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#ParentBlogger: Staying Creative By, NG Krishnan Grandfather of Rishikesh KM, Ekya JP Nagar

It is an honour to share my thoughts with the budding citizens at Ekya schools. As grandparents, we consider ourselves very lucky to be part of the awe-inspiring societal revolution which is sweeping humanity at a breathtaking pace. We have...

/ November 2, 2021

#StudentBlogger: Don’t Judge And Discriminate By, Lekhana Harish Grade 11A, Ekya BTM Layout

On 15th April 2014, the Supreme Court gave a historic and revolutionary judgment in the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs Union of India case, identifying transgender people as the “third gender” in India.  According to this judgment, transgender people...

/ October 29, 2021

#StudentBlogger: The Science Behind Patience By, Lekhana Harish Grade 11A, Ekya BTM Layout

Did you know that in the 1600s, many Puritans (English Protestants) named their daughters “Patience”  because it was and still is an amazing virtue? Patience is the ability to wait calmly in the face of frustration or adversity. Like when...

/ October 29, 2021

#StudentBlogger: मेरी मातृभाषा मेरी पहचान By, Ritu Kumari Jain, Ekya JP Nagar

 मेरी मातृभाषा मेरी पहचान  ‘भाषा’  मनुष्य की अभिव्यक्ति का सर्वाधिक महत्वपूर्ण एवं व्यापक माध्यम  है l  भाषा  शब्द  संस्कृत के “भाष्”  से उत्पन्न हुआ है जिसका अर्थ है ‘ प्रकट करना’  जिस माध्यम से हम अपने मन के भावों को, मस्तिष्क के विचारों को, बोलकर (वाणी के माध्यम से ) प्रकट करते हैं उसे भाषा की संज्ञा दी गई है l  भाषा का प्रथम रूप  मातृभाषा है। “ मातृभाषा का शाब्दिक अर्थ है- माँ से ग्रहण की गई भाषा” जिसे बालक सर्वप्रथम माँ से सीखता है और जिसके माध्यम से वह, परिवार एवं समुदाय में, अपने विचारों की अभिव्यक्ति करता हैl  यूनेस्को (2007) के एक सर्वे के अनुसार यदि बच्चों को उनकी प्रारंभिक शिक्षा मातृभाषा में प्रदान की जाती है, तो बच्चे पढ़ाई के प्रति अधिक रुचि दिखाते हैं । बच्चों का स्कूल में दाखिला, अधिक संख्या में होता है तथा उनके माता-पिता भी, संबंधित शिक्षकों से, बच्चों की पढ़ाई के संदर्भ में वार्तालाप कर पाते हैं।  इस प्रकार हम समझ सकते हैं, कि मातृभाषा व्यक्तित्व के विकास की वह आधारशिला है जिस पर उनके  जीवन का एक माहौल तैयार किया जाता है । अगर आधारशिला कमजोर हो तो भवन खोखला सा पड़ जाता है । उसी प्रकार यदि बालक, अपने विचारों की अभिव्यक्ति सही अर्थों में नहीं कर पाता है तो, उस बालक का मानसिक तथा शारीरिक विकास पूर्ण रूप से नहीं हो...

/ October 29, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: Pre-Primary Learning Showcase By, Joyce Diana Fegradoe, Ekya Byrathi

Ekya School, Byrathi welcomed the parents for a Virtual Learning Showcase of PPM and Grade 1. An interesting display of students’ classwork and projects gave a sneak peek to the parents into the virtual classwork of the student and an...

/ October 29, 2021

#StudentBlogger: हिंदी दिवस By, Dhanyata V Kashyap Grade 8, Ekya Byrathi

हिंदी भारत की राष्ट्रभाषा है। 14 सितंबर 1949 को भारत की संविधान सभा की ओर से हिंदी को राजभाषा का दर्जा दिया गया था। देश भर में 14 सितंबर को हिंदी दिवस मनाया जाता है।  छात्रों को मजेदार और शैक्षिक तरीके से प्रेरित करने के लिए पिछले शैक्षणिक सत्र में एक्या में वर्चुअल असेंबली शुरू की गई थी। प्रत्येक ग्रेड में भाग लेने और अपनी क्षमताओं का प्रदर्शन करने का अवसर होता है। तो इस बार हिंदी दिवस समारोह में छात्रों को अपना हुनर दिखाने का अवसर मिला। हिंदी दिवस  मंगलवार, 14 सितंबर 2021 को हमारी कक्षा 9 के छात्रों और शिक्षकों द्वारा आयोजित किया गया था। समारोह की शुरुआत सभी छात्रों और शिक्षकों के अभिनंदन के साथ हुई और उसके बाद हिंदी दिवस पर एक लघु वीडियो दिखाया गया। उसके बाद, हिंदी दिवस का एक संक्षिप्त साझाकरण और कुछ वीडियो इस विषय पर साझा किए गए कि हिंदी क्यों महत्वपूर्ण है। समारोह  का महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा सभी छात्रों को हिंदी बोलने के लिए प्रेरित करना था। प्रत्येक ग्रेड के लिए ब्रेकआउट रूम में एक मजेदार गतिविधि आयोजित की गई थी, जिसमें अध्यापिकाओं द्वारा छात्रों से हिंदी दिवस पर आधारित प्रश्न पूछे गए, जैसे -इमोजी आदि द्वारा मुहावरे बूझो और बताओ। फिर हमें  9वीं कक्षा द्वारा हिंदी भाषा के महत्व पर एक स्किट दिखाया गया । हमारी प्रधानाचार्या जी, मिस शुभ्रा, ने छात्रों को संबोधित किया, उन्हें हिंदी सीखने के लिए प्रेरित किया। यह एक सार्थक और मनोरंजक समारोह था।

/ October 28, 2021

#StudentBlogger: Pencil And Paper By, Anooshka Grade 5B, Ekya BTM Layout

Pencil and paper Once there was a pencil and a paper, their friend was an eraser, they lived with a baker. They wanted to get out of the house, but they had to live with the cows They were so...

/ October 28, 2021

#ParentBlogger: Unwinding At The Whirls By, Nivedita (Parent of Ishaan, 4C), Ekya BTM Layout

Have you taken a walk outside lately? Stopped to smell the jasmine, or watched the sun crystallise through raindrop-laden trees? To me, there’s as much beauty in the spectacular sunset as there is in the shimmering dragonfly wing, and have...

/ October 28, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: Social Justice By, Virginia Issac High Tech Teacher, Ekya Byrathi

Social justice is concerned with how benefits and burdens are distributed among the members of society. This includes the fairness in which society provides, protects, and recognizes the means and qualities individuals require to both determine a conception of and live, a...

/ October 28, 2021

#StudentBlogger: Teamwork By, Arianna Tayenjam 2C, Ekya ITPL

Teamwork  It was a nice summer morning and Diwali was close by. Arsenic, Bismuth, Boron, Calcium, and Rubidium were discussed about Diwali. They had various powers and they wanted to use their special power to make fireworks.  “Everyone in the...

/ October 28, 2021