Tagore Baal Niketan Sr. Sec. School, Karnal
Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School is a private school founded in 1963 in Karnal, Haryana state, India.
It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which is the largest educational board in the country, teaching students from Nursery up to the twelfth grade. It is recognized by the Department of Education, Government of Haryana and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
Tagore Baal Niketan is a progressive child-centric co-educational school and is named in honour of India's first Nobel laureate - Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
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History
The School was started on August 1, 1963 by the late educationist and visionary Ms. Vimla Raheja in Karnal, Haryana (India).
She was an alumnus of the renowned Visva Bharti University, Shantiniketan established by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The school was started on a small premises with a handful of students and completed its 50 years in August 2013 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee.
Motto and Emblem - The School motto is ‘SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM ’- Truth is eternal and beautiful.
In Tagore Baal Niketan, the students are taught by precept and example the essence of truth and beauty. They are taught to accept success with humility and defeat without disappointment and that the highest duty in any walk of life is to play the game in the spirit of the game a liberal education in itself.
Aim - The aim of this institution is to mould the child into an integrated personality by providing adequate facilities, opportunities and a healthy atmosphere for the proper mental, emotional and physical development of the children entrusted to its care. The School focuses to bring them up free from racial, social and religious prejudices and to train them for responsibility, leadership and to become a good citizen. The School gives importance to the inherent urges of self-expression and takes special care of the psychological and emotional needs of the children by providing a variety of creative activities. The School lays stress on value based education so that the children are groomed into good citizens with a strong character, sense of duty, dedication and service to the humanity.
Administration
The School is governed by a Board of Trustees. The Chairman of the Trust and also Director of the School is Mr. R.M. Raheja.
The current principal of the school is Dr. Rajan Lamba. And the Administrator is Mr. Karan Raheja.
Campus
The school has one main branch located in Sector-6, Karnal. It has been raised by its Founder with an eye on perfection, with a magnificent and massive infrastructure, an excellently planned three storied building housing well ventilated classrooms, science laboratories fitted with interactive and advanced technologies to make the lessons more informative and interactive, well equipped computer section with LAN and internet facility, music rooms, art studio, multi-purpose, air-conditioned halls, well-furnished library etc.
A wide stage for morning assembly and cultural activities overlooks the spacious play fields and a parade ground with a variety of plants and trees all around. The entire structure has a harmony which provides an aesthetic ambience for students to bloom and groom into fine and responsible citizens to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Convinced of the availability of necessary infrastructure and well motivated human resources, C.B.S.E. conferred on Tagore Baal Niketan the status of the Nodal School in Information Technology and a venue for conducting seminars, workshops and training programmes for the entire district of Karnal.
Faculty and Curriculum
The faculty of Tagore Baal Niketan School is what helps the school achieve its objectives. Each faculty member is both a teacher and an expert in his or her own field.
The School faculty comprises over 80 full-time highly qualified teachers, who have extensive teaching experience in their respective fields. This highly motivated and dedicated academic community not only imparts instruction through the regular teaching periods, it also engages students in a variety of other ways, whether it is to conduct the morning assembly, the art and crafts, arrange and participate in cultural shows, etc. All teachers are involved in some School activities, as House-In -charges, Class Teachers, Incharge of Cultural and Sports, N.S.S. Programme Officer, N.C.C. Officer, to name a few.
Teaching Style - Students learn through teacher instruction during formal classroom sessions, group activities and field trips. The teachers use a student centered style which imbibes confidence, initiative and the development of critical skills.
Guest Speakers are also invited to the School to familiarize students on various academic, scientific, social and cultural issues.
Medium of Instruction - The medium of instruction is mainly English. However, Hindi medium is also available for some specific subjects.
Streams Offered - The School offers a selection of 19 subjects across four streams in Senior Secondary Classes.
Streams:-
- Medical
- Non-medical
- Commerce
- Arts
Subjects
| English | Physics | Economics | Physical Education |
| Hindi | Chemistry | History | Music - Hindustani Instrumental |
| Punjabi | Biology | Geography | Music - Hindustani Vocal |
| Sanskrit | Accountancy | Political Science | Painting / Fine Arts |
| Mathematics | Business Studies | Computer Science |
Beyond Curriculum
Student Governing Body - Tagore's student governing body is called the School Vikas Mandal. Students are elected each year at the beginning of session for Vikas Mandal. It is constituted of:
- President
- Vice-President
- Head Boy
- Head Girl
- Deputy Head Boy
- Deputy Head Girl
- Secretary (English) – Boy and Girl
- Secretary (Hindi) – Boy and Girl
- Joint Secretary (English) – Boy and Girl
- Joint Secretary (Hindi) – Boy and Girl
- Cultural Activities In-charge – Boy and Girl
- Games Captain – Boy and Girl
- Games Vice-Captain – Boy and Girl
- Secretary NSS (National Service Scheme) – Boy and Girl
- Sergeant NCC (National Cadet Corps) – Boy and Girl
- Captain – Scouts
- Captain – Guides
- Overall Discipline in Charge
Houses - Tagore follows the traditional system of Houses, where in students are randomly organized into 6 Houses, which they represent in various Intra-school competitions and compete for the coveted annual sports shield. Each house is headed by a House Captain (Boy and Girl) and House Vice-Captain (Boy and Girl) and overseen by a teacher appointed as the House Master.
The ceremonial oath for all office bearers is undertaken on the day of ‘Tagore Jayanti’ every year.
Extra-curricular activities - The School encourages the child to develop his/her capacity and inborn talents to the fullest extent for a harmonious development of the personality through a wide range of Co-Curricular activities which are an indispensable part of the School life. These include:
- Elocution
- Creative Writing
- Drama
- Quiz
- Declamation & Debates
- Dance
- Calligraphy
- Art & Craft
- Mehndi & Rangoli
- Yoga
Intra-School competitions are held regularly. Our students have been winning prizes in the inter-school, state level and national level competitions.
Games and Sports - These form an integral part of the School life. The spirit of sportsmanship and healthy competition is inculcated in the children through a variety of games and sports e.g. volleyball, basketball, cricket, football, kho kho, table tennis and athletics which enables them to develop, in the words of Rudyard Kipling, ‘A sound mind in a sound body.’
Our sports-persons have not only participated in the district, state and national level competitions, but have also won several prizes and brought laurels to the School, particularly in yoga, table tennis, volleyball, football and athletics.
Bharat Scouts and Guides - The School organizes scouts and guides camps every year and participates in state level and national level camps and jamborees attended by scouts and guides from different states. Our smart and spirited scouts and guides have been awarded prizes by the Governor and President of India for their outstanding performance.
National Service Scheme (NSS) - N.S.S. volunteers of our School collect and send clothes and money for the victims of natural calamities, rail accidents and organize rallies to raise awareness in the society against social evils to justify the N.S.S. motto ‘Not Me But You’. Every year National Integration Camps, Mega Camps, Pre RD/RD Camps and National Adventure Camps are held in which our volunteers not only participate with great zeal but also win laurels.
National Cadet Corps (NCC) - Being the only School in Karnal, which has been sanctioned an NCC (Air Wing) Troop in 1998. The NCC cadets get the necessary orientation, training and discipline of the services so that they may be motivated to join the defence as officers and justifying the NCC Motto of ‘Unity and Discipline’.
Alumni
Dr. Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian American astronaut and first Indian born woman in space is perhaps Tagore Baal Niketan's most famous alumni. Born in Karnal, India in 1962, she completed her schooling from Tagore Baal Niketan in 1976. She was one of the 7 crew members aboard the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere over Texas in 2003 killing all crew members.
At her request, NASA invited her high school Tagore Baal Niketan to take part in the SUMMER SPACE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. Starting in 1998, every summer the International Space School Foundation in Houston, Texas, USA hosted two students from Tagore Baal Niketan each year. The program included dinner at her home complete with Indian cooking prepared by Kalpana. “Whatever you believe in do just follow your dreams. Don’t worry about whether people encourage you” an 18-year-old Indian student remembered her saying.
Till date every year 2 meritorious students from Tagore are sponsored to the programme, making it the only school in India to participate amongst many schools from the world over.
Notable alumni
- Kalpana Chawla - Astronaut, Nasa[1] (1976)
Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships are awarded to the meritorious students and financial help is also provided to needy students. Merit certificates and prizes are awarded to the deserving students in various fields. Fee concession/scholarships are granted regularly for scholastic excellence and Co-Curricular activities.
In its Golden Jubilee year, Tagore Bal Niketaan is proud to announce the setting up of the following:
Kalpana Chawla Shield This annual shield will be awarded to that one student during his/her 12th Standard pursuing Science (Non-Medical or Medical) who best exemplifies overall outstanding progress in not only academics but extra-curricular activities and teamwork. It also carries with it a cash award of Rs. 2500/- and shall take into account their performance in both the 11th and 12th Standards (based on their assessment till 1st term exams).
Tagore Shield Similarly, this annual shield will be awarded to that one student during his/her 12th Standard pursuing Commerce or Arts, in addition to a cash award of Rs. 2500/-.
References
- ↑ Kalpana Chawla "Kalpana Chawla", Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, 2 May 2003. Retrieved on 15 November 2014.
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