Virtual World Milk Day

Karnal: To highlight the importance of milk and its products as a global food and to make students aware that milk has always been a healthy drink because of the its nutritive value, Mount Litera Zee School, Karnal, celebrated World Milk Day with the pre-primary students on Tuesday. Teachers also told them about the importance of drinking milk and its benefits. They also learnt about various milk products that are made from milk through a power point presentation. Deep Bedi, principal, said the children celebrated this day by making and consuming smoothie and milkshake at home.

HAU to promote research

Hisar: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), Hisar, will now jointly promote educational and research activities in collaboration with Michigan State University of America. This decision was taken at an online meeting between the management officials of both the universities. The meeting was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor BR Kamboj. He said scientists of both the universities would now jointly collaborate in research and academic work. Also, both the universities will promote joint degree and diploma courses.

Webinar on stress management

Rohtak: A webinar on ‘Stress management during pandemic’ was organised by Model School, Rohtak. Students of Classes VIII to XII, their family members, teachers and non-teaching personnel participated in the webinar. School principal, Dr Aruna Taneja, said Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Capt Manoj Kumar, who is also the chairman of the Model School Education Society, presided over the webinar. Dr Promila Batra ‘Prabha’, a former professor of psychology at Maharshi Dayanand University, was the keynote speaker. Professor Promila said while students were under the stress of examinations, the elders were apprehensive of getting sick and not surviving. “Such fears can be overcome by changing our attitude and reaction towards a given situation and seeing things in a bigger perspective,” she observed.

Quiz completion organised

Yamunanagar: The department of history of Mukand Lal National College, Radaur, organised an online quiz competition on the theme of ‘National Heroes of Our Freedom Movement’ in which 187 students participated. Besides Haryana, the participants belonged to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Pooja from Parwanoo of Himachal Pradesh stood first. Jasmeet from DAV College, Faridabad, bagged the second prize and Rashmi from Saraswati Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Palwal, was declared third. The event was conducted by Dr Richa Sikri, assistant professor of history. Dr Deepak Kaushik, principal of the college said the participants found the event engrossing, enlightening and was a knowledge booster.

National education policy discussed

Yamunanagar: Seth Jai Parkash Polytechnic, Damla, organised a webinar on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 – Making India skill capital of the world. Dr Sandeep Grover, professor of JC Bose University, YMCA, Faridabad, was the key speaker of the webinar. Dr Grover explained the key points of NEP 2020 related to school education, higher education and professional education. He said the highlights of this policy was to make students skilled, analytical and ethical so that they could get employment and also make them good citizens. Anil Kumar Budhiraja, principal of the polytechnic, said more than 250 participants, including faculty from about 45 institutions and students, participated in the webinar.