Birth Anniversary of Shri. Late Govind Ramnath Kare
All the staff of G.R. Kare College gathered together to pay homage to Shri. Late Govind Ramnath Kare on his birth Anniversary which is on 8th October 2015.
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Interactive Session with Prof.V.S. Mallar (Kare College)
Prof. V.S. Mallar’s has an interaction with our students and enlightened our students about importance and grand realities of law profession on 5th October 2015.. He Boosted the moral’s of the students as well as faculty.
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Gandhi Jayanti / Cleanliness Drive Held (VVA Primary/Secondary Section)
Students of 8 B conducted a Special Assembly to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. The assembly commenced with the garlanding of the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Students spoke about how Gandhi changed the course of Indian history. Some students read his statements on truth, communal harmony, non-violence, satyagraha while others read reflectors on Gandhi by great leaders. The Pre-Primary students also participated in the assembly along with the senior students.
The assembly concluded with Gandhi’s favourite bhajan sung by Falgun and his group.
A tribute to the thought of Mahatma Gandhi was given on 3rd October 2015 by conducting a cleanliness drive in the school campus by students of Classes 6 to 9. Tr. Balika and Sir Kuttan were in-charge of the drive. The work was equally distributed among the teachers, students and the non-teaching staff. The school campus, garden, parking area and the lawns were cleaned.
The waste which was collected was segregated into dry, residual and wet waste. The wet waste was put into the composting pit and the dry and the residual waste was stored in the store room to be sent for recycling.
The objective behind this drive was to instill in children importance and love for cleanliness.
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International Day for Older Persons Celebrated (VVA Primary/Secondary Section)
A special Assembly was held on 1st October 2015 at Vidya Vikas Academy to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons.The objective of conducting a Special Assembly on this International Day of Older Persons was to appreciate and respect the contributions that elderly people make to the society and also to raise awareness about the issues affecting the elders.
Kinmin Chopra and Yolan Fernades of Class 7 welcomed the Guests. The invitees were the elderly people residing in the school vicinity. This was followed by a speech by Nidhi Naik of Class 8 in Konkani highlighting the importance of elderly people in our family. Students of Class 1 and Class 8 entertained them by reciting poems in Konkani. Sravani Desai of Class 7 thanked them for excepting the invitation and gracing the assembly. The assembly concluded by offering gifts and refreshments to the guests.
The assembly was co-ordinated by Tr. Pradnya Nadkarni
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Blood Donation Camp (Kare College)
Blood Donation Camp was organised by NSS Unit of G.R. Kare College of Law in association with Indian Red Cross Society, Salcete- Goa Branch on 29th September 2015 in Ganesh Daivajna Auditorium.
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From Waste to Resource – A TERI – Dempo Initiative (VVA Primary/Secondary Section)
Hurray!! We at the academy have taken yet another leap by installing a wet waste composting chamber that has been funded by TERI-DEMPO.
This project will not only solve the problem of waste generation but will also help school to use the organic soil formed during the process.
Resource persons from TERI Ms. Shabana Kazi and Ms. Sultanat Kazi along with Mr. Baylon Gomes proprietor of Bhavish Enterprises visited Vidya Vikas Academy on 2nd September 2015 and conducted a training programme for the sub-staff, students and teachers to create an awareness about the system and method that should be followed so as to gain maximum benefit from the system.
The school has decided to ensure waste is segregated at source; reuse / recycle the dry waste; food waste from all locations to be brought to the chamber. The output compost material will be used as manure for school garden. The responsibility of taking care of the chambers will be taken by two sub-staff and group of student monthly.
Tr. Shaefali & Tr. Shilpa Sukumaran co-ordinated the programme.
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VVA Shines at IIMUN (VVA Primary/Secondary Section)
Students of Vidya Vikas Academy recently took part in the Indian International Model United Nations held at Sunshine Worldwide School, Old Goa. Over the course of the weekend (5th – 6th September 2015) the students learnt how to speak up, and how to resolve potential crises. Researching enabled them to keep up with current affairs and changed their mind sets.
The youth today feels an urge to speak up, to stand by itself and its beliefs and ideals. Here, the Indian International Model United Nations is trying to create platforms to bring the youth forward by providing the youth a responsible medium to put forth their ideas. Indian International Model United Nations (IIMUN) is one of the India’s leading brand in education conference management having organized the Asia’s Largest Youth Conference in Mumbai amongst the many other conferences. Being a conference for the youth by the youth, it is run completely by students in age group of 16-22 years. It provides the youth a platform to voice their opinions by forwarding their drafted resolutions to the United Nations. It is also the first MUN in Asia to have its own procedure. The events organized by IIMUN have been attended or supported by noted luminaries like Hon. UN Secretary General Mr. Ban-Ki-Moon, Hon. UN Under Secretary General Mr. Peter Launsky, Hon. UN Chief of Education Outreach Ms. Nathalie Leroy, Former UN Under Secretary General Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Pritviraj Chavan, Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture, Shri Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar, Founder of UTV and Walt Disney India, Mr. Ronnie Screwvala, Noted Bollywood Actors like Mr. Imran Khan, Mr. Rahul Bose, Vir Das, Mr. Cyrus Broacha, Mr. Aftab Shivdasani, National Film Award winner, Mr. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Mr. Subhash Ghai, CEO of Future Group, Mr. Kishore Biyani, National Information Officer of United Nations Information Centre, Mr. Rajiv Chandran, Former Union Minister Mr. Manish Tewari, Union Cabinet Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu and had performances by Dance Maestro Mr. Shaimak Davar, Mr. Mudassar Khan, Veteran Singer Mr. Leslie Lewis and many more.
About 150 students from twelve top institutions throughout the state participated in it and spent the weekend debating on topics ranging from the legalization of drones to whether Sanskrit should be included in school curriculum.
The students were allotted to one of the five UN committees [namely; the United Nations Security Council; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; the United Nations Children’s Fund; the Lok Sabha and the International Press] where they represented different countries or representatives and discussed matters of political or cultural relevance. Fifteen pupils from the 9th to the 12th standards were selected to represent Vidya Vikas Academy at this prestigious event.
The delegation consisted of 15 members, all of whom excelled and spoke and performed their respective duties exceedingly well. The delegation consisted of the following:
United Nations Security Council Members:
- Trusha Ganesh: Russia
- Jeremy Miranda: Chad
- Shania Coutinho: Jordan
- Savio Andrade: Venezuela
- Piyush Waradkar: India
- Lok Sabha Members:
- Doyle Vas: Suresh Prabhu
- Bevan Fernandes: D.V Sadananda Gowda
- Joshua Dias: Ram Vilas Paswan
- UNICEF Members:
- Tarun Mascarenhas: Russia
- Chantal D’Costa: Chad
- Dinesh Lopes: Jordan
- Chelsea Marie Joseph: Venezuela
- Jonathan Periera: India
- International Press Members:
- Julian D’Costa
- Astrid Gracias
- At the end of it all, 5 members received awards:
- Chelsea Marie Joseph: Best Delegate, UNICEF
- Chantal D’Costa: UNICEF
- Tarun Mascarenhas: UNICEF
- Trusha Ganesh: UNSC
- Julian D’costa: Best Reporter, International Press
This enabled the Vidya Vikas delegation to lift the trophy of the Best Delegation. Al 15 students receive a direct invitation to the IIMUN Championship Conference in August 2016.
The VVA Team was co-ordinated by Mrs. Tania Monteiro and Mr. Amey Shirodkar was deputed to accompany the students.
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VVA Students attend ‘AYURVISION – 2015′ (VVA Snr. Sec. Section)
Students of the Sr. Sec. Section of Vidya Vikas Academy attended the event ‘AYURVISION – 2015’ Health Expo, organized by Gomantak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya and Research Centre and Kamakshi Arogyadham, Shiroda, on 10th September 2015.
It was a very grand Health Expo which highlighted diseases of Vata- Neuro-Muscular Joint Disorders.
Students were eager to view the various preserved specimens of human organs. Students were fascinated by the displayed specimens and posters.
Preserved specimens like liver, spleen, foetus, kidney (including ureters and urinary bladder), brain, testes, ovary, uterus, lungs, intestinal parts (Duodenum, jejunum, ileum), and bones of human were displayed.
It was a very interactive session wherein students asked lot of questions. The students learnt a lot from this health expo.
Tr. Shaheena, Tr. Meenal and Sir Sarvesh accompanied the students.
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NSS Paper Bag Making and Distribution Drive (Kare College)
The NSS unit of class SYLLB (Degree) conducted a paper bag making and distribution drive on Monday, the 7th of September 2015 under the guidance of the NSS officer Mr. S.N. Inavalli and NSS in-charge Ms. Clare Gracias. The students had to make a minimum of 10 bags which were then distributed to retail stores in Margao .
The drive began at 12:30 pm with the principal Mr. Arun Nadkarni, the NSS officer Mr. S.N. Inavalli and NSS in-charge Ms. Clare and Ms Goretti Simoes flagging off the drive. The students then proceeded towards the retail stores. The NSS volunteers while distributing the paper bags created awareness on the need to use such Eco-friendly bags.
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Teachers’ day Celebration (Kare College)
Students and Parent-Teachers’ Association have organised teachers’ day which witnessed the various activities for the teachers.