IMAGES IN THE MIRROR

It is a matter of great privilege and immense pleasure for me to be associated with ‘Reflections’.

‘Reflections’ is a true manifestation of diversity of minds, thoughts, hopes, aspirations, creativity and skills of our young souls.

Today, the role of a school is not only to pursue academic excellence but also to motivate and empower its students to be lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and productive members of an ever-changing global society. A school must try to provide its students with an atmosphere for multifaceted development, where children are encouraged to channelize their potential in the pursuit of excellence. This can only be possible in a holistic, student-centric environment. The talents, skills, and abilities of each student need to be identified, nurtured, and encouraged so that he/she is able to reach greater heights. Students need to be provided with a platform to think, express, and exhibit their skills. It is necessary to empower them to negotiate several issues that confront them, with the teacher being a facilitator.

Schools often make the critical mistake of considering children, regardless of their age, class, ethnicity, or background, like a blank notebook that is yet to be written upon. In doing so, we often fail to realize that each child has his/her own individuality, special skills, and talents. Therefore, a good educational system is one that helps a child to nurture his/her talents and overcome shortcomings by providing appropriate, all-encompassing education. This enables the child to develop his/her personality and equips the child to face the challenges of life. At Jama-ath Residential Public School, our approach to learning is child centric.

We live in an interdependent and composite world that is changing at an exceptional pace. Preparing our children to succeed in this defying environment demands an elastic and real world based approach to education. Today the need for being proactive and constructive is more acute than ever before due to the sweeping change influencing every aspect of our life. Therefore, there is need for action based on holistic training of youth to take on varied challenges of life. 

In our curriculum the student is the primary focus. We motivate our teachers to provide an atmosphere for discovery, where the students are encouraged to be creative and curious. We are constantly improving our teaching methodology so that it turns learning in to a combination of classroom study, research and scientific discovery.

We have our own benchmark for discipline and character building too. Students are encouraged to build character through sports and other physical and spiritual development activities like adhering to the devout doctrines and Yoga. They are also given ample opportunities to hone their talents in cultural fields like dance and music.

‘Reflections’ is a pursuit of their literary talents. I am highly indebted to the Management of our school for entrusting me with this task. I wish to put on records the incessant assistance and cooperation from all my teaching and non-teaching colleagues and students in publishing this school magazine. I am especially thankful to Ganga Ms and the Editorial Team who has burnt their midnight oil for timely production of this edition.

Khursheed Begum(Director)

Chief Editor

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