Team ConQuest prepares Class-7 students for excellence
Team ConQuest –a team of 16 dedicated teachers from 10 schools of BSP’s Education department is all set to instil in young Class-7 students of all the English Medium Middle Schools (EMMSs) the spirit of excellence through a novel initiative.
Approximately 1050 students from eleven EMMSs have appeared in a Proficiency Test on 18th January 2012. This is the first step in their grooming for the future, as they gear up for the prestigious National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) in November this year. Through a series of tests, throughout the year, the Education department of BSP hopes to prepare a selected group of sincere, dedicated and enthusiastic learners, who will have imbibed the quest for excellence for their entire life.
The programme is an offshoot of the Education department’s Specialised NTSE Guidance Programme for Class-8 students. It began in October 2010 with a team of five subject experts, led by Dr. Hemant Pandey, Professor, Hislop College, Nagpur , conducting the first-ever session over two days at BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-7 (SSS-7) for 100 students from the EMMSs, selected after a tough screening test. After the session, the students wanted more inputs. A team of teachers from some EMMSs and BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-10 (SSS-10) conducted an 8-day programme during the Dussehra-Diwali break in October-November 2010 at SSS-10. As many as six students from EMMSs cleared the first stage of NTSE 2010-11. However none could clear the second stage, which was a huge setback for Team ConQuest.
Subequently two teachers were sponsored by BSP management as observers for two days to a 10-day camp held at Deepshikha Sainik School, Chikaldara, Amravati district, Maharashtra in April 2011. This camp is conducted every year by State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Maharashtra for students who have qualified for the second stage of NTSE. A similar model was adopted for BSP’s Education department by Team ConQuest.
Soon after the summer vacations, approximately 1200 Class-8 students of BSP EMMSs, appeared in a Screening Test on June 29, 2011. 200 students were short-listed based on this test. This list had four students from Bhilai Ispat Vikas Vidyalaya (BIVV), Sector-6 – an exclusive school for BPL children. The EMMSs continued their own efforts to prepare students as they had been doing in the past. Another test was conducted in September 2011, pruning the list down to 100. And once again one student from BIVV had made it. The success of BIVV students is testimony to Education department’s concerted efforts over the last decade to impart education to disadvantaged children of BPL families.
Specialised NTSE Guidance Programme was held for the 100 short-listed candidates at SSS-10 from 10th to 22nd October 2011. It was followed by a series of three tests in October-November 2011 that exposed the young minds to a host of problems besides subject content. They were given inputs on smart problem-solving tips.
Members of Team ConQuest are waiting with bated breath as time nears for the declaration of first stage results of NTSE 2011-12 by SCERT, Chhattisgarh which had conducted the NTSE exam in November 2011. Now is the time to start grooming NTSE aspirants for the next academic session for which the first step has been taken with the Proficiency Test for Class-7 students on 18th January 2012.
Approximately 1050 students from eleven EMMSs have appeared in a Proficiency Test on 18th January 2012. This is the first step in their grooming for the future, as they gear up for the prestigious National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) in November this year. Through a series of tests, throughout the year, the Education department of BSP hopes to prepare a selected group of sincere, dedicated and enthusiastic learners, who will have imbibed the quest for excellence for their entire life.
The programme is an offshoot of the Education department’s Specialised NTSE Guidance Programme for Class-8 students. It began in October 2010 with a team of five subject experts, led by Dr. Hemant Pandey, Professor, Hislop College, Nagpur , conducting the first-ever session over two days at BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-7 (SSS-7) for 100 students from the EMMSs, selected after a tough screening test. After the session, the students wanted more inputs. A team of teachers from some EMMSs and BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector-10 (SSS-10) conducted an 8-day programme during the Dussehra-Diwali break in October-November 2010 at SSS-10. As many as six students from EMMSs cleared the first stage of NTSE 2010-11. However none could clear the second stage, which was a huge setback for Team ConQuest.
Subequently two teachers were sponsored by BSP management as observers for two days to a 10-day camp held at Deepshikha Sainik School, Chikaldara, Amravati district, Maharashtra in April 2011. This camp is conducted every year by State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Maharashtra for students who have qualified for the second stage of NTSE. A similar model was adopted for BSP’s Education department by Team ConQuest.
Soon after the summer vacations, approximately 1200 Class-8 students of BSP EMMSs, appeared in a Screening Test on June 29, 2011. 200 students were short-listed based on this test. This list had four students from Bhilai Ispat Vikas Vidyalaya (BIVV), Sector-6 – an exclusive school for BPL children. The EMMSs continued their own efforts to prepare students as they had been doing in the past. Another test was conducted in September 2011, pruning the list down to 100. And once again one student from BIVV had made it. The success of BIVV students is testimony to Education department’s concerted efforts over the last decade to impart education to disadvantaged children of BPL families.
Specialised NTSE Guidance Programme was held for the 100 short-listed candidates at SSS-10 from 10th to 22nd October 2011. It was followed by a series of three tests in October-November 2011 that exposed the young minds to a host of problems besides subject content. They were given inputs on smart problem-solving tips.
Members of Team ConQuest are waiting with bated breath as time nears for the declaration of first stage results of NTSE 2011-12 by SCERT, Chhattisgarh which had conducted the NTSE exam in November 2011. Now is the time to start grooming NTSE aspirants for the next academic session for which the first step has been taken with the Proficiency Test for Class-7 students on 18th January 2012.
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