An Inter School, ‘Sant Attar Singh Ji’ Knowledge- Quest was organized recently during the ongoing series of Seminars on Re-Kinetising Education that will are to continue till 10 Feb 2014 across various Akal Academies and other institutions; students from class 6th to 12th of various Akal Academies participated in the quiz event.

During the event, the students competed in Debates on: Slogan Writing Competition, Women Empowerment and Media – a blessing or a Curse? The students also presented colorful Artistic representation encouraging Anti-Alcohol/Drug De-addition in the Art Competition event.

During the program, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Training & Placement Officer, Eternal University, Baru Sahib; Dr. Maghar Singh, Retired Chief Education Officer; Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain, Head Training & Placement, SLIET Longwal and Geeta Goswami, School Inspector were present. Mr. Sanjay Kumar provided information about various courses being offered at Eternal University to the students whilst Dr. P.K. Jain, shared his views about value-based education being provided to Rural children by Baru Sahib.

Towards Conclusion, the special guests presented the winners of the competition with prizes & certificates. Akal Academy Principal S.Baljeet Kaur and Beant Kaur thanked the invited special guests.

The seminars & the Knowledge quest, organized by Eternal University, Baru Sahib, with support of Akal Academies under the organization of the Kalgidhar Trust are focused on subject of providing values based education alongside spiritual & scientific education to the under-privileged & Rural children in North India.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 5th Feb ’14

With the grace of Almighty and the generous support of Sadh Sangat, a ‘Shabad Gayan Samagam’ was observed by Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan. The event saw an overwhelming response from Sangat which comprised of staff members, parents and students from all Dhanal Kalan cluster academies alongside their Headmistresses.

The Samagam was held in an assembled Pandal in the ground of Akal Academy, Dhanal Kalan in remembrance of the ‘Parkash Utsav of Shri Guru Har Rai Ji’. Amongst participating academies were Akal Academy Boparai Kalan , Akal Academy Mander Dona , Akal Academy Kakran Kalan , Akal Academy Ghugg.

62 students from all Academies, of Grade I to IV performed on stage. Open invitation was sent to parents of all the children. In all, more than 300 parents attended the function..

The ‘Samagam’ started with the Shabad Recitation by students of AA Dhanal Kalan ‘Deh Shiva Bar Mohyie Hai’ in which our tenth Guru , Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji urges the Almighty to give strength of work; Ms Kamalpreet Kaur handled the stage responsibility alongwith Grade IV students viz. Taranpreet Kaur , Arvinder Kaur and Harleen Kaur.

Ms. Kamalpreet Kaur threw light on the life of Shri Guru Har Rai Ji and the four goodnesses – Education, Health , Peace and Happiness which are promoted by The Kalgidhar Trust . “Shabad Gayan” the first section of Samagam was by students of AA Boparai Kalan by the shabad ‘Charan Kamal Ki Aas Piyare’.

Kawishris were presented in front of the audience, which made the spectators feel proud of being a family member of The Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib and Sikh Religion.

Two choreographies were also presented – delivered by Grade IV students of A A Dhanal Kalan and AA Mander Dona .

The enthusiasm which was shown through the expressions and action by the students sensitized the audience. Towards conclusion Ardas was recited by a Grade II student and Hukamnama was delivered by Grade IV students of AA Dhanal Kalan. Parents were amazed & extremely happy to see their wards presenting beyond their expectations.

Ms Harpreet Kaur – Principal, AA Dhanal Kalan thanked the parents for attending the ‘Samagam’ and encouraging the students with their presence. She told the parents that they were blessed to have such wonderful kids and asked them to pray for all Teachers & staff members to have the strength to fulfill their duties / responsibilities given by Hon’ble Baba Ji and help these students bloom & spread their fragrance where ever they go. All participants were honored with mementoes.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 5th Jan ’14

Teachers of several academies recently received a bouquet of Academic & Non-Academic upgrades through a series of workshops. Few of the key inclusions were Spoken English amongst students & children, Emphasis on more effective & interesting/child centric classroom teaching, Identification of learners with specials needs; also special focus & attention was given on value based education strategies.

The strategies were discussed for imbibing values amongst students for  – Reverence of ‘Dastaar’ on head after leaving the school, both for boys & girls; Better discipline/manners/etiquettes in van; Courteous & Respectful  behavior at home; Observation of SLC(Students Lead Conference) in addition to PTM(Parent Teachers’ Meeting) so children can showcase the knowledge gained.

On spiritual front, specific strategies were discussed around observance of NITNEM :-

– Deep reverence while Nitnem is in progress by all staff members (teaching & non-teaching)
– Availability of Gutka Sahib for all children and children to be made aware of the respect to be given to holy scripture
-No other parallel activity during Nitnem
-Emphasis on accurate Recitation and pronunciation of Nitnem should.
-Principal / Headmistress to oversee the proceeding of Nitnem Sahib (No delegation).
-Sikh students to get sensitized to Five Kakaars.

“It was a wonderful meeting as I shared many things regarding Academic, value based education, Nitnem & academic Managements and learnt a lot from our zonal directors, Inspection team and from Principals of the other academies. I felt energetic, motivated and felt with courage to do better in my academy so we decided to improve and I conducted the same workshop in my academy for two days and motivated my staff to implement the same by heart in our academy”, quoted Headmistress Gurjeet Kaur of Akal Academy Uddat Saidewala whilst sharing details of her report to the concerned department.

Appreciate the little efforts put in by the teachers and Principals to keep up the good work, Donate Here

~ Deeksha Singh
~ New Delhi, 3rd Jan ’14

Mansa’s District Education Officer, S. Swaran Singh Sandhu recently visited Akal Academy located at village Uddat Saidewala for inspection & doing NOC alongside his team members – Superintendent Mr. Hukam Chand Ji (Maths Expert), Mr. Singla & other team members. On this occasion, Chairman Dr. Khem Singh Gill was also present in support of Principal Gurjeet Kaur at the Academy.

The students welcomed the visiting guests with a welcome song & presented members with bouquets during the assembly where Mr. Sandhu & his team members observed all the activities & proceedings. Whilst addressing everyone, Principal Gurjeet Kaur welcomed the delegation and Dr.Khem Singh spoke about the Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib and extended his heartfelt greetings to the visiting team members.

Post assembly, after having refreshments, the team duly visited all the labs & classrooms during their inspection; besides checking all the records the students & also tested students with spontaneous questions on different subjects upon which the students gave satisfactory replies; Mr. Sandhu & his team appreciated the students’ performance.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 29th Jan ’14

27 Jan ‘14~Boparai Kalan: Akal Academy Boparai Kalan held its Annual Sports day meet with fun-frolic, high energy, high decibel cheers by students and supporters for the creative race events taking all attendees back to their days of childhood.

Some of the fun-filled races included One-legged Race, Sip ‘n’ Run Race  & Note-Book Runner. Such events are observed across all Academies run by The Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib, keeping in view the all-round & inclusive development of Rural students, especially physical fitness.

“Our effort is always to come up & include some fresh n new items in the sports meet; this time we decided to introduce Note-book Runner & Sip ‘n’ Run race which was really enjoyable experience both for students & the audience”, cited Headmistress Amandeep Kaur of Boparai Kalan Akal Academy.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 29th Jan ’14

28 Jan ‘14~Patiala: Young aces of Akal Academy, Dhudial won honors 3 consecutive times in the month of January for their Gurmat performances. The participants alongside the group performed Kavita & Kavishri during Panchami Samagam held at Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib, Patiala earlier this month & received accolades & appreciation from the management.

1^st Standard Students Ekamjot Singh & Gaganpreet Singh wowed the audience with their poem ‘Gulab Di Fasal’ whilst amongst girls class 2^nd students Jaskirat Kaur, Arshdeep Kaur & NImarpreet Kaur delighted the audience with their ‘Kavishri’.

Also, earlier this month, Dhudial Academy’s entire team of 9 students secured 1^st & 2^nd positions during a Gurmat Competition held on 6^th January 2014 at Gurdwara Sant Baba Karam Singh Ji, Charan Bagh Patiala. The results were declared recently & all AA students received prizes from the management.

The Academy’s performers & team recently also won 1^st Prize in Gurmat Rhymes & Shabad Gayan competition at Mata Bhago & Green Park Colony Tripuri, Patiala, held on 17^th January 2014.

“It’s great to see these little young aces perform so well in front of the Sangat. It gives us a sense of satisfaction that our students are equally growing both academically & spiritually, which is the main objective of our organization & all Academies”, cited the Headmistress.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 28th Jan ’14

18 Jan ‘14~Boparai Kalan: Akal Academy Boparai Kalan recently observed a major Kindergarten workshop at its campus where all Academies under Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan cluster participated.

Amongst the participating Schools were Akal Academy, Ghugg, Akal Academy Mander Dona & Kakra Kalan alongside Dhanal Kalan.

The workshop was observed in light of the Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib’s idea of providing all-round & updated development to rural children with latest & innovative techniques of teaching right from the kindergarten years of schooling. During the workshop, Headmistress Amandeep Kaur of the host School welcomed all the participating teachers.

The Festival theme was covered, wherein teachers presented topic through teaching aids. Festivals like Lohri & Christmas were also covered, children were seen wearing cute Santa Clause outfit whilst the teachers sang rhymes.The workshop began with Akal Academy Boparai Kalan’s presentation wherein syllabus for the current & upcoming month was discussed alongside some innovations in teaching techniques followed by some creative topics which were covered by different academies using E-Classroom Smart Boards for fun-filled & better understanding of young kids, teachers involved themselves for dramatization of various theme based activities.

Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan covered Stories theme wherein Nursery & KG Stories were covered using smart e-classroom & other teaching aids alongside presentation. The story “Beautiful Colourful Bird” being presented into steps with PPT.

Akal Academy Mander Dona carried a workshop on building writing skills in English.

Akal Academy Ghugg professed various techniques onto improving understanding of Maths for young children.

While Akal Academy Kakra Kalan presented upon the most interesting topic for kids – Rhymes which, kept the children pinned to their place throughout the presentation using teaching aids.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 27th Jan ’14

During the first phase of the recent Pulse Polio Campaign of 2014, Akal Academy, village Boparai Kalan observed a Polio Immunization Camp where young children were given Polio Drops to immunize them against the deadly polio disease.

The camp was observed under the Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib’s policy of overall welfare & development of children wherein physical health of the children is also given equivalent priority.

“As we all know, polio is such a deadly disease; it can be prevented if we immunize the children with these polio drops till the age of 5 – most of the parents are aware of the disease these days, but parents, especially in the rural areas are hesitant to take their children to the camp. Hence, we decided to organize a camp at the school so no child remains at risk”, cited the Headmistress Amandeep Kaur whilst proving details about the camp.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 25th Jan ’14