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Message from the CMS President
CMS student bags admission with 100% scholarship in MIT, USA
Manan Bhatia, a student Eight Lakh for pursuing Ph.D programme Dear parents, movement of people/migrant workers, is
of CMS, Gomti Nagar from MIT. Corona does not portend our global governance structure adequate
Campus I has been Manan is currently a final year student of apocalypse, if ….. we to deal with world-wide disasters like
selected for Maths PhD Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, mend our ways COVID? Clearly the world order is
programme with 100% and is pursuing research from its Humanity has not faced a lamentably defective, lacking appropriate
scholarship at the International Centre for Theoretical Prof. Geeta Kingdon challenge of current institutional structures and strong
prestigious Massachusetts Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental President, CMS proportions since the 2nd international cooperation. This is because
of countries selfishly clinging to outmoded
Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He Research. His special interest has been in world war. No one escapes notions of national sovereignty.
also received offers from universities of probability theory. –COVID has equally affected rich and poor
Berkeley, Columbia, UCLA and NYU apart CMS Founder-Manager, Dr Jagdish countries, and the high and low. In this What will be the effects of COVID? People
from MIT to pursue research. Gandhi congratulated Manan. Scores of message I muse on: Who is to blame for who were hitherto nationalists and
isolationists are now calling for
CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I Principal, CMS students are selected in prestigious the COVID pandemic? Is the world well- multilateralism and a more integrationist
Mrs Abha Anant informed that Manan universities abroad every year.(see page equipped to deal with it? and what will be approach, as they realize the need to work
will receive 100% scholarship amounting 3 for recent admissions abroad) the longer term effects? cooperatively together. It is certain that
to US $ 2,25,120 or INR One Crore Fifty Regarding the causes, while conspiracy the UN system will be fundamentally
theories a bound about the virus being altered to make the UN Security Council
man-made in a Chinese lab, these
92 of 161 selected in NTS state level exam, are from CMS conveniently deflect the blame away from for representative, and that more
attention will go to animal habitats, and
the less salubrious but more credible
As many as 92 CMS students have Educational Research and Training towards concerns such as climate change.
explanation, which is environmental:
qualified in the state level National (NCERT), Govt. of India conducts this
human greed has led to the cutting of Sixty-one years ago, CMS’s founding motto
Talent Search Examination (NTSE) out of prestigious examination. These students forests and loss of animal habitats, which was Jai Jagat, based on the ancient Indian
a total of 161 students qualifying from will now take the national level philosophy of Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (the
has led to more man-animal encounters
Lucknow. The National Council of examination. and ‘zoonotic’ diseases that pass from world is one family), signifying belief in a
animals to humans, and COVID is one wider purpose of education. Today there is
horrific result. universal recognition of our Founders’
CMS students excel in International Mathematics Competition creed: the oneness of humanity and the
Is the world equipped to deal with the
Satwik Sahu, organized by the International Society for pandemic? In a world that has become imperative necessity of a world
Pranjal Verma Olympiad (ISFO) wherein thousands of extremely integrated over the past four government, and CMS will continue to
and Gunit students of noted schools from Kuwait, decades with international trade and vast prepare mindsets to work for these.
Srivastava, Dubai, Nepal and India participated
three brilliant showcasing their talents in mathematics. CMS students get IIT Genius Scholarship
Class X students of CMS, Gomti Nagar These outstanding students of CMS As many as three and Ravija Chandel have been awarded the
Campus I secured first, second and third Gomti Nagar Campus I achieved the brilliant students IIT Genius scholarship. The educational
rank in International Mathematics highest 93 percent marks in a tough fray of City Montessori organization Fitzee Ltd sponsors the total
competition and raised the school flag and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rank was School, Gomti expenses of four years B. Tech coursewhich
high globally. The competition was decided by a tie breaker. Nagar Campus I covers hostel fee, tuition fee, books and
namely Aadhyatm Agnihotri, Yatharth Singh other necessary expenses.
Learning During Lockdown: Empathy and Wellbeing
Message from the Under more normal circumstances, wellbeing first, however, means homework
Director of Strategy surrounding them and from the monotony
educators prioritise completion of a of interacting with only the same household can become an opportunity to pursue
Across CMS, teachers are curriculum within finite time, keeping up members for an extended period, and it creative projects, to do activities that
making valiant efforts to pressure on students through fast-paced reduces the burden of isolation. encourage meaningful interaction between
shift their teaching online – working. Considering these new realities, the child and others in their household, or
rapidly bringing themselves however, this is no longer appropriate. It is essential that we educators shift our to produce something that can be shared
up to speed with the Educators must accept that rushing through teaching mindset at present from the and discussed in class. Teachers thinking
Mr Roshan Gandhi traditional model of 'syllabus-completion
Director of Strategy, CMS appropriate technological the curriculum can no longer be the foremost with this empathetic mindset have been
platforms, adapting their priority of schooling. Instead, syllabus- above all else' to a greater recognition of
own pedagogical practices to face the new completion must be seen more as a luxury the importance
reality, and working hard to keep children that the skilled teacher may attempt, rather of these other
engaged and motivated remotely. It is than the primary aim of the teaching process. reasons for
heartening to see how CMS teachers have The rationale for conducting live classes must teaching at the
risen to this challenge, and I sincerely therefore be viewed through this lens. present time – a
congratulate them for this incredible work. There are three main benefits of conducting shift that
The process of online learning has also online classes at the present time, other requires
empathy and a
exposed new realities about what than syllabus-completion. The first is the willingness to
educators' priorities must be. At the prevention of 'learning loss'. It is a well- prioritise the
present time, empathy towards the documented phenomenon that students wellbeing of
struggles children are facing must be the who spend more than a few weeks children. If this
highest priority of all those engaging with detached from formal education not only mental shift is
children. This is an uncertain, disorienting fail to acquire new learning, but in fact lose made, and
time for everyone around the world, but for a significant amount of previous learning. syllabus-
none more so than for children. Young Just the mere act of regular, routinised completion
people are less equipped than adults to engagement with their class subjects can becomes
deal with the pressure of uncertainty, and prevent this, supporting students to at least understood as
the unknowns are anxiety-inducing. maintain their prior learning even if new the fourth
Children usually look to parents for learning is unrealistic to attain. priority instead
emotional support, but at this time parents The second is providing children with a of the first,
are themselves facing new stresses with sense of routine and structure. Confined to appropriate
instability in businesses and job insecurity. the same home for weeks on end, children adjustments to
Another new reality is that teaching online find it difficult to call on the self-discipline teaching CMS IT Assistants and e-Learning team
can never be a true substitute for classroom required to maintain a productive schedule. methodology will start to take shape innovating with concepts like online
teaching, even for the most talented It is essential for students to have structured naturally. assemblies, yoga sessions, and hobby
teachers. Apart from the constant time, not only to ensure that their time is For example, a teacher fixated on syllabus- activities – all to the great benefit of
connectivity and technical issues, sustaining not wasted but also to provide a sense of completion would rarely spare a significant children.
concentration in a video call is far more tiring meaning and purpose during this uncertain portion of limited class time for purposes We cannot ignore the imperatives of the
than in person, and a truly interactive, period. This has an important effect on the beyond their core curriculum delivery. syllabus, and it is likely to return to being
collaborative classroom environment is prevention of anxiety amongst children. However, if an empathy-led approach is the priority after life returns to normality.
almost impossible to replicate. Gauging how Thirdly, children benefit immensely from a given priority, it would be natural to allow 5- However, the present realities have
much learning is actually being absorbed feeling of camaraderie – a sense of 'we're all 10 minutes of class time for casual generated different challenges, which
presents its own challenge, especially in this together'. Connecting with their conversation to inquire after children's cannot be tackled through the relentless
considering the barriers to conducting teachers and peers on a regular basis, wellbeing and happiness or allow them to prioritisation of syllabus-completion above
reliable assessments online. In addition, interacting with their friends in a safe online chat to each other, thereby boosting their the wellbeing of children.
despite teachers' best efforts it remains an environment, and participating in online feeling of community. Through the lens of
unfortunate reality that a proportion of groupactivities all contribute to this rapid syllabus-completion, homework and
students are left behind due to lack of community feel. This is a welcome asynchronous learning must be strictly on-
connectivity or devices at home. distraction from the negative news that is topic in line with curriculum; putting UNESCO
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