Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: Making a break-through from traditional holiday home-work assignments generally given on textual course content, students of KC Public School came out with an impressive array of innovative, creative and original project work in all the subjects such as languages, mathematics, science, social sciences and performing & visual arts during their summer vacation this year.
Prior to the commencement of holidays, they were given guidelines based on 12 tenets of Round Square Discovery Framework, namely, Appreciation for Diversity, Ability to Solve Problems, Commitment to Sustainability, Inquisitiveness, Courage, Self-Awareness, Compassion, Teamwork Skills, Tenacity, Inventiveness, Communication Skills and Sense of Responsibility.
The Round Square Movement followed in about 180 leading schools in the world including KC Public School believes in making education a transformative process for the child through experiential learning and by making school curricula revolve round six fundamental principles of Kurt Hahn’s educational philosophy, namely, Internationalism, Environm-entalism, Democracy, Leadership, Adventure and Community Service.
The exhibition was put on display for the parent community and public today morning in the senior school building. A large number of visitors patronized the exhibition and interacted with students manning the displays which included models, charts, booklets, posters, comic strips, working models in science, puppet shows, skits, songs, dances and arte facts. A group of senior faculty members of the Department of Law, Jammu University, accompanied by School Chairman Raju Chowdhary and Managing Director Arti Chowdhary also visited the exhibition and appreciated the way students had done their home assignments in conformity with the principles of Round Square Discovery Framework.