Annual Report

INITIATION OF THE ACADEMIC SESSION 2009-10

The academic session of the Bachelor of Education initiated on September 22, 2009, where the new members in the family of Indo Global College of Education were welcomed very warmly Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Saini, Principal, Indo Global College of Education. She oriented the students about the various activities that will be conducted through out the session. She also briefed students about the theme of this session which is SAVE ENVIRONMENT.

OUR PRINCIPAL’S UNDENIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended one day orientation program on NAAC organised by Association of Self Financed Colleges on June 1, 2009.

 Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended a five day Summer School on ‘Effective Curriculum Implementation’ from September 14-18, 2009 sponsored by National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research organised at Indo Global College of Engineering.

 Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended a state level seminar on ‘Overhauling Indian Education System: Growing Expectations’ on December 8, 2009 at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali.

 Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended a national workshop on ‘Stress Management’ at Guru Nanak Dev College of Education on January 27, 2010.

Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended a seminar on ‘Soil Conservation and Water management’ at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali on March 23, 2010.

 Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini participated in the International Seminar on the topic ‘New Perspectives of Bani – Chintan’ in the Global Era at Panjab University on March 25, 2010.

 Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini attended a National Seminar on Writing Quality Text Books at Punjabi University, Patiala on April 27, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur and Ms. Prerna Joshi attended one day orientation program on NAAC organised by Association of Self Financed Colleges on June 1, 2009.

 Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur, Mrs. Harneet Billing and Ms. Prerna Joshi presented a paper in an International Conference on Training & Employment organised by Indo Global College of Engineering on August 26, 2009 on the theme ‘Exploring the quest for training the teacher educators’.

 Ms. Harinder Kaur, Ms Prerna Joshi and Mrs. Harneet Billing attended a five day Summer School on ‘Effective Curriculum Implementation’ from September 14-18, 2009 sponsored by National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research organised at Indo Global College of Engineering.

 Ms. Harinder Kaur attended a national seminar on ‘Peace Education: Values and Orientation’ at Jasdev Singh Sandhu College of Education, Patiala on October 31, 2009.

 Ms. Harinder Kaur and Mrs Roma Rani attended a state level seminar on ‘Overhauling Indian Education System: Growing Expectations’ on December 8, 2009 at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali.

 Dr (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur and Mrs Harneet Billing attended a national workshop on ‘Stress Management’ at Guru Nanak Dev College of Education on January 27, 2010.

Ms. Harinder Kaur and Mrs. Roma Rani attended a national seminar on ‘Women, Child and Human Rights: A Global Perspective’ at Chandigarh College of Education, Landran on January 30, 2010.

 Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur and Ms. Prerna Joshi presented a paper on the theme ‘M.B.O. in Total Quality Management’ in a National level seminar on ‘Total Quality Management in Education’, conducted by Shivalik Hills College of Education, Nangal on January 30-31, 2010.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh and Mrs. Harneet Billing presented a paper on the theme ‘Teacher as a counsellor’ at national seminar on ‘Challenges in Teacher Education’ at Mata Sahib Kaur Khalsa College of Education, Patiala on February 13, 2010.

Ms. Harinder Kaur presented a paper on the theme ‘Making child visible in the Development Discourse’ in an ICSSR sponsored International Conference on ‘Human Rights: Transferring Dimensions’ organised by Panjab University in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom from February 15-16, 2010.

 Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur and Ms. Prerna Joshi presented a paper on the theme ‘Stress Management as a part of Teacher Education’ in a State level seminar on ‘Stress Management – An Indispensable Part of Educational Curriculum’, conducted by Doaba College of Education, Ghataur on February 10, 2009.

 Mrs. Harneet Billing presented a paper on the theme ‘Experiments and Innovations in Curriculum Development’ at national seminar on ‘Experiments and Innovations in distance education’ at USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh on February 19-20, 2010.

Mr. Karamjit Singh presented a paper on ‘Problems and Challenges in Distance Education’ at national seminar on ‘Experiments and Innovations in distance education’ at USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh on February 19-20, 2010.

Mrs. Harneet Billing participated in National workshop on ‘Cost effective teaching aids’ at D.S. Gurukul College of Education on February 20, 2010.

Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur presented a paper on the theme ‘Need to integrate Environmental Education into educational programme and school curricula’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

  Ms. Prerna Joshi presented a paper on the theme ‘Environmental Hazards and Degrading Health Conditions in India’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

 Ms. Harinder Kaur presented a paper on the theme ‘Efficient Water Use in Intensive Cropping: the Punjab Experience’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

 Mrs. Roma Rani presented a paper on the theme ‘Water Pollution: A Curse for India’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh presented a paper on the theme ‘Water crisis in Punjab: Forcing a desert upon the land of five rivers’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

 Mrs. Harneet Billing presented a paper on the theme ‘Climate change : evidences, impact and remedies’ in a State level seminar on ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, conducted by Indo Global College of Education on March 5, 2010.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh and Mrs. Harneet Billing presented a paper on the theme ‘Sustainable Soil Management’ at seminar on ‘Soil Conservation and Water management’ at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali on March 23, 2010.

 Mrs. Roma Rani presented a paper on the theme ‘Facets of Water Scarcity and Water Security: Reasons and Requirements’ at seminar on ‘Soil Conservation and Water management’ at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali on March 23,2010.

 Ms. Harinder Kaur presented a paper on ‘Empowered women-empowered nation’ in a national seminar at G.N.D. College of Education, Majatari on March 30-31, 2010.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh was the judge for skill in teaching competition held at Smt Jawala Devi College of Education, Sanghol.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh was the judge for the fresher’s party in the department of Hindi, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

 Mr. Karamjit Singh has attended 86^th Orientation Program at Panjab University, Chandigarh from May 19 to June 15, 2010.

ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR FACULTY MEMBER

Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur completed her Doctoral degree in Education in March 2010.

Mr. Hemant Bhatt has been awarded the prize for being the BEST NSS PROGRAMME OFFICER by Punjabi University, Patiala on May 26, 2010.

Mr. Karamjit Singh submitted his Doctoral thesis in Punjabi in March 2010.

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

Our theatre expert students Gurpreet Singh and Vir Tejinder Pal Singh contributed their talents by getting a skit prepared by the students of Government High School, Booth Garh for the pious occasion of Republic Day.

Ms. Amritpal Kaur has been taking special classes on numerical ability and reasoning in the Government Schools of Kubaheri, Booth Garh , Sialba and Khijrabad.

CONSTITUTION OF STUDENTS’ COUNCIL                 

 The students’ council was formulated on January 22, 2010. The names of the council member elected by voting are:

                 Head boy                                          Gurpreet Singh

                 Head girl                                           Mamta

Class Representatives

                                        Section A                     Fatma Gausiya

                                                                             Virtejinderpal Singh

                                       Section B                       Manjit Singh

                                                                              Ramandeep kaur

Ø  Decoration Committee                           Nisha Mast (President)

                                    Jatinder kaur (Secretary)

Ø  Cultural Committee                     Sunita (President)

                                    Davinder Singh  (Secretary)

Ø  Refreshment Committee                      Anuradha (President)

                                   Lakhwinder kaur (Secretary)

Ø  Discipline Committee                           Nirmal (President)

                                        Pawan kumar (Secretary)

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Micro teaching

With the mission to improve and sharpen the teaching skills of the prospective, micro teaching is practiced very religiously every year. Orientation about the concept of micro teaching, its objectives was given to the students by Ms. Harneet Billing on October 25, 2009. Introduction to the skills of introducing the lesson, skill of black board writing, skill of probing questioning, skill of stimulus variation, skill of using teaching aids and skill of explaining was given by the college teachers from October 27, 2009. Practice of various skills by the students was done from October 28-November 4, 2009.

Orientation to the late entrants in the course was done from January 4-6, 2010 and the practice of the skill was done from January 6-12, 2010.

TEACHING PRACTICE

The first phase of teaching practice in the government schools of Boothgarh, Kubaheri, Mullanpur (Boys) commenced from November 9 – December 5, 2009.

The second phase of teaching practice in the government schools of Boothgarh, Kubaheri, Mullanpur (Boys), Khizrabad, Sialba, Mullanpur (girls) commenced from April 17 – 30, 2010. The students conducted various co-curricular activities, morning assembly, and creative skill classes besides teaching to the best of their potentials.

EXTENSION LECTURES

Þ      Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini gave an extension lecture on March 8, 2010 on the topic ‘Stress Management’. Through a very well prepared power point presentation she acquainted the students about the various symptoms, causes and remedies to get one out of the stress full experiences.

Þ      Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini gave an extension lecture on March 9, 2010 on the topic ‘Benefits of blood donation’. She motivated students to donate blood selflessly and tried to clear the myths and doubts about donating the blood.

Þ      An extension lecture was by Mrs Harneet Billing on October 8, 2010 on the topic of Ozone Depletion, where she highlighted on the causes and ways to prevent Ozone Depletion through a power point presentation.

Þ      An extension lecture on environment protection was given by Sh. S.S. Ladhar, Joint Director, Punjab State Council of Science and Technology on February 24, 2010. He urged students to go back to nature, and make every single effort to make a clean and green environment of this universe. He stressed on the fact that we need to have Food security, Water security, Energy conservation methods and Healthy mind & body as goals of our life. For the food security of the citizens, efforts should be not to use too many pesticides in the cropping, that have increased the chances of Cancer disease, especially in the Punjab region, and Bathinda being the state with maximum number of cancer patients reported. The water security for the citizens is equally important for all, as 30 lakh children in our country are reported to die of water borne diseases every year. Using of CFL lights against the bulbs will serve as one of the wisest ways to conserve energy.

Þ      An extension lecture was given by Mrs. Harinder Kahlon on March 6, 2010 on the theme of Women Education and empowerment. She shared her experiences and incidents with the women who were abused by their families, and how education has helped them to sustain those atrocities that were committed on them. She also focussed on importance of English as a language of communication and excellence in today’s times.

Þ      An extension lecture was delivered by Dr. Sham Sunder Principal, Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh. He oriented students about the concepts of dharma, karma, yoga and selfless service.

Þ      Ms. Mehak, Head, Spiritual Connect Cell, The Times of India gave an extension lecture on meditation and techniques of over coming stress. She also demonstrated acts of doing true meditation and cleared the doubts about psychological concepts like conscious, unconscious and pre conscious.

Þ      An extension lecture on ‘Objectives of Lesson Planning and Educational Technology’ was organised at Indo Global College of Education by Dr. G.S. Sodhi, retired senior reader from Panjab University and presently the General Secretary of Association of Self Financed Private Education Colleges affiliated to Punjabi University on April 5, 2010. Dr. Sodhi explained in detail about the Bloom’s taxonomy where he said, “A teacher needs to make subtle efforts in his teaching to follow all the objectives of teaching in totality, but the emotional or affective domain cannot be conquered in a class of 40 minutes, so a teacher has to make constant efforts through his teaching to deal with the emotional aspect all through out the year.” Discussing upon the objectives of making a lesson plan he said, “While formulating the objectives of making a lesson plan, a teacher has to make the home assignment in prior to making a lesson plan. All the teaching should be thoroughly done keeping in mind the objectives laid down by the prospective teacher.” Talking about the various skills required while teaching, he said, “ A teacher is like a jewel box who has in store all the skills required for effective teaching, so she ought to use wisely all the skills in order to be a good teacher.” After demonstrating all the objectives of making a lesson plan he conducted a workshop on formulating the objectives where the students were required to make objectives from topics of their choice. Dr. Sodhi cleared the doubts of students regarding framing up of objectives in the interactive session.

MENTORING ALLIANCE FORUM

As it is said that teachers are the mentors, so in order to pay individual attention to the students, mentoring alliance clubs have been formulated. In these clubs, each faculty member has been given around 13 students who have to report the respective teacher in charge for any problem or leave sanction. Each house in the club organises morning assembly every Monday on any theme or some day of importance falling in that week. The names of the teacher in charge along with the house name are:

Ø  Mercury house: Mr. Karamjit Singh

Ø  Venus house: Mr. Hemant Bhatt

Ø  Earth house: Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur

Ø  Mars house: Ms. Harinder Kaur

Ø  Jupiter house: Mrs. Harneet Billing

Ø  Saturn house: Ms. Prerna Joshi

Ø  Uranus house: Mrs. Roma Rani

ENVIRONMENT CLUB

Various activities were conducted under the activities of the environment club of the college. They are:

ENVIRONMENT WEEK

Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini, Principal, Indo Global College of Education founded the ‘Save Environment Club’, who initiated its activities by the celebration of Environment Week on the theme ‘GREEN INDIA HEALTY INDIA’. Inaugurating the environment week on October 5, 2010, Sh. S.K.Sharma, President, Environment Society of India focussed on the issues pertaining to diversity of culture present in India. He motivated students by saying, “the prospective teachers need to be innovative, practical and realistic in their approach to bring about change in their mindsets regarding preservation and conservation of rich environment of India”. Stressing on the issues of deforestation, he urged the students to follow the mission of planting trees, if you cut even a single tree. Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini acquainted the students with the objectives and agenda behind the formation of the club, whose main goal is ‘to make our young generation active and responsible towards the protection of environment. The focus of all the activities will be to sensitise the students about reusing the material preservations and making the environment clean, green and healthier is the long term vision of this club.’ She briefed the students about the activities like debates, discussions, and various competitions to be held during this week, keeping in mind the theme –Green India Healthy India. She inspired students to save the beauty of our mother earth and took a pledge that none of our efforts will lead us to degrading the joys of nature. This campaign was then followed by poster making competition and Tree Plantation Drive in the college campus.

DAY 1 – Tree plantation drive was carried out in the campus. Anjali Malik gave a power point presentation on the Mother Earth. Bulletin Board Decoration and Poster making competition was held on the theme, where Charanjit Kumari (1^st) and Ramandeep Kaur (2^nd) were declared the winners.

DAY 2 – the students were taken to a Botanical Garden and Nature Park at Sarangpur, near Chandigarh where they were shown various varieties of plants and saplings. This was followed by college cleanliness drive.

DAY 3 - The students of the college gave seminars on the topics related to the theme of Environment and, an extension lecture by Mrs Harneet Billing was given on the topic of Ozone Depletion, where she highlighted on the causes and ways to prevent Ozone Depletion through a presentation. The students were shown a one hour documentary related to environment preservation in the college.

DAY 4 – this day initiated with a quiz competition related to the theme of environment was also held in the college where the team comprising of Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Vir Tajinder Pal and Onkar were declared the winners.

DAY 5 – The students continued with their presentations and seminars on the environment theme, and a cultural event was organized by the students where they showcased their talents by dances and songs. The day concluded with the oath by the students along with the faculty to join hands in saving our Mother Earth.

ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS RALLY, TREE PLANTATION AND STREET PLAY

Under the National Environment Awareness Campaign 2009-10 sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, the Environment club of Indo Global Colleges organised a Tree plantation drive and environment awareness rally in the village of Abhipur on February 24, 2010. The college campus and the streets of Abhipur echoed with slogans ‘Grow Trees Protect Earth’, ‘Stop The Devil Of Climate Change’, ‘Save Water Save Earth’. To encourage the students for indulging in such a noble task of saving the beautiful earth, Sh. S.S. Ladhar, Joint Director, Punjab State Council of Science and Technology honoured by being the Chief Guest for the flagging off the rally and giving an exhaustive lecture on protection of environment. Sharing his noble thoughts, he said, “Teaching profession is such an influential area, where the teacher has the power to completely hypnotise the mind of his students by his thoughts. So a teacher always has to influence the pupils by his thoughts to save the beauty of our Mother Earth. At the school level, an awareness campaign like this can very well be organised in order to bring about changes in the mind sets of people towards protection of environment.” He urged students to go back to nature, and make every single effort to make a clean and green environment of this universe. Sir motivated the prospective students by saying, “Teachers are the torch bearers for the future of our country, so the lamp of energy, motivation and illumination should never be delighted.” Talking about sustainable development in protecting the environment, Sh. S.S. Ladhar said, “As citizens of a country, we need to have Food security, Water security, Energy conservation methods and Healthy mind & body as goals of our life. For the food security of the citizens, efforts should be not to use too many pesticides in the cropping, that have increased the chances of Cancer disease, especially in the Punjab region, and Bathinda being the state with maximum number of cancer patients reported. The water security for the citizens is equally important for all, as 30 lakh children in our country are reported to die of water borne diseases every year. Using of CFL lights against the bulbs will serve as one of the wisest ways to conserve energy.” Sh. Laddar encouraged students with his wise words while inaugurating the Tree plantation drive. Approximately 400 saplings and plants were planted in the campus. After the tree plantation, Environment awareness rally in the village was flagged off by the Chief Guest. The students’ enacted a street play on saving rich environment of the village and thereby focussed on the reasons and consequences of climate change occurring on Earth.

TREE PLANTATION DAY

 WORLD TREE PLANTATION DAY was organised on December 22, 2009 in the campus, which was filled with the greenery as all the students of the college planted flowers and seasonal plants in the college to mark the day. The students carried out the slogans of ‘EACH ONE PLANT ONE’ in the college. To mark the event of the day, Bulletin Board decoration competition was also held in the campus where the students beautifully decorated the boards that carried the cuttings of trees and slogans to save environment. Mr. Arjun Jaipuri, Director, Information and Broadcasting Department, Government of India gave a lecture on to save the environment by planting trees and making our Earth a place free of epidemics. He also oriented students about the Swine Flu and ways to be cautious and prevent it from spreading all over.

WORLD BIO DIVERSITY DAY

‘Save environment club’ of the Indo Global College of Education celebrated the World Bio diversity day in the campus on May 24, 2010. To mark the day, poster making competition and power point making competition on the theme was organised. The students did their level best to mark their views to save the environment of our country by making beautiful posters. Charanjeet Kumari and Kuljeet Kaur (9056) were declared the winners for the competition. Nisha Mast and Renu Pant were declared 1^st and 2^nd respectively in the power point making competition.

CLASS ROOM SEMINARS

In order to build the confidence and the ability to face the class room, various class room seminars are organised by the respective subject teachers. Various seminars that were organised in this session were:

Þ      TEACHER IN EMERGING INDIAN SOCIETY: agencies of education, socialism and education

Þ      DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN INDIA: Calcutta University Commission

Þ      EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SCHOOL MANAGEMENT: class room problems and solutions, objectives of NSS, NCC and morning assembly.

Þ      TEACHING OF ENGLISH: Techniques & procedures in classroom.

Þ      TEACHING OF HINDI: ‘Uchharan ki shiksha’

Þ      TEACHING OF PUNJABI:‘lok geetan di mahatta’, ‘manukhi jiwan vich kavita da sthan’ and ‘changi kavita padhan vich rukawtan’.

Þ      TEACHING OF ECONOMICS: methods of teaching and devices of teaching.

INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING

Certain innovative techniques of teaching were adopted by the teachers of the college in this session which included:

Team teaching to the B.Ed classes for the topics of subject Guidance & Counselling by Dr. (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur, Mr. Hemant Bhatt and Mrs. Harneet Billing.

Team teaching method was also adopted in teaching topics of Educational Technology by Mr. Karamajit Singh and Mr. Hemant Bhatt.

Population Education subject was also taught through team teaching by Ms. Harinder Kaur and Ms. Prerna Joshi.

Ms. Prerna Joshi delivered lectures on effective lesson planning and reading skills through a power point presentation.

INTER COLLEGE COMPETITIONS

 Ø  10 students of the college participated in an inter college competition held at Mukat College of Education, Rajpura on the theme on ‘Women Empowerment: Still a Distant Dream’ on February 9, 2010. Rubal got second position in Skill-in-teaching (English) and Jaspreet Kaur bagged third position in teaching aid making.

 Ø  17 students of the college participated in an inter college competition held at Chitkara College of Education, Rajpura on the theme on ‘The Universe-yours to explore’ on March 20, 2010. Nisha Mast got first position in Jaggo decoration, Kulbir Kaur got second prize in flower making, Tanu Goyal bagged second position in cane basket decoration, Seema Gupta got third position in lamp shade decoration and the team of Jaspreet Kaur and Kamaljit Kaur bagged third position in make your own newspaper.

 Ø  4 students of the college participated in an inter college competition held at Jawala Devi College of Education, Fatehgarh Sahib on March 22, 2010. Sunita Rani got first position in Skill-in-teaching (Punjabi).

 Ø  10 students of the college participated in an inter college competition held at Rayat Bahra College of Education, Sahauran on the theme on ‘AIDS awareness and gender equity’ on March 25, 2010. Fatma, Amrit Pal Kaur and Renu Pant got second position in Quiz competition and the team of Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Kuljeet Kaur and Kulbir Kaur bagged second position in the Skit.

Ø  19 students of the college participated in an inter college competition held at Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Mohali on the theme on ‘Conservation’ on March 27, 2010. Kamaljeet Kaur  got second position in Black Board writing, Vir Tejinder Pal Singh got second prize for being Best Actor and the team comprising Vir Tejinder Pal Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Kuljeet Kaur (9054) and Kuljeet Kaur (9056) got second prize in Ad Mad show.

EXPEDITIONS AND EXCURSIONS

A one day trip to Kasauli was taken out with a group of 98 students along with seven of the faculty members on January 16, 2010.

SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

Chalking out ways to conserve the environmental heritage of our country, Indo Global Colleges organised a one day seminar on the topic ‘Environmental Hazards and Water Depletion in Punjab: A Ground to Worry About’, sponsored by ICSSR, N-W centre, Chandigarh and Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi on March 5, 2010. Sh. P.L. Kaler, IFS, Former Principal, Chief Conservator of Forest was the Chief Guest for the seminar. Discussing the issues of environmental hazards, he said ‘The beauty of India lies in its rich environmental splendour, and to conserve this rich heritage, we, as responsible citizens should make efforts to protect the environment by adapting to wise means. Combating the situation of severe climate change, the role of teachers in orienting students for adopting means of environmental protection should be looked for.’ The sub themes for the seminar focussed on the issues of ‘Water crisis in Punjab: A horrendous scene’, ‘Climate change: causes and remedies’ and ‘Need to integrate climate change education into educational programme and school curricula’. Sharing her views in a key note address, Dr. Vandana Mehra, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Panjab University said, “ The problem of environmental degradation is a global issue, and the role of teachers is very much imperative in this kind of a situation. The major threats to human survival comes from interrelated problems like that of increasing population, ozone depletion, deforestation, release of harmful gases in the atmosphere, increasing global warming, air pollution, and rapid depletion of natural resources. Human activities like over grazing, deforestation, use of insecticides have led to major problems of land pollution leading to soil degradation. The role of teacher educators is of prime importance where they need to develop environmental sensitivity, development of environmental ethics, awareness about environment, positive attitude towards environment among the prospective teachers.’ Conveying the thoughts to integrate environmental education as a compulsory subject in the school curriculum, Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini, Principal, stated, “Through education one can be made to appreciate the value of the environment and help in its protection, and as such is the key to environmental sustainability. It has been proven to be one of the best environmental management tools. From experience it’s been found that the most effective methods are those which get the students directly involved such as Song, Creative writing, poem, painting, quiz competitions, Field outings, Discussions, seminars and workshops on environment awareness. Class discussion and feedback online (whole class is involved), celebrating environment week etc. School has to demonstrate innovation in environmental activities and adopt environmental projects. Head teachers have been trained and are now being the driving force behind the school activities.” Approximately 50 delegates including Principals of education colleges, lecturers, students, academicians participated in the seminar and presented their views through well prepared paper presentations.

SEVEN DAY NSS CAMP FROM MARCH 6-12, 2010

A seven day NSS camp sponsored by Punjabi University, Patiala was organised in the college from March 6-12, 2010. The inauguration function was presided by worthy Chief guest Brig.(Retd) S.S Kahlon and Mrs. Harinder Kahlon. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini, Principal, IGCEd, and Arch. S.S Shekon, Principal, ICGA. The function started by lightening the lamp of knowledge by worthy Chief Guest. NSS song and patriotic songs were sung by NSS volunteers. Volunteers also staged a skit on theme of “Female Foeticide”. Programme Officer Mr. Hemant Bhatt acquainted the volunteers with the objectives and theme of the NSS camp “Health, Public Sanitation and Personal Hygiene”. He also highlighted the activities to be held during the camp. Dr. Sarita Saini, Principal, IGCEdu motivated the volunteers for the selfless service. The function concluded with national anthem.

SPORTS DAY

7^th Annual Athletic Meet of the Indo Global colleges was organised from February 4-5, 2010 in the college campus. Sh. Sukhdev Kumar Singla, Chairman, Indo Global Colleges inaugurated the meet, and lauded best wishes to the enthusiastic participants. The prospective teachers also participated very enthusiastically in the meet. The names of the winners are:

v  Kuldeep : 2^nd in discus throw (boys)

v  Gurpreet Singh: 3^rd in discus throw (boys)

v  Suman : 1^st in discus throw (girls)

v  Kulbir Kaur : 3^rd in discus throw (girls)

v  Gaganjot Kaur : 2^nd in shot put (girls)

v  Suman : 3^rd in shot put (girls)

v  Kuldeep Singh: 2^nd in Javelin throw

v  Gurpreet Singh: 2^nd in shot put (boys)

v  Inderveer : 3^rd in shot put (boys)

v  Narinder Singh: 2^nd in 400 mts.

v  Bhupinder Kaur: 1^st in Long Jump (girls)

v  Harpreet Kaur: 2^nd in Long Jump (girls)

v  Gaganjot Kaur: 3^rd in Long Jump (girls)

v  Team of Bhupinder Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Gaganjot Kaur and Suman got 2^nd prize in 4x100 relay race (girls)

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

ZONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL

Three days Zonal youth festival was organised by Punjabi University at the Rayat-Bahra College of Law from October 21-23, 2009. 21 students of the college participated in various events and Anjali Malik won fourth prize in Elocution.

Association of Self financed colleges of education, Punjabi University, Patiala also organised youth festival from March 3-4, 2010 at D.S. Gurukul College of Education and GND College of Education, Majatari.

30 students of the college participated in various events and the name of the winners are:

Ø  Jatinder Kaur : 1^st in embroidery

Ø  Ramandeep Kaur : 1^st in crochet making

Ø  Bhupinder Kaur : 3^rd in Nala bunai

Ø  Narinder Singh: 2^nd in rassa vatai

Ø  Davinder Singh : 3^rd in folk song

Ø  Jatinder Kaur: 2^nd in short story writing

INTER ZONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL

Two day inter zonal youth festival from March 17-18, 2010 of Association of Self financed colleges of education, Punjabi University, Patiala was conducted at Rayat – Bahra College of Education, Sahauran.

4 students of the college participated in various events and the name of the winners are:

Ø  Jatinder Kaur: 1^st in short story writing

Ø  Karamjit Kaur : 3^rd in embroidery

TALENT HUNT – KHOJ 2009

Talent hunt KHOJ-2009 was organized at Indo Global College of Education on October 12 and 13, 2009, where the students of B.Ed tried their level best to showcase their talents for the various intra college competitions. Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini, Principal of the college motivated the students by saying, “ All the students should put forward their foot in showcasing their talents in the coming days, as the prospective teachers should always be ready for new challenges that they will be facing during their teaching profession.” Various events during the talent hunt ranged from competitions in the literary events to folk art items and the fine arts competitions.

The winners in the various events are:

Ø  Elocution: Anjali

Ø  Poetic Recitation: Rajandeep Kaur

Ø  Debate: Rajni and Jaspreet Kaur

Ø  Folk Song: Davinder Singh

Ø  Solo Dance: Mamta(1^st), Gagandeep Kaur(2^nd)

Ø  Rangoli: Manpreet Kaur

Ø  Poster Making : Charanjeet Kumari

Ø  Collage Making: Kamaljeet Kaur

Ø  Cartooning: Paramjeet Kaur

Ø  Quiz : Harpreet Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Onkar, Vir Tejinder Pal

Ø  On the Spot painting: Jatinder Kaur

Ø  Skit on the theme ‘Jiski Laathi Uski Gai’ by Narinder Singh, Nirmal, Vir Tejinder Pal, Gurpreet Kaur, Raghvinder Singh.

  CELEBRATION OF DAYS

WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION

To commemorate the 25 years of assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Indo Global College of Education, Abhipur organised a workshop on NATIONAL INTEGRATION – ANEKTA ME EKTA on October 31, 2009. For the conduct of the workshop, the college students were divided into four zones- North, East, West and South, where they presented their zones by being attired in the dresses of their respective states falling in their zones. Each student introduced themselves in the language and dialect of their zones, danced and sang songs of their zones. This was followed by the food items competitions, where, the students displayed the home cooked foods of their respective zones. In the later half of the day, an Inter Zone Quiz competition was organised, in which Mandeep Kaur won the prize for outstanding performance in the quiz. Kuldeep and Manpreet were declared the best performers for the cultural panorama of their zone. In the dress competition, Mamta(1^st), Poonam (2^nd), Harpreet Singh and Kamaljit (3^rd) were declared the winners. And, the prize for the best zone was declared on the average marks of over all representation, quiz, dresses and food items display went to North Zone (1^st) and East Zone (2^nd).

CHILDREN’s DAY

Prospective teachers of Indo Global College of Education remembered and paid tributes to revered Chacha Nehru on November 16, to mark the occasion of Children’s Day in the Government High School, Kubaheri where the teacher training practice is going on. The prospective teachers with full participation of the school students arranged for a function to pay tribute to the loved leader among children, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru. Various activities were organised by the students to make this day memorable and cherish able in their memories. The schools students participated very enthusiastically in each and every event of the day. To initiate with the function, the prospective teachers welcomed all, and focussed on the importance of this day in life of each child through a speech. It was then followed by a quiz competition, where the students of class 9^th won the first prize. A folk song competition was held where the children showcased their talent and remembered the rich culture of Punjab. Balkar Singh (1^st), Harjot Singh (2^nd) and Gurpreet kaur (3^rd) were adjudged the winners respectively. In poetic recitation, Amanpreet Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur (1^st); Harminder Kaur, Kuldeep Kaur and Harvinder Singh (2^nd) were declared the winners. In the elocution competition, Supinder Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Santosh, Kuljeet Kaur (1^st); Kuldeep Kaur, Rupinder Kaur (2^nd) were declared the winners. The girls of the school presented the rich heritage of Punjab by performing a vibrant ‘Giddha’. Like wise, the boys of the school danced synchronously by performing a vibrant Bhangra. A musical chair competition was also organised for the school teachers where, Mrs. Amita won the competition.

CHRISTMAS DAY

The prospective teachers of Indo Global College of Education celebrated Christmas on December 24,2009. The students sang carols and read speeches to remember the supreme sacrifice of Lord Jesus. A musical chair competition was arranged for the teachers by the students, and Dr. (Mrs) Sarita Saini won the competition. Gagandeep Kaur attired herself in the dress of Santa Claus and distributed sweets among all the students. The students honoured the teachers of the college by giving them gifts of love.

NEW YEAR DAY

The students of the college celebrated the maiden day of the year 2010 on January 1, and welcomed the year with high spirits, zeal and enthusiasm. The prospective teachers shared songs, jokes and pleasant and unpleasant experiences of the last year, and thus pledged to accomplish good tasks and noble deeds in the coming year.

LAUGHTER DAY

The campus of Indo Global College of Education filled with the chirp of laughter and, the members of college had laughter pangs on the occasion of International Laughter Day on January 10. In the times of stressful days where everyone is facing one stress or the other, the college principal Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Saini initiated students to celebrate laughter day in the college. The students participated very enthusiastically on the day and made every effort to make this day a memorable affair. The prospective teachers shared jokes which actually brought out tears of laughter in everyone’s eyes. The students enacted comic skit on the day and through their skit, they tried to make satire on the evils of corruption that are eroding the foundations of our society. A commendable effort was made by the students where some of them mimicked the famous comedians and actors. A unique effort was made by the prospective teachers where they translated the sad Hindi songs by adding tinge of comic act in them. Speaking on the benefits of laughter in our life, Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Saini, said, “Laughing on every comic incident is in itself an internal work out which rejuvenates the energies of a person. It not only makes one and others happy, but it is the best exercise for the facial muscles. Laughter not only increases one’s face value, but, when we laugh, endorphin hormones are released which is very beneficial for our body well being. Laughter is not only a medicine for one’s personal development, but it also helps one to build good social relations. One always has to make an effort in life to find every little thing which makes us happy. In the times of stress, switching on to the comic serials and magazine always acts as a big stress buster.”

LOHRI

The pious festival of Lohri was celebrated in the campus of Indo Global Colleges where the staff members of the college displayed stalls of food items, fun games, and decorative items for sale. This was followed by a cultural programme by the faculty members in which each one of the member showcased their talents on singing, poetry recitation. Fun games were organised by the Chairperson of the college, Mrs. Neelam Singla where gifts were given to the staff members who won the contest questions.

BASANT PANCHAMI

Indo Global College of Education celebrated the arrival of spring season – Basant Panchami by organising Talent Hunt – 2010 in the campus on January 20, 2010. The hues of yellow made the festive feel of Basant Panchami made the day more special, as the faculty and the students were attired in yellow apparels. With a motive to discover innate talents, various competitions were held, and the prospective teachers laboured hard in each event to their fullest. The prize winners in various events were:

Folk Art Items

v  Amrinder Kaur – 1^st in Embroidery

v  Gurpreet Singh, Narinder Singh – 1^st & 2^nd respectively in Rope making

v  Bhupinder Kaur, Harwinder Kaur - 1^st & 2^nd respectively in cord knitting

v  Kamaljit Kaur – 1^st in Tesselled making

v  Kulbir Kaur, Kuljit Kaur - 1^st & 2^nd in Innoo making

v  Suman – 1^st in Ball making

v  Jatinder Kaur – 1^st in stringed stool making

v  Parul, Poonam & Parminder Kaur - 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd respectively in making sweet noodles

v  Ramandeep, Varinder Kaur & Harwinder Kaur – 1^st , 2^nd & 3^rd respectively in crochet knitting

v  Gurpreet Singh – special prize for Judi making

Fine art items

v  Jaspreet Singh, Amrinder & Fatma – 1^st , 2^nd & 3^rd in Poster making

v  Suman, Manpreet Kaur & Kuldeep Kumar – 1^st , 2^nd & 3^rd respectively in Rangoli making

v  Nisha Singh – 1^st in best out of waste

v  Kulbir Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur, Poonam – 1^st , 2^nd & 3^rd respectively in flower making

v  Aruna Rani, Jaswinder Kaur & Meenu – 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd respectively in Heena designing.

v  The competition for traditional dressing – pehrawa pardarshani was also held, where Kuljeet (9054), Kuljeet (9056) & Harpreet Kaur were awarded 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd prizes respectively.  Amrit Pal Kaur was given the consolation prize.

To keep up with the spirit of Basant Panchami, Dr. (Mrs.) Sarita Saini inaugurated the Kite flying competition where the team of Dharminder Singh & Sarabjit Katoch were the winners.

WORLD EARTH DAY

World Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 2010 in the schools of Boothgarh, Sialba, Kubaheri and Khijrabad where the students of the college planted saplings and small plants in the school campus. Students of the college also oriented the school students on the importance of plants and showed ways to protect the Mother Earth from the sweeping climate change and environmental degradation.

ANNUAL DAY – DEESHA 2010

To award the meritorious students of the B.Ed session 2009-10, Indo Global College of Education organized the Annual Day- Deesha 2010. Dr. Satish Verma, Director, Youth Welfare, Punjabi University, Patiala honored by being the Chief Guest for the day. The students of the college presented a festive gala by performing dances, skit and sharing some memorable moments spent in the college. Various academic and non-academic prizes were given on the occasion.

The students who won prizes in the category of non- academic were :

§  Jaspreet Singh (Best in skill in teaching)

§  Karamjit Kaur (Best in folk art)

§  Devinder Singh (Best in Folk Singing)

§  Vir Tejinder Pal (Best in dramatics)

§  Kuljeet Kaur (Best in acting)

§  Kamaljit Kaur (Best in fine arts)

§  Jatinder Kaur (Best in creative expression)

§  Gagan Jyot Kaur (Best in sports)

§  Nisha Mast (Best in co-curricular activities)

§  Ramandeep Kaur (Most supportive student)

§  Mamta (Most spontaneous student)

§  Sarabjit Katoch (Most obedient)

§  Charanjeet Kumari (Most sincere)

§  Suman (Best speaker)

§  Renu Pant (Best reader)

§  Anjali Malik (Best debator)

§  Nisha Mast (Most regular)

Charanjeet Kumari, Rubal and Anjali Malik won 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prize in academic excellence for the session.

Alka Rani, Manpreet Kaur and Jatinder Kaur won 1^st, 2^nd. 3^rd prize respectively in the current affairs test taken cumulatively in the session every Monday.

Fatma Gausiya won the prize of Best student and College Colour was accorded to Gurpreet Singh.

THIRD ANNUAL CONVOCATION

The third annual convocation of Indo Global Colleges was held on April 2, 2010. Sh. Suresh Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Technical Education was the Chief Guest for the day. As many as 99 students of B.Ed were awarded the degrees.