National Mathematics Day celebrated at Eklavya School, Jalandhar

Jalandhar: Eklavya School celebrated National Mathematics Day among the students. The day marked the birth anniversary of famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. JK Gupta, Chairman of Eklavya School, said most of the students were afraid of mathematics. But in Eklavya School, regular activities based on this subject were performed in the classes, which makes mathematics the most interesting subject for the students. For Classes V and VI, activity of symmetry was planned. For this, students cut the chart papers and made different shapes to understand the concept of symmetry. For Class VII, BODMAS activities were organised to understand the concepts of the arithmetic operations. Class VIII performed the activities based on discount and discount percent. Classes IX and X understood the concept of probability by doing different activities and by playing indoor games. Other classes learnt the concept of mirror reflection of trigonometric ratios. Students also showed their creativity through various charts on National Mathematics Day and on famous Indian mathematicians. Middle and senior school students also designed models viz theorem of circles, angle measurements, angle sum property, types of polynomials etc.

Students showcase their talent

The Manageates Club of Department of Business Management conducted a quiz show Smartaculous at the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology. As many as 12 teams belonging to different disciplines, including B.Com, BBA, B Tech and MBA participated in the event and showcased their talent in the show. There were three rounds conducted under which first one was placards, second was riddle round and in the end, there was Kaun Banega Champion round to get the final winner team. Dr Anil Soni, HOD, Department of Business Management, appreciated the performance of various teams and encouraged them to take up such endeavours in the future as well. Dr Manoj Kumar, Principal, DAVIET, showered his blessings upon the students and lauded the efforts of the students for coming up with such apprehensive and knowledgeable activities. Students of B.Tech bagged first prize for their brilliant performance and second and third position were taken up by students of MBA 3rd Sem and MBA 1st Sem, respectively.

Christmas decoration competition

Basking in the spirit of Christmas, Mayor World School organised an inter-house Christmas decoration for the students of grades VI-VIII. Four participants from each house, namely Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Dickens and Keats participated in the competition and left the onlookers awestruck with their magnificent ideas and presentation skills in embellishing and festooning the areas allotted to them. All teams participated enthusiastically and came up with the most enticing ideas that they could imagine using eco-friendly material, best-out-of-waste material, colours, Christmas bells, lights, toys, gifts, Santa caps, glitters, nests, birds, candles, flowers and what not. The teams were adjudged by Deputy Vice-Principal Charu Trehan and art instructor Meera on the basis of creativity and uniqueness, interpretation and clarity of theme, verbal explanation, and overall presentation. TNS