Speaking on the occasion Hyderabad Collector Mr. Mukesh Kumar Meena said students drop-out is a cause of concern and needs to be curbed. Lot of students drop out at different stages, the reasons for which are manifold, he said. The reasons range from economic condition to students’ interest to lack of capacity of the teachers to retain the students’ interest. Proper and interesting teaching methods are needed to capture the interest of the students, he stressed. The quality of education depends upon the capability of a teacher, opined Mr. Mukesh Kumar Meena. He congratulated United Way of Hyderabad for choosing a right objective and making a collective effort to improve education for the children.

Hyderabad Collector Mukesh Kumar Meena addressing the gathering

Addressing the gathering Mrs. Usha Rani, State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission said that if provided good opportunities Government school students are in no way inferior to private school educated students. Government School students are very intelligent and have better social skills and if they are provided multimedia lessons, etc. they will fare much better, she said. She urged NGOs to come forward and work with the Government, as they will know the deficiencies and what is needed where.

Mr. Shakti Sagar, Chairman of the United Way of Hyderabad in his address stated that less than 45 per cent of children in the age group of 4-8 years are actually going to schools and more than 58 per cent of children in the age group of 10-11 years are dropping out of schools. The project launched today plan’s to provide end to end support to these children that will include providing infrastructure, Health care, nutrition and academic support. 12 such homes have been identified, which altogether have 1100 children.

United Way of Hyderabad was established with the support by the heads of various companies like ADP, Cognizant, Times Of India, Bharat Biotech, Bank Of America, Deloitte, Suresh Productions, Novotel, JWT, Medwin, Sadguru, US Consulate and Govt. of A.P.

The United Way of Hyderabad is a local body of the global, non-profit organization that works with hundreds of United Way offices throughout the world in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support.

The project launched is an outcome of the needs assessment survey conducted by UWH with an objective to extend volunteering and in kind support to these home as part of its Signature program which has a vision to provide End to End education support to children.

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“It is very different, unique, and will showcase our students’ leadership skills at the younger level never done before in the past.” Omkar Joshi, Principal of Indus International School, Hyderabad said.

Indus Mun 2013

“We have taken a rather unorthodox approach. It is really a fantastic opportunity for young graders of our age to debate on really important things which concern each one of us says Cameron Sand a junior at Think Global School, and Secretary General, Junior MUN Conference. Chair Committee students Samantha and Hannah say it is a great opportunity for us to learn a great deal about each other’s perspectives about what can be done to enhance living around us. Overall, the Model UN conference will be a great way for students to learn about current events and practice their public speaking and debate skills,” ,” said IISH student Karan who is part of the conference Chair committee.

The key feature of INDUS MUN is young delegates from over 10 schools will get opportunity to network and get to know each other and listen US Consul General Michael Mullins special address about MUN. Besides the intense debate on topics that is focused on LOCAL the 2 day event will also have performances and entertainment by young delegates.

At the MUN conferences, students learn to:

- research and understand important regional problems;
- compose and deliver speeches;
- write formal proposals for getting good ideas to work;
- work with new friends in teams;
- debate in English;
- think on our feet and respond to challenges fast;
- come to agreements by voting and accepting majority decisions.

Model United Nations (MUN) is an activity held in schools all around the world, where students simulate the real United Nations. It is usually held for one or more days. JMUN is a unique event since it is organized for middle-school students and run by high-school students.

Indus International School, has three branches in the three major cities of India namely Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune.

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The Award “Education World—India School Ranking-2013” was formally presented to its Founder Principal Mr. Vinaayak Kalletla in a just concluded special function held at Crystal Ballroom in The Lalit, New Delhi.

In this survey, the country’s over 600 top schools (selected by Education World) have been rated on 14 parameters—academic reputation, co-curricular activities, sports education, teacher welfare and development, individual attention to students, competence & commitment of faculty, life skills & conflict management education, value for money, leadership/management quality, parental involvement in school activities, infrastructure provision, community service, internationalism and special needs education.

The results of the EW India School Rankings 2013 is featured as the Cover Story in the September issue of EducationWorld.

The survey has been conducted by the Delhi-based C fore Consulting — one of India’s top market research and opinion polling companies with a client list including Reliance, Tata, NDTV and Outlook.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Vinayak Kalletla, Founder Principal of the school said the school focuses on all round moulding of students through a Residential Gurukul form of schooling. Students from India and abroad choose Abhayasa, because of this reason, he said.

A bird is good at flying, a fish is good at swimming and a monkey is good at climbing trees… Without any schooling at all… But what differentiates a human being from these animals is that a Man and a Woman can climb like a monkey, swim like a fish, fly like a bird and also create like the creator- provided he/ she is trained in all the life skills… Abhyasa is doing just that! …. Inspired by the ideals of Sri Sathya Sai Baba who has done yeoman service to Mankind, Abhyasa is imbuing human values and social responsibility among her students – for – after all – even for those who feel that education is for employability – No organisation can just hire Hands and Heads to work for them ! They get a complete human being along with his/ her emotions, character, attitudes that influence their work, added Mr. Vinayak Kalletla.

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