the stalwart statesman belonged to the literati of the period, considered to be an authority in English during his time and also thereafter. The erstwhile British Premier, a winner of Nobel Prize for literature was apparently making a dig at the pontificating editor who modified one of Churchills sentence constructions since he committed the ‘sin’ of ending a sentence with a preposition. Churchill’s crooked new sentence construction bordering on sheer nonsense was hilarious and at the same time brought home the cardinal point that for the sake of elusive grammatical perfection one should not sacrifice the intended denotation. Those were the days of strict grammatical rules and any sentence ended in a preposition or began with a conjunction was frowned upon. Accordingly sentences like ‘ The end he aimed at,’ ‘The issue that he was looking into’ were rewritten as ‘ The end at which he aimed’, ‘The issue into which he was looking’ etc. We have also the oft-quoted classical sentence where the conjunction ‘because’ is used thrice consecutively, ‘We can’t begin a sentence with because because because is a conjunction.’ Though at present we do not follow these rules strictly, by a cursory look at the information available on the public domain, one may still find it curious that there are indeed a large number of people, even today believing that old grammatical rules must hold good even today for the sake of purity of the language. Here comes the question of Grammaticality and Acceptability. These are two approaches in English language learning. The advocates of Grammaticality argue and believe that only those sentences which are grammatically correct in the light of laid down grammatical rules are to be accepted as the correct form of the language, while the other section of language learners vouchsafe for Acceptability, i.e to accept English sentences and constructions to be correct since they are used by a large majority of native speakers, even though not flawless grammatically. We may come across a few sentences which are wrong in strict grammatical sense, still used. Sentence like ‘The concerned teacher should meet the principal’ ( instead of The teacher concerned should meet the principal). The first sentence means ‘worried teacher’. People who stand for acceptability are of the view that any language is for communication and if the intended meaning is clear it can be accepted in the general use, also that a language is a growing entity and it is meaningless to stick to old rules rather than moving with the time. In the case of English, when the language was in the formative stage many a grammar rule of Greek and Latin were applied in English too. The origin of cases (dative case, reflexive case etc.) in English grammar is an instance to cite. So are a few noun forms which have different rules for making plural form than the majority of English nouns by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’ to their singular form. The rules are changing with time too. The auxiliary ‘will’ and ‘shall’ is gradually changing, even though in strict grammar rules they haven’t. Nowadays, ‘shall’ is more used in written form and ‘will’ is used for showing immediate future time reference in spoken English, with all personal pronouns. 112

The advent of social media and the spirited new generation has completely flouted the grammar and syntax of sentence. They have used telegraphic shortening and introduced spelling rules of convenience making it so esoteric and confusing that any one unfamiliar with style and convention is at a loss to understand what is being communicated. That may be the reason why George Bernard Shaw commented years ago, ‘Spoken English is broken English!’ Perhaps, the grammar masters foresaw the future days of the new generation social media youth that made them prescribe strict grammar rules for the language! Gineesh Kumar Navat Principal KV AFS Singharsi SELF LOVE Love yourself even though you feel Unloved from the world. Accept yourself for who you are When the world doesn’t accept you. Be patient with yourself when The world is rushing you, because At the end of everything the only Acceptance and love that will matter Is from your own self to you. You’re important. Don’t let these negative options sidetrack you! Someday when you’ll get where You’re going, you’ll look around and You will know that it was you and the people who love you, put you there And trust me that will be the greatest Feeling you will ever feel. Md Amaan IX B KV Chakradharpur “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” 113

FATHOMING THE UNFATHOMABLE……. UNCERTAINITY The world we see today was beyond one's wildest dream a few years back. Today’s reality is yesterday’s fancy. An electronic gadget of a few inches has changed the way we think & the way we live entirely. Earlier, we used to gather for having a glimpse of a Bollywood star, though an iota of it still exists but we have already begun to find superstars within ourselves. We have started to discover that potential celebrity has long been stifled due to societal stigmas. This few megapixels have given you the freedom that took almost 200 years for the Britishers to administer. The significance of physical effort to earn money is reduced to none where a mouse click can give money in amount that was far off your imagination. A mobile can keep you engaged throughout the day without having any clue of seconds, minutes & hours!! But that beauteous blue sky is all alone now & pleading the attention of the poets who had long kept their pens aside & its ink is desiccated. Flowers are dying in futility without being immortalized through black & white. The lover has forgotten to admire his beloved with his eulogizing verses. ’Platonic’ has lost its reverenced altar replaced with cromulent sensuality. We have forgotten our roots being totally engrossed in uncovering a spurious & debonair world crafted by our infinite desire & dissatisfaction. We can neither disprove our advancement nor reject everything that’s Natural. Finding a true equilibrium is necessary to circumvent the staring predicament. Your celebration of being a celebrity will be sustainable only if you applaud both. Knowing everything from the screen does not allow you the privilege of experiencing it other than some hallucinating effect. Still two lovers holding their hands & making commitment of living together 7 lives & beyond looks much more promising than online promiscuity. In spite of daily chatting with our dears, we don’t feel the indispensability of getting into a catch every now & then. Among the kids we notice a drastic change in their way of living in the last two decades. Their frolicking nature is missing totally which they are expected to be entrenched with. They are busy with smartphone & bored with life. The divine entity inside the children seems to be wiped out very early. Human beings were supposed to be gone through a metamorphosis to stand parallel with the advancement of science to evade the cons of it which they didn’t. Today’s children are forced to go outdoors which stands in stark contrast with the earlier generations who were compelled to stay indoors as they loved to play outside under the sun throughout the day. Now, it’s not the question of which is to accept & which one to defy, rather we should stir inwards to see whether it is working or not. Are we really happy the way we are living?............ It can’t be answered now. A child born with man-made science in hand & lived in internet throughout & supposed to die scientifically will answer it logically & it’s better not to assume anything other than waiting for Godot. Arijit Ghosh PRT KV Saraikela Kharsawan “The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” 114

COVID COVID Covid had slowly crept When the world had completely slept, It rose in China and did its best While it moved from countries East to West. Of all the dangers the world has seen It was dangerous for every human being, All locked themselves at home As it became dangerous for one to roam. The city came to a still As people seen outside were nil, For the fear one had in mind What if corona would be behind? One could imagine the days they had For some too good, for some too bad, For all were seen covered with mask Wherever they went for their task. For home became the world for many As people experience shortage of money, Many became jobless And some became homeless. Labourers walked with all their might No matter it was day or night In the hope that they will meet The beloved people were ready to greet. For students it was their pleasure To live at home in leisure, Online classes they had to face No matter how good or bad were their days. Home became a working place Domestic violence took its space, Violence begins to appear When maids begin to disappear. All husbands were reluctant to bow For each had taken a vow That they will give rest to their wives Whatever hardships rose in their lives. Covid Covid the ringtone rang More chanting than the nightingales sang Alerting every young and old Of the dangers that can't be told. Subhash M E Toppo 115 PRT KV No.1 HEC, Ranchi “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”

WHERE IS GOD? There are troubles and sufferings all around Misunderstanding and confusion among friends Tensions and death allover surround Where is God? There is a fear of survival Fear of loss, of flood and of what not The problems are universal Who is to solve? Where is God? Man is extremely desperate Pandemic caused havoc It has achieved to separate All are helpless Where is God? Still there is a hope, there is light Each one's extending help to the needy Good Samaritan is at every sight Yes, there God can be seen It is our love, care and concern For one another To those who seek our assistance Let's all certainly discern To find God in us and around Where is God? God is here amongst us God is every where God is with us!!! Nabis Xalxo PGT-English K.V. No. 1, HEC, Ranchi “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” 116

WAKE UP AND RUN Tomorrow’s aspiration is you Gleam as the morning dew; When heart is overshadowed with failure, Let your potence appear; Now wake-up and run till you are not done. When time seems hard to surmount, The road to success seems inconclusive; Uphold the courage to dream in several count, You can’t be secure until you are inducive; Now wake-up and run till you are not done. Life is not a bed of roses, As luck doesn’t always favour; Wait, patiently introspect the causes, The silver tint of the cloud of doubt will disappear if you endeavour; Now wake-up and run till you are not done. Remember what yesteryear’s folk could do, Why, with perseverance, should not you? Only keep your soul laden with your fragrance, Thus prove your life’s worth with your presence; Now wake-up and run till you are not done. Sandeep Kumar Jha TGT (English) K.V. No. 1, HEC Ranchi “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” 117

PROUD TO BE A KVIAN The best thing about any Kendriya Vidyalaya is that it is like a “MINI INDIA”. Here, we have friends and teachers from different parts of India, from different backgrounds and speaking different languages. We get an opportunity to know and respect different cultures. Although there’s diversity, still we all the members of Kendriya Vidyalayas are united by a word “KVIAN”. Studying in KV is very different from that of other schools. In addition to studies, if you have any kind of talent such as painting, dancing, playing any musical instrument, playing any game, etc. then here, you will always be cooperated and encouraged to express it. The Co-Curricular Activities or the exhibitions and the different competition conducted in our Vidyalayas give us a chance to develop different skills and learning by doing. Being a “KVIAN” is a matter of pride in itself. I go to school on foot and on the way to my school I feel proud to walk in my school uniform. If somebody asks me “in which school do you study?” My eyes light up with pleasure and I proudly say that “I AM A KVIAN”. A famous quote is often said about us- “ONCE A KVIAN, ALWAYS A KVIAN”. I remember, when I was in class 6th, I went to Kendriya Vidyalaya Ramgarh Cant in cluster level Social Science Exhibition. There, students from different KVs had gathered together in the evening and were singing our school prayer- “DAYA KAR DAN VIDYA KA…” the same lines sung by many children at a time seemed so sweet and pleasant to hear. There were many children but seeing them in the same uniform was the most memorable sight. Whenever I think about it , it reminds me that “We have such a huge family!” and I feel proud on myself. The various community songs are sung in our Vidyalaya, like – Punjabi Geet, Oriya Geet, etc. Let us not forget about great diversity of India. Every Saturday in the community lunch, we open the tiffin together, a pleasant smell of unity comes and we all share our feelings and culture in the form of food with each other. At last I would only like to share a famous quotation written about we Kvians: Kendriya vidyalaya is not just a school It’s an emotion You can literally feel it oozing out of kvians when they talk Proud to be a kvian. Ragya Mishra Class- VIII KV Garhwa “One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.” 118

WHY NOT A GIRL? People pray for a boy, not for a girl They desire and pray for boy, not for girl Blessings of elders are for male not for female. They love to have a boy Not a girl. But… In need of wealth They pray to Goddess Lakshmi, In need of force They visit temples of Durga, In need of education They call upon Goddess Saraswati. Now tell me…. Are they not females? Then why do they hesitate to have a girl? THINK! Bhavya Pandey, Class- VIII KV Garhwa SOLDIER – A FATHER ON DUTY He's not always present for my PTMs He doesn’t always attend my school or plays any games He is not always there for my birthdays Because a soldier is never on leave, he says He says he loves his country and yes he shows it by defeating all the foes And he says he loves me too But instances to show this love are very few! But I know the faith of a son and a country will never crash! Because his love for me is there but is ‘stash’! For his \"not being there\" my anger will not proceed further Because now I understand; as a son loves his father His father too loves the nation -'our mother’. Roshan Bhagat Class- XII KV Bokaro Thermal “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” 119

ALMA-MATER Leaving comfort zone of our family, we enter into the temple of knowledge that is school. Thinking of a bright future, all round development and skills to survive my parents admitted me in the school. It was none other than Kendriya Vidyalaya. Today, when I recollect and contemplate my ten years of glorious past, spent in this school, I realize how right my parents were. I was a novice, I was a tiny tot, I entered the hallowed portals of this institution. Then I was just a small and weak seedling .And now in school, acting as my foundation, ensuring all the necessary nutrients for my development and growth I have bloomed as a full grown tree. My roots have anchored into the deep soil of knowledge and wisdom. My stem has become strong enough to bear any adverse situation in life and my branches are spread all over to provide the shade of love, help and care to all. This school has instilled in me the confidence, ability, courage, attitude and aptitude to fight the battle of life in this world where only the fittest survives. Words of reinforcement and loving touch of teachers helped me to speak and my rosy lips uttered words and rhymes without any fear and hesitation. They have carved a niche in the annals of my memory. Soon, I will pass out, but “a thing of beauty is joy forever”, hence how can I forget the golden days passed there. All my achievements in this school will always help me in each and every step of my life to rise and shine and when I look at these unending contributions of my school in my life, the only thing I can say is, “My School is my ALMA –MATER.” Akansha Mehta, Class-X KV Garhwa “What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.” 120

ROLE OF WOMEN IN NATION BUILDING \"There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing\". When our countrymen were struggling and fighting to attain freedom, the women folk also fought shoulder to shoulder and they supported whole heartedly to take a favourable turn. After India became independent it was realised by most of the national leaders including Nehru, Gandhi, Dr. Rajendra Prasad that if emancipation is not improved and granted equal status with men, India would not progress. The role of women in the freedom struggle cannot be undermined. Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kripalani, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ,Aruna Asaf Ali all played very crucial and enthusiastic role in the struggle for attaining freedom. Woman is the builder and moulder of a nation's destiny, though delicate and soft as Lily, she has a heart, stronger and bolder than that of a man. She is a supreme inspiration for man's onward march. Women constitute approximately 40% population of the nation. If she is given the task for the development of the country she will make a wonder. She is more dedicated, hardworking, more sincere, more devoted to the cause. Many social evils like dowry, illiteracy among the females, killing of girl child in the womb, ignoring the hygienic value, polio etc. can well be tackled by the active involvement of the women. Many women have proved themselves dynamic, vibrant, sincere and perfect in many fields. Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Maio Bhandarnaike, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit ,Margret Thatcher, Supercop Kiran Bedi have proved themselves in all manners better than their male counterparts . These names made both the society and the women folk proud. Today the educated women have come out of their inferiority complex and are shouldering all kinds of responsibilities as managers, officers, TV and radio anchors, news reporters, Prime Ministers and what not? There are veteran MPs and ministers in the centre and Ms. Mamta Banerjee, Mrs. Rabri Devi, Uma Bharti , Mrs. Sushma Swaraj have proved to be the acute politician. Women are more dedicated and devoted to their duties and have more patience and politeness than men in nature .There is no doubt that women had played very important role in Nation Building, but man is still not in favour of giving them the due powers .The empowerment of women by itself cannot place women on equal footing with men, the need of hour is to change the attitude towards women. Many social evils like dowry, illiteracy among women, infanticide of female child and elimination of girl’s foetus are required to be fully rooted out. Our women have a very great role to play in the progress of our country. The mental and physical toughness of women in life is much more lasting and comprehensive than that of men. What can't be done by a woman? If men can help in nation building, women can do even better! Women are no less than men. Women undoubtedly, can play a very important role in the betterment of the nation if men give them chances. It was rightly said, \" The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.\" Anamika Choubey Class -IX KV Garhwa “In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” 121

FITNESS BEATS PANDEMIC Coronavirus, the worst disease Hides in your homes, if you please A disease killing lives And spreading negative vibes Symptoms like fever making us weak Doctor’s help, we need to seek Started in China, now, the world is sick Let us unite and find a cure, quick You will have fever as I told You will get headache and a cold Following up, then comes cough Getting rid of, is now quite tough You will get problems of respiration Now, we all need prevention Muscle pain may come too Let us build immunity, me and you Wash your hands with some soap We’ll fight the virus, that’s the hope Sneeze and cough into a tissue Let’s take some steps to tackle this issue Let’s exercise to make us strong As fitness has its strength too Once everyone has the fitness achieved The Pandemic will be deceived Preeti Pandey, Class- X KV Garhwa “The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.” 122

KEEP GOING Worst path leads to Fantastic destination Discomfort leads to Enormous comfort Terrible nightmare gonna be Amazing dreams Losing now For gaining tomorrow Pain today will turn in Everlasting happiness. Astha Priyadarshini Class- XII K. V. Maithon Dam THE RISING SUN This is a story of a boy named Shyam whose father won't let him go to school because of the pandemic. But he somehow managed to get permission from his father. When he went to school he found everything was looking odd in the class. Afterall he was attending the school after a gap of one year. His classmates appeared strange to him. He had a kind of fear in his mind. He wasn't able to answer the questions asked by his teacher. He was scared of answering in the class due to which he lost his confidence. But he wanted to overcome his fear because his father gave him permission to go to school. He was determined to score good marks. He planned to overcome his fear. He decided to face the fear. Next day he went to school and tried to answer the questions asked by his teacher. He decided to prepare the topic to be taught in the school one day before. In this way he was able to answer the question asked by the teacher. After that day his continuous efforts and his dedication helped him become the topper of the class. And after that the sun started rising. Moral of the story: Perseverance rewards. Muskan kumari Class- XII KV Simdega “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” 123

SMILE ON YOUR FACE Once upon a time… there was a person Coming to a new village… relocating And he was wondering if he would like it there, So he went to a zen master and asked: \"Do you think I will like it in this village? Are the people nice?\" The master asked back: \"How were the people in the town where You came from?\" \"They were nasty and greedy, they were angry And lived for cheating and stealing.\" \"Those are exactly the type of people We have in this village\", said the master. A day later, another newcomer to the village visited the master And asked the same question: To which the master asked: \"How were the people In the town where you came from?\" \"They were sweet and lived in harmony, they Cared for one another… And for the land , they respected each other And they were seekers of spirit\", he replied. \"Well, those are exactly the type of people we have in the village\", Said the master. Krishna Kumar Class- XII K. V. Dipatoli “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” 124

LIFE IS ADVENTURE Life is adventure Life is a season Life is bittersweet Life is a complex mixture Of happiness and sadness There are ups-downs As a roller coaster Sometimes, life changes its direction As the wind Withers like dry leaves And sometimes, bright as summer Colourful as spring Stepping towards me new Exploring the world new Every day feels like It's a new dawn to life You never knew what it is Is it your imagination? You will get answers of your every question ‘Cause there's an answer to everything Beginning to the end Live your life to the fullest Enjoy every moment ‘Cause it will never comeback Though year passes and season changes Your memories will never be swept away See, through your eyes Life is full of hope Bright light in darkness Fantastic as a dream Life is adventurous Life is a season Beauty Samad Class- XII KV Simdega “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” 125

PRISTINE I want to run back to the past of mine To feel 'the every' joy of school-hood The admiring sights of my teachers and To hear 'the every' missed prelude Once again. Once again to find The deepest depth of my childhood Where no signs of great desires And revenge found No sorrows for tiny errors And no torments were bound. Again to be apart from luxurious And to be a part of no worries To paint the faint image of mine that I lost To part my joys in the misery-land for no cost. Once again to remind myself That I lost the 'ME' of mine Verdicts of 'ME' are scattered well ‘Neath the so called social opine. Really, I want to run back To the past of mine To leave no stone unturned Yea, just to find my pristine. Jaylal Shivdas Pawar (PRT) KV Simdega “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” 126

DON’T GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS The future will bring positive and bright things Have hope and courage For the new year will bring your dreams closer Do not look up to yesterday Upon the clouds of the day For the fear of the past Will only sunlight cast on your face The world is great Open up your heart Don’t let fear discourage you Always realise your potential Don’t ever give up on your dreams They are there for you to live You can, you will Kasturika Mohanta Class- VIII K V Chakradharpur “People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care” 127

GENDER EQUALITY In a society, everyone has the right to lead his/her life equally without any discrimination. When this state is achieved where all individuals are considered to be equal irrespective of their caste, gender, colour, profession, and status, we call it equality. The most prevalent discrimination is gender inequality. Even in progressive societies and top organizations, we can see many examples of gender bias. Gender equality can only be achieved when both male and female individuals are treated similarly. Discrimination is a social menace that creates division. We stop being together and stand together to tackle our problems. This social stigma has been creeping in the underbelly of all the society for many centuries. This has also been witnessed in gender-based cases. Gender inequality is the thing of the past as both men and women are creating history in all segments together. In this century, women and men enjoy the same privileges. The perception is changing slowly but steadily. People are now becoming more aware of their rights and what they can do in a free society. It has been found that when women and men hold the same position and participate equally, society progresses exclusively and creates a landmark. When a community reaches gender equality, everyone enjoys the same privileges and gets similar scopes in education, health, occupation, and political aspect. Even in the family, when both male and female members are treated in the same way, it is the best place to grow, learn and add other values. According to the Gender Gap Index (GGI), 2021 India ranks 140 among 156 participating countries. The Indian society is still wrecked by such stigmas that dictate that women are meant to manage home and stay indoors. Women are neglected even though our country is quickly gaining pace in economic development in the world. Other stigmas such as child labour, child marriage, and dowry also contribute to this problem. Once all these menaces will be eradicated, every family will understand the value of a woman and our country will achieve gender equality in real sense. Women are creating examples everywhere and we all should highlight it to change the scenario and give them equal rights Aarti kumari PGT (Economics) KV Chakradharpur “Respect other people's feelings. It might mean nothing to you, but it could mean everything to them.” 128

FORGIVENESS An angel named Forgiveness Travelled from mind to mind Teaching people how to move forward And leave the past behind. She reminded them of their regrets Taught that perfection is rare And humanity makes mistakes Despite their love and care. Dipa Sarkar TGT English K V No.1 Bokaro JUDGE ME Judge me not by my face By color of my hair Judge me not by appearance As that would not be fair. I came to earth As I am, no discussion of my look I had no pattern to study No choice from any book. Judge me not by ability To read write or understand Let it be by all my effort They used to put to my hand. The courage in bad times Endurance getting through Kindness to another, so please Judge me by what I do. Samadrita choudhary Class- VIII KV Chakradharpur “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” 129

SAFAL: STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT FOR ANALYZING LEARNING- A NEP INITIATIVE The first impression that it presents is that it is going to make learning successful for all Indians. It also gives impression that there will be a structural (well set) framework for analyzing learning. It appears to be the first ever endeavour to go for analysis of learning. The SAFAL document released by CBSE states that SAFAL is going to be diagnostic in nature. It will provide important information about students’ learning and thus it will support school education. It will provide important information about students’ learning status. It is expected that SAFAL will induce and support the educational system to progress towards Competency Based Education and Competency Based Assessment. Competency Based Education is the dire need for educational arena in 21st Century. Further, this initiative is expected to help and guide teachers and other stake holders of educational enterprise to design the roadmap through which learners can be equipped with 21st century skills. SAFAL has been initiated in line with NEP 2020 guidelines. SAFAL envisages an annual school examination for all students of classes III, V and VIII. This assessment (examination) will focus on testing / assessment core concepts, application of knowledge and HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills). SAFAL will be conducted by an appropriate authority. It will be a competency based assessment. It will assess status of attainment of targeted learning outcomes by students in the area of key competencies. SAFAL results are expected to provide diagnostic data and insights to each school for promoting development of students in respect of learning. Special importance of Grade 3 SAFAL in respect of NIPUN BHARAT Mission All the students of classes III, V and VIII will take school examinations. The Grade 3 i.e. Class III examination, in particular would test basic literacy, numeracy, and other foundational skills. This Grade 3 SAFAL results will identify areas of intervention to improve foundational literacy and numeracy among learners and help develop reforms for the NIPUN BHARAT Mission. Purpose of Key Stage Assessment (SAFAL) in CBSE Schools 1. To nudge educational system towards competency-based Learning. 2. To measure School performance on key competencies. 3. To identify areas of academic intervention for support / management. The SAFAL is not going to decide pass or fail at any stage of child’s learning. It will be used only for developmental purposes. The key features of assessment are going to be as follows:- (a) Testing of core concepts and moving away from rote learning. (b) Assessments are going to be applicable for all Government and Private schools. (c) School level data will be shared for development of learning outcomes. (d) Data to be used for continuous monitoring and improvement. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” 130

Pilot of SAFAL in 2021-22 SAFAL is going to be conducted on a pilot basis in CBSE schools for classes III, V and VIII in the session 2021-22. The assessment will track schools’ progress on core competencies and include the following subjects:- Grade 3: Language and Mathematics Grade 5: Language, EVS and Mathematics Grade 8: Language, Science and Mathematics The assessment will be conducted in Hindi and English medium schools. In the first year (2021-22), SAFAL will be conducted in a sample set of schools for grade 3. For other grades i.e. grades 5 and 8, SAFAL will be conducted for all schools. It is to be reiterated that SAFAL aims to measure effectiveness of educational enterprises. Question Paper Development All the test items for grades 5 and 8 will be of multiple choice type. The student will have to select a response i.e. choose an answer from a set of two or more options. The question paper for grade 3 will consist of constructed response questions and instructions for administering these questions/ test items through one to one administration. The structured response questions mean such questions that require the test taker to produce or construct the answer. These questions include such questions also which require the students to respond orally or by writing their responses. Who will prepare the question paper? Questions will be prepared by teachers selected from a pool of expert teachers in the CBSE network. These teachers will be selected on the basis of teaching experience, academic qualification, and prior item writing experience. Consequently, the selected pool will undergo a rigorous training and capacity building program. The program will orient them on the SAFAL assessment framework and on what constitutes a good item relevant for SAFAL. Probable Impact on Education System SAFAL will provide a valid and a reliable data on students’ performance on competencies. It will ensure a shift towards a competency based assessment and learning system allowing students to demonstrate understanding and mastery of learning system, and mastery of knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through the curriculum. Manish Kumar Prabhat, Principal, KV Madhupur “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 131

INDIAN ECONOMY : CHALLENGES AMIDST COVID 19 The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken most of the world economies including Indian economy. Indian economy could not remain unaffected with the devastating impact of this calamity. During the first wave, which was unprecedented with a thin chance to gauge its tremendous bad impact, most world leaders were not aware and prepared to deal with it despite some concerned voices. Being a neighbouring country of China, New Delhi was bit more cautious about it and started to arrange and assemble infrastructure, especially health infrastructure, to combat this pandemic with a stringent lock down, jumbo Covid care hospitals and converting schools and trains as a resort to take care of patients and to curb the spread of Covid-19 which had created a chaos like situation. Pandemic has hit badly the employment and employability (which was already a matter of concern as it had touched the highest rate in past 40 to 45 years), education, health, banking, wholesale and retail market and almost all pie of cake. As a result, fall in aggregate demand and consumption expenditure even in rural India in spite of the rural economy moving up and an uncertain and fragile source of income and precautionary motive leads to a deadliest fall in GDP to -23.9%. It is worth mentioning here that the Agriculture sector, which is the backbone of the rural economy consisting of 58% of population, showed a positive trend of growth. But, terrific loomed situation gripped the nation and everywhere there was supply and demand mismatch that fueled inflation with increasing fiscal deficit of government due to revenue expenditure on welfare schemes whether it is free filling of gas cylinders for Ujjawala customer, free ration to needy or credit providing schemes and many more. Percentage of share of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors contracted by 3.4%,7.2% and 16% respectively and overall in FY-21 GDP growth rate was contracted by 7.3% which was the most severe contraction since independence. Awareness, precautions and SOPs of covid-19 were the only way to minimize the loss whether it is financial or loss of manpower or death of fellow citizens in absence of vaccine for this novel erupted disease. COVID-19 left an indelible print on all walks of life of individuals and of society and economy as well. When the pathetic situation moved towards normalization with passing time, India offered help to many countries like U.S.A, African countries and neighbouring countries with Hydroxychloroquine, ventilators, oxygen and raw materials as India believes in philanthropy and ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam ‘ approaches. These values are embedded within us. But, in 2021, a second wave of Covid, which started from the West flooded the North and covered the South of the country again and this time the virus was more aggressive and deadlier. For the current fiscal year (April 1,2021-March 31,2022),India has an expectation of 10.5% growth but all the rating agencies have forecasted lower growth in their revised data. Moody has lowered it to 9.3% while Standard & Poors- S&P Global rating is 9.8% to 8.2% depending upon moderate to worst impact as the case may be. Ostentatious approach of all stakeholders and casual attitude of the public towards COVID-19 and contravening SOPs of COVID-19 pushed India and its recovering economy. It is here worth to mention that V-shaped recovery is on the verge of detriment again. Losing jobs, falling GDP, inflationary pressure, notable fiscal deficit, increasing death toll, crowded and sequenced cemeteries… were the prime time debates of the news platforms and collapsing our hope to survive and stand again. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” 132

It was totally shocking to experience that some people were still making profit out of grief of others by hoarding and black marketing of essential items at many fold higher prices such as Remdesivir injection, oxygen cylinder or ventilator facility. Apart from this moral turpitude, some new levels of fall of ethics were also observed. Everywhere there was an aura of depression with who will be the next target of this deadliest pandemic? But, despite all adversity, we, the people of India, battled with this as a unit and set an example of firm determination. Unity in diversity walked one more step ahead with Unity in diversity with humanity. Undoubtedly, everyone, irrespective of religion, caste and creed, language and region came forward to share the grief and helped each other. Second wave made us more humane as a society. In fact, there is a need to adopt all SOPs of COVID-19 sincerely to save ourselves and the loved ones. Localized lock down and opening economy gradually are the need of hour. Economic sentiment of the country can not be hurt any more. COVID is now a reality and we have to live with it amid the looming threat of COVID third wave. Severity of the third wave and the health of the economy will be decided by our rational attitudes, proactive measures, new variants of corona and of course a successful implementation of vaccination. Izhar Ahmad PGT-Economics KV-Madhupur “Money is a great servant but a bad master.” 133

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN OUR LIFE There are many languages such as Hindi, English, Assamese, Urdu, Tamil, Konkani, Bengali, French, German, Chinese, etcetera but English is one of them which is spoken all over the world whereas other languages are spoken in certain states or country but it is not so with English language. It is a very important and powerful language. That is why Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had rightly said, \"English language is such a window through which we can peep into the entire world\". I agree to this. Almost all sophisticated and important books are written in English only and not in vernacular languages. By keeping that in view maximum parents want their wards to study in an English medium school even though for this they have to pay heavy fees in the English medium school but they don't care for that because their sons and daughters are their assets. If a son or a daughter speaks English with his or her parents, indeed parents become very glad. Apart from all this, when a student appears before the interview board for his viva, he is asked all questions only in English. English is just like a sophisticated dress for society and renowned organizations. In other words we can say that everybody wants to put on good and nice attire. Similarly, English language plays a very crucial role in our life. If a person speaks Hindi and another person speaks English, in this situation English speaking person is given more weightage, regard and privilege in the society. English language is a very good means of communication. Elite people prefer English more than other vernacular languages. A person who knows only a regional language, cannot survive in other countries, simultaneously if he knows how to speak English, he can survive anywhere in the world. A person wearing dhoti is not allowed in any teaching institution or in other offices as well. It means other languages don't have importance. It cannot be denied that other languages also have their own importance, but English language is much more important than the other. Education is baseless without English language. The fact is that English is very popular and powerful. It has grabbed everybody's mind and heart. All this proves that English language has the magnetic power to attract everyone. This language plays a very vital role in the field of computers. Without English language, nobody can handle the computer at all. All doctors prescribe medicines in English only. Sadhguru and Shree Ravi Shankar speak English fluently. They are also influenced very much by this language, so I am compelled to say that English language is the richest language in the world. Due to English language, it is seen that many Indian students are computer engineers in foreign country like America, Britain, Australia and many other countries also. Therefore, English is one of the richest languages in the entire world. Sahdeo Das PGT (English) KV Madhupur “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ” 134

IMPACT OF VALUE EDUCATION: A MEMORY Examination is not examination of only a student. It is an examination of teachers, parents and all the persons who are directly or indirectly associated with the child. When child passes all are happy and it is a matter of pride for everyone. Wide coverage and publicity is given in newspapers and social media. But what about those who fail or get average and below average marks. They are treated as loser. But, failure occurs every day, in school, jobs, housework, and within families. It is unavoidable, irritating and causes pessimism. Result of class 10 declared; Nilesh gets less marks than his expectation…….What should he do……? It was 3rd August, Result of CBSE Board of class 10 was to be declared at 12 noon. Nilesh (Changed Name) was waiting eagerly to download his mark sheet. He got his result. He was passed but surprised to see his marks in Mathematics. It was less than his expectation. He was worried and filled with sadness. He was complaining that injustice had been done with him. He had not had his meal since that time. He was moaning and complaining. His father Ritesh Singh (Changed Name) too had a lot of expectation from his son. He wanted to send him to a big city to study Science. He was overwhelmed to see condition of his child and reached school with his grievances. He visited school and complained about marking system of CBSE and blamed school authority for awarding less marks. His grievances were addressed and he was told that option is available. If any student is dissatisfied with his marks then he can go for improvement exam in particular subject. Being satisfied father returned. Now two days had been over. It was evening time around 4 o’clock in the evening, I received a call. “Sir, I am father of Nilesh. He is still worried and is not taking his food properly. He has locked himself in his room. I cannot see his condition. Please talk to him and guide.” Being mentor of Awakened Citizen Programme and a counsellor, it was my responsibility to console both the parent and child. I said, “Sir, being a parent, your concern is genuine. You did your best for your child. You need not worry. But, pessimism is natural in this type of situation. Let him be left on his condition, because it is time to learn and discover himself. We all have come across this type of situation.” I asked, “What would you do if you were him?” He agreed that he would have also behaved in the same way. However, he requested me to talk to Nilesh and guide him. The same evening I made a call to Nilesh. He said, “Good evening, Sir.” I said, “What am I hearing about you, my brave boy? Why are you making your parents feel guilty? Do you want them to appear in exam? They did their best. You should try to make them happy. Result is a record of your performance. And, if option for re-exam is there, why are you worry for?” Nilesh said, “Sir, I was expecting more marks in Mathematics.” I said, “Marks are based on your previous performance. Complaining and fasting will not help you to improve marks. You were part of Value Education Programme for three years. Didn’t you learn anything out of it?” He said, “I learnt about being heroic, expanding myself, developing shraddha etc. I asked, “What is the use of that learning then? You should prove yourself.” Nilesh said, “I am sorry, Sir.” I said, “Your father should see your happy face when he comes, and take your food in time.” After 4 days Nilesh rang me and said, ‘Sir, I want to appear in improvement exam. Please guide me with the dates and process. I want to prove myself that I can do better. Please talk to my father also.” His father said, “Thank you for guiding my son. His is confident and optimistic now. He has started his preparation for improvement exam.” I was very happy to hear such a reply that was expected from a responsible boy. Nilesh has identified his potential and came out with resolution that he would prove himself. “It is during our darkest moments that we must Niraj Kumar focus to see the light.” TGT(English) KV Madhupur 135

HEADING TOWARDS HEALTHY BASE “Play is the shortest route between children and their creative calling.” As a teacher, We all know the recent changes made in our education system. Yes, I’m talking about NEP 2020, which was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020. It outlines the vision of India's new education system {structure of NEP 2020 is (5+3+3+4)}. In upcoming days, we are going to see many changes in our school curriculum, syllabus, teaching style and can say that we are in a transition phase. A large proportion of children currently in elementary schools are undergoing what is being termed as ‘learning crisis’. It is estimated that approximately over 5 crore children in the elementary school system have not been able to attain foundational literacy and numeracy, i.e., the ability to read and comprehend basic text and carry out basic addition and subtraction (NEP 2020). Some children might come directly to Grade-I, some through Anganwadis and some through Private Preschools. In most cases they come with little or no access to quality preschool education. As a result, children enter Grade-I, with inadequate conceptual and linguistic preparedness for the primary school curriculum. The research also indicates that a large number of children are admitted to school at the age of 5 or 6 years with limited language and cognitive skills and conceptual foundation, which are actually needed as a prerequisite for them to be able to successfully acquire competencies related to the foundational literacy and numeracy at the foundational stage in schools. The learning gap has a cumulative impact on their future learning in higher classes. The policy calls for immediate measures to be taken in ‘mission mode’ to ensure that the children have basic curricular preparedness in Grade-I. The FLN Mission aims to enable all the children to read and respond with comprehension; write independently with understanding; understand the reasoning in the domains of number, measurement, and shapes; and become independent in problem-solving. The purpose is to ensure that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade- III, and not later than Grade-V, by 2025. Three-month Play-based School Preparation Module for Grade-I Children, has been developed as per the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The purpose is to help teachers ensure that all children are exposed to a warm and welcoming environment when they enter Grade-I, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to their smooth transition to school. The guidelines intend to create a stimulating learning environment that is joyful, safe, ensures emotional security and provides support to all the children in school and at home. The play-based pedagogy is a significant aspect of the guidelines that plays a vital role in creating a joyful and stress-free environment for children to learn, and also in addressing the learning needs of children with special needs or disabilities (Divyang). Focus is also given on learning in mother tongue or home language and allowing as many languages as children bring to the classroom, including sign language. I think that Family’s role is to give the child warm, caring, supportive and joyful learning environment at home, appreciate and encourage children's learning, engage with children, talk and play with them. Children’s role is to learn joyfully, maintain good health and well-being, become effective communicators, become involved learners and connect with their immediate environment and school’s role is to provide stimulating, safe, secure and joyful learning environment, opportunities for experimentation, exploration, problem solving, critical thinking and interaction, focus on the development of foundational literacy and numeracy, Competencies Play-based pedagogy. At last, as a teacher, we should always be ready to learn and accept changes in a positive way and with all new developments in teaching pedagogy and with the help of technology we can make a difference. Lalit Yadav PRT KV Madhupur, Deoghar National Council of Educational Research and Training, 2021 Source - Vidya Pravesh Guideline “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” 136

DETAILS OF KVS RANCHI REGION Name of the Name of the Principal Email id of the Vidyalaya Website of the Vidyalaya S.No Kendriya https://barkakana.kvs.ac.in/ Vidyalaya https://bhurkunda.kvs.ac.in/ https://bokarothermal.kvs.ac.in/ 1 BARKAKANA Mr. Umesh Kumar [email protected] https://no1bokaro.kvs.ac.in 2 BHURKUNDA Mr. Umesh Kumar [email protected] https://no3bokaro.kvs.ac.in/ https://chakradharpur.kvs.ac.in/ 3 BOKARO THERMAL Dr. Dinesh Kumar (I/C) [email protected] https://chandrapura.kvs.ac.in https://chatra.kvs.ac.in 4 BOKARO-No. 1 Mr. Lalit Mohan Bisht [email protected] https://serdangoaposi.kvs.ac.in/ 5 BOKARO-No. 3 Mr. O P Joshi (I/C) [email protected] https://no1dhanbad.kvs.ac.in 6 CHAKRADHARPUR Ms. Nilima V. Toppo [email protected] https://no2dhanbad.kvs.ac.in 7 CHANDRAPURA https://dumka.kvs.ac.in 8 CHATRA Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Bhuian (I/C) [email protected] https://garhwa.kvs.ac.in 9 DANGOAPOSI https://giridih.kvs.ac.in 10 DHANBAD No. 1 Sh. Dhananjay Kumar (I/C) [email protected] https://godda.kvs.ac.in/ 11 DHANBAD No. 2 Mr. Bishwanath Hansdah [email protected] https://gomoh.kvs.ac.in 12 DUMKA Mr. M. Mardi [email protected] https://gumla.kvs.ac.in 13 GARHWA Dr. Rupam Sinha (I/C) [email protected] https://bsfhazaribagh.kvs.ac.in/ 14 GIRIDIH Ms. Namita Bhanj [email protected] http://jamtara.kvs.ac.in 15 GODDA Mr. Ashok Kumar Verma [email protected] http://khunti.kvs.ac.in/ 16 GOMOH https://koderma.kvs.ac.in 17 GUMLA Mr. Ali Zafar (I/C) [email protected] https://latehar.kvs.ac.in 18 HAZARIBAGH https://lohardaga.kvs.ac.in/ 19 JAMTARA Mr. L.D.S. Yadav [email protected] https://madhupurdeoghar.kvs.ac.in/ 20 KHUNTI Mr. P K Sah [email protected] https://maithandam.kvs.ac.in 21 KODERMA Mrs. Nilima Kullu [email protected] https://meghahatuburu.kvs.ac.in/ 22 LATEHAR Mr. Purnendu Mandal [email protected] 23 LOHARDAGA Mrs. Meena Kumari Tirkey [email protected] https://palamu.kvs.ac.in 24 MADHUPUR Ms. Rekha Silviya Minz [email protected] https://patratu.kvs.ac.in 25 MAITHAN DAM Mr. B. P. Vimal (I/C) [email protected] https://ramgarhcantt.kvs.ac.in/ https://cclranchi.kvs.ac.in Smt. Deonisia Tirkey [email protected] https://crpfranchi.kvs.ac.in Smt. Mamta Tirkey [email protected] http://dipatoli.kvs.ac.in https://hecranchi.kvs.ac.in Mr. Manish Kumar Prabhat [email protected] https://hinoo.kvs.ac.in Mr. Navendu Parashar [email protected] https://hinoo.kvs.ac.in https://namkum.kvs.ac.in 26 MEGHAHATUBURU Dr P K Sarangi [email protected] https://shahibganj.kvs.ac.in https://saraikela.kvs.ac.in 27 PALAMU Mr. Nishant Kumar Choubey (I/C) [email protected] https://simdega.kvs.ac.in 28 PATRATU Mr. R. C. Gond [email protected] https://afssingharshi.kvs.ac.in/ 29 RAMGARH CANTT Dr (Smt) Amita Jyotsna Bara [email protected] https://surda.kvs.ac.in/ 30 RANCHI CCL Ms. J J Kujur [email protected] 31 RANCHI CRPF Mr. Rabindra Kumar [email protected] https://tatanagar.kvs.ac.in 32 RANCHI DIPATOLI Mr. Shubhendu Priyadarshi [email protected] 33 RANCHI HEC Mr. Silas Purty [email protected] 34 RANCHI HINOO (1s) Ms. Salomi Toppo [email protected] 35 RANCHI HINOO (2s) Ms. Salomi Toppo [email protected] [email protected] 36 RANCHI NAMKUM Dr. Madhuresh Chandra (I/C) [email protected] [email protected] 37 SAHIBGANJ Mr. Daniel Tirkey [email protected] [email protected] 38 SARAIKELA Mr. B. Krishan (I/C) [email protected] 39 SIMDEGA Ms. Shibani Manjhi (I/C) 40 SINGHARSI Mr. Gineesh Kumar N 41 SURDA Mr. Bishwanath Hansdah 42 TATANAGAR Mr. Shahid Raza Khan (I/C) [email protected] 137

MR. UMESH KUMAR DR. DINESH KUMAR MR. LALIT MOHAN BISHT PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV BOKARO THERMAL KV BARKAKANA & KV NO 1 BOKARO IC. PPL. KV BHURKUNDA MR. O P JOSHI MS. NILIMA V. TOPPO MR. KAMLESH KUMAR BHUIAN IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL KV CHANDRAPURA KV NO 3 BOKARO KV CHAKRADHARPUR MR. DHANANJAY KUMAR MR. BISHWANATH HANSDAH MR. M. MARDI IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV CHATRA KV SURDA & KV NO-1 DHANBAD IC. PPL. KV DANGOAPOSI 138

DR. RUPAM SINHA MS. NAMITA BHANJ MR. ASHOK KUMAR VERMA IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV NO.-2 DHANBAD KV DUMKA KV GARHWA MR. ALI ZAFAR MR. L.D.S. YADAV MR. P K SAH IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV GODDA KV GOMOH KV GIRIDIH MS. NILIMA KULLU Mr. Purnendu Mandal MS. MEENA KUMARI TIRKEY PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV GUMLA KV HAZARIBAGH KV JAMTARA 139

MS. REKHA SILVIYA MINZ MR. B. P. VIMAL MS. DEONISIA TIRKEY PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV KHUNTI KV LATEHAR KV KODERMA MS. MAMTA TIRKEY MR. MANISH KUMAR PRABHAT MR. NAVENDU PARASHAR PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV LOHARDAGA KV MADHUPUR KV MAITHON DAM DR. P K SARANGI MR. NISHANT KUMAR CHOUBEY MR. R.C. GOND PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV PALAMU KV PATRATU KV MEGHAHATUBURU 140

DR (SMT) AMITA JYOTSNA BARA MS. J J KUJUR MR. RABINDRA KUMAR PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV RAMGARH CANT KV CCL RANCHI KV CRPF RANCHI MR. SHUBHENDU PRIYADARSHI MR. SILAS PURTY MS. SALOMI TOPPO PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL KV DIPATOLI RANCHI KV NO. 1, HEC RANCHI KV HINOO RANCHI -1s & 2s DR MADHURESH CHANDRA MR. DANIEL TIRKEY MR. B. KRISHAN IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL KV NAMKUM RANCHI KV SAHIBGANJ KV SARAIKELA 141

MS. SHIBANI MANJHI MR. GINEESH KUMAR N MR. SHAHID RAZA KHAN IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE PRINCIPAL KV TATANAGAR KV SIMDEGA KV AFS SINGHARSI 142

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