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“The Energy of Mind is the Essence of Education”

July 1 : A day’s seminar on “Recent Developments / Changes in CBSE” for the Principals and Senior teachers of CBSE schools of D.K. and Udupi districts was organized at Mount Carmel Central School, Mangalore on Monday, 1st July, 2019.

Mrs. Agnes Pereira, Lecturer in Computer Science compered the inaugural ceremony which began with a prayer song. The Principal Sr. Melissa then welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person Dr. Arindam Roy Choudary, Principal cum Campus Director, Kalpavriksha Model School, Belgaum, who was accorded a floral welcome by Vice-Principal Sr. Lidwyn Pinto.

As a symbolic gesture towards enlightenment, the dignitaries - Dr. Arindam Roy Choudary, Sr. Marie Lucy, Joint Secretary of MCCS, Principal Sr. Melissa, Ex–President of AICS Mrs. Joy Rai and Mrs. Anandi, Secretary of AICS lighted the Diya and inaugurated the seminar.

Sr. Marie Lucy, the Joint Secretary of the school, in her message expressed her pleasure “to see all the excellencies participating” in this seminar.

The resource person Dr. Arindam Choudary then took over. He began with a Tom & Jerry video where Jerry the mouse was a certified instructor, with a message that teaching should be student-friendly. He dealt with the recent circulars of CBSE highlighting the changes CBSE has brought in the curriculum and evaluation strategies. The sessions were made interesting with a number of questions on topics like Health and Physical Education, Hub of Learning etc and discussions among the groups.

At the end of the day, Mrs. Joy Rai thanked the resource person Dr. Arindam Choudary, the host Principal Sr. Melissa for all the arrangements and the participants. A total of 78 delegates from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts participated.

The day indeed was a fruitful one and all left the campus of MCCS with a feeling of gratitude for the enlightenment received during the day.