INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR CELEBRATED NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY.

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated National Energy Conservation day with the objective of spreading mass awareness about using energy efficiently in our daily life. Various competitions were organized on the theme of this year’s celebration that is "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Energy Efficient India". 

With the help of working models like Techno vibes, Flywheel, windmill etc, the student-teachers demonstrated the impact of conscious energy conservation on our environment and well-being. The ways and means to conserve energy in our day to day life were illustrated through power-point presentations.

Ms. Vishali Arora, a student-teacher of B.Ed. Sem-I achieved first prize in the preparation and demonstration of a working model on ‘Solar Power Stadium’. She explained that most widely used sources of energy take thousands of years for formation. Solar energy is a vital renewable resource which is used all over the world to produce electricity and fulfill our mechanical needs. Some student- teachers represented videos of scientific simulation. They gave tips to use energy properly in the kitchen and at homes.

 Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh said that implementing these energy conservation strategies will have a positive impact on our lives. He appreciated efforts made by the whole team and explained that it is very much important to conserve energy for our future generation. In the end, a pledge was taken of not wasting any type of energy at homes and workplaces.

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR OBSERVED WORLD AIDS DAY

 

The NSS unit of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar observed World Aids day to spread awareness regarding AIDS, call for an increased response to move towards “Ending the HIV Epidemic” and speak out against HIV stigma following the theme of World AIDS Day 2021 which is “End inequalities. End AIDS”.  The NSS volunteers shared facts and medically accurate information about HIV and AIDS. NSS volunteer Pooja Ghosh elucidated the symptoms of HIV and treatment of AIDS in her speech. She highlighted medical facts with the help of a flex and achieved first prize in demonstration.

All the student-teachers and faculty members wore red ribbons to raise awareness about AIDS. AIDS awareness slogans ‘Let’s Stop HIV Together’, ‘Open your eyes before AIDS closes them’ etc resonated through the air.

A Poster-making competition was also organized in which the student-teachers prepared descriptive posters and made videos demonstrating their posters. These videos were shared through online modes in order to spread knowledge about HIV myths and promote its prevention. Nidha Gupta achieved first prize in Poster-making competition.

Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh highlighted the fact that the world is facing new diseases each day. He further said that “we all should take constructive steps to eliminate chronic diseases for making our planet safe and spreading awareness about AIDS disease in communities is must, which our NSS unit volunteers are doing to a great extent.”   

 

 

 

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR ORGANISED AN ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR B.ED. ENTRANTS

  

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar organized an Orientation Programme to acquaint the new student-teachers with the B.Ed. Programme (2021-2023). The student-teachers were briefed about all the institutions run by Bowry Memorial Educational and Medical Trust of the college. They were familiarized with the eminent members of the management, the meritorious history of the college, the cells and committees, the rules and regulations of the college.

Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh formally welcomed and addressed the new-comers. He briefed the student-teachers about the glorious scholastic and the co-scholastic achievements of the former students of the college and  introduced the faculty members. Assistant Professor Ms. Tarunjyoti Kaur discussed the scheme of study, co-curricular and NSS activities regularly organised by the college during the whole B.Ed. session.

Executive Director Mrs. Aradhana Bowry encouraged the student-teachers to pursue their goal of success with full dedication and commitment. They were reminded of the fact that great teaching is more than a handful of teaching tricks strung together with modest aims and sufficient expertise. The Members of Management, the College Principal and faculty members warmly welcomed and bestowed their blessings upon the new students.

 

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated International day of Endurance

 

The student- teachers of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated ‘International  day of Endurance’ on the theme given by UNESCO that tolerance is respect, acceptance, and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.

A Drama was enacted by the would-be teachers Komal Verma, Kanika Rana, Parmjit Kaur, Tanu Arora, Harleen Kaur, Monika and Chanderkala to spread the message that the quality of being tolerant is very much essential for becoming  a good teacher as ‘Teaching without talent, compassion and endurance is like an octopus on skates – there will be movement without direction’. – K.B. Ghosh. By depicting different scenes of classroom situations the student-teachers highlighted that ‘Endurance is not just the ability to bear a difficult thing, but to turn it into glory’ as quoted by William Barclay.

Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh appreciated the team work and explained to the student-teachers that being tolerant removes one's self-imposed barriers by allowing one to think more broadly and enjoy greater inner peace.  Tolerance is an amazing tool that can help to make the classroom environment democratic and lively in which all can contribute together harmoniously and peacefully.

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR CELEBRATED ANTI-CRACKER DIWALI WEEK

 

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar under the auspices of DISHA - An initiative by Bowry Memorial Educational and Medical trust organized an ‘Anti-cracker and Anti-plastic week’ with the motto of “Go Green” and with the aim of propagating the message of celebrating eco-friendly Diwali.

Keeping our environment clean and green is very important and Diwali is the best time to decorate our houses and surroundings. On the first day ‘Toran-making creativeness’ competition and Rangoli competition with the theme of “the triumph of good over evil” and “Goddess Lakshmi Rangoli designs for Diwali” were organized. Nishu Walia and Keerat preet Kaur achieved first prize in ‘Toran-making creativeness’ and Chanderkala and Harneet Kaur bagged first prize in Rangoli competition.

On the second day the student-teachers and teacher-educators pledged that they would never make use of plastic bags which are a major source of pollution, instead they creatively prepared attractive Diwali gift packages with waste paper material. Slogan writing competition with pictures on theme of “This Diwali burst your ego not crackers” was organized on the third day. Palak Ratta achieved first prize by artistically writing the slogan -“Let's fill our minds and homes with lights and flowers. Not explosives and fumes”. Diya decoration and poster-making competitions were organized on the fourth day. Next two days the student-teachers visited nearby govt schools to explain to the children the various ways to celebrate green Diwali.

 Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh explained to the student-teachers that Diwali is a festival of lights so lights should be illuminated from within each one of us to follow the path of righteousness by overcoming our negative thoughts and weaknesses.

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR EXHIBITED SPECTACULAR YIELDS IN SEM-I B.ED. EXAMINATION.

    The hard work of the student-teachers of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar bore fruitful results with 100% first divisions in the GNDU B.Ed. Examination Sem - I (Dec 2020). Fifty-four percent student-teachers attained more than 80% marks.

Kritika Maggo stood first in the college with 89.7% marks, Nargis Jaitwani achieved second position in the college with 89% marks, Gunpreet Kaur and Tanu Arora bagged third position with 87% marks and Palak Ratta got fourth position in the college with 85.9% marks. All the achievers thanked the Principal and faculty members for providing qualitative Digitalized Education and for acting as facilitators in the teaching- learning process. Kritika Maggo said, “For my achievement, I am thankful to all my teachers for their best cooperation and I am so grateful and happy to choose Innocent Hearts College of Education for my B.Ed. degree. I would like to extend my gratitude to my parents and family for being my constant support.” Nargis Jaitwani said, “I am grateful to my teachers for their encouragement and enthusiasm to teach. I wish I could imbibe in myself the same values as they have.” 

The members of the Management, Principal and staff members congratulated all the student-teachers for their brilliant attainments. Executive director (colleges), BMEMT, Mrs. Aradhana Bowry congratulated the medalists and motivated all the student-teachers to put in more effort in the next semester also.  Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh attributed this success to the team work of faculty members, students and cooperation extended by the Management.

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JALANDHAR CELEBRATED NATIONAL UNITY DAY

 

The NSS unit of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated National Unity day to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and for instilling a sense of belonging to our nation in the hearts of every citizen of India.

  A pledge taking ceremony was organized to provide the student-teachers an opportunity for reaffirming their inherent strength and resilience to stand against threats to the national unity, integrity and security of our nation INDIA.  Patriotic solo singing and solo dance performances were also organized on the theme of ‘Unity in Diversity'. Komal sang the patriotic song ‘Salaam India, Jhuke tere aage sar’ with great zeal and fervour. The student-teachers of NSS unit danced very gracefully on the song beats of 'Mera Des Rangeela'.  Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh in his speech highlighted the importance of unity by explaining that unity is strength and the onus of keeping India united is on the shoulders of our student-teachers i.e. would-be teachers.

OUR TEACHERS TO BE!!!!!!!

 

INNOCENT HEARTS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, “TEACHERS TO BE” STEPPED UP TO THE PODIUM WITH EXCELLENT RESULT

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar achieved 100% First Divisions in the aggregate result of GNDU B.Ed. Examination (2019- 2021). Eight percent student-teachers achieved distinctions and forty-three percent student – teachers grabbed more than 70% marks. 

Ria Mahajan achieved first  position in the college with 76.1% aggregate marks, Japleen Kochhar bagged second position with 75.5 % aggregate marks and Reema Rani got third position in the college with 75.4% aggregate marks of all the four semesters. Ria Mahajan said, “I express my heartfelt gratitude towards the almighty, parents and teachers without whom this academic achievement would have not been possible for me.” Japleen Kochhar added, “Success is not something you attain without putting in the effort. It is a mindset you must adopt to accomplish your goals and grow as a person and it takes hard work. My family has always supported and encouraged me to work hard to attain my goals. Moreover, the co-operation and guidance of Principal Sir and the teachers of our college have always encouraged me to move forward. Saying ‘thankyou’ to all of them is just not enough.”

Executive Director (Colleges), Bowry Memorial Educational and Medical Trust, Mrs. Aradhana Bowry appreciated the progress made by the student-teachers. Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh motivated the would-be teachers to keep working whole-heartedly by polishing their skills in the schools too, where they will be teaching in the near future.

The members of Management, Principal and faculty members congratulated all the student-teachers for their brilliant performance. All would-be teachers felt victorious and thanked their mentors.

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated International Girl Child Day

 

The NSS unit of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated International girl child day to advocate the notion that girls are no less than boys in all the spheres of life.

A drama on the theme of solutions to gender inequality – ‘Digital generation, our generation’ was enacted by NSS volunteers Palak Ratta, Baljit Kaur, Gunpreet Kaur, Navjeet Kaur, Navpreet Kaur, Nandini and Taranpreet Kaur. They expressed their inner feelings and thoughts through this drama about the strategies to be adopted to equip girls with qualitative education and make their future bright. 

An extempore was also conducted on the topics related to the achievements of Great Indian women  - Mary Kom, Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams etc. E- certificates were given to the winners and drama actors.

Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh congratulated the winners and appreciated the participants. He said that the college has a ‘Grievance cell’ and a ‘Guidance and Counselling cell’ to help in solving problems faced by females so that they live a peaceful and dignified life.

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated Gandhi Jayanti

 

The NSS unit of Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated Gandhi Jayanti by organising various activities on the theme of inculcating Gandhian values and principles of truth, non-violence, simplicity and tolerance amongst the would-be teachers.

All the student-teachers actively participated in an Extension lecture organised on the sub-theme - ‘Open thy arms to change, but don't let go of your values.’ The resource person for the event, Language trainer  (alumna) Ms.Tanvi narrated interesting stories from the life of Mahatma Gandhiji, the way he faced hardships with great courage and tackled them with determination and patience. She elucidated, ‘in this world which is moving through the phase of violence and terrorism, there is a significant requirement of Gandhian philosophy of non- violence even more today than was in the past years.’ 

A drama was enacted by the student-teachers Nargis Jaitwani, Reetu, Rajni Sharma, Riya Lamba and Doras  Malhotra with  the primary aim of promoting Gandhian ideas on Experiential Learning, Nai Talim, Work Education and Community Engagement. It potrayed that Nai Talim (New Education) focussed on nurturing multiple skills in a child based on her/his interest. It prepared students with knowledge, skills and self-reliance, which open avenues for expanding opportunities for employment and overall development of an individual. 

Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh highlighted that true character-building education needs to be focused on values, ethics and ideal citizenship. It is very much important for our would-be teachers to understand and imbibe the philosophy of education given by our Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhiji. The Principal and all the staff members appreciated the performances of the student-teachers.

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated Hindi Diwas

 

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar celebrated Hindi diwas with great pride and nobility. By reciting Kabirdas ji’s couplets, Rahim ji’s couplets and Tulsidas ji’s couplets in Hindi language the student-teachers spread the message that Hindi language is the soul of our cultural heritage. It is our official language and the backbone of our nation.

A virtual play on the theme of preserving and disseminating Hindi Language to the coming generations in its pure form by not mixing it with the other languages was artistically enacted by Neha Sareen, Nishu Walia, Shikha Sanan, Mitali Rana, Preeti and Amanpreet Kaur. The importance of Hindi Language in modern times was very well illustrated through this drama.

Many student-teachers also recited self-composed poems depicting their love and respect for Hindi language. Principal Dr. Arjinder Singh congratulated all the participants and e-certificates were given to all of them.