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All New Holiday Homework to Keep Children Busy This Summer Vacation
By sachiv, Section Kiddies Corner
Summer vacations have started in the city schools, but it's not only outings and relaxation that is on the children's mind this year. With schools trying to be innovative, holiday homework has come in an entirely new avatar this time, and this is going to keep the children busy, for they will have to do things they have never done before.
Consider a 12-year-old child making the monthly budget for the entire family, or a 10-year-old preparing a plan for conserving water. These are some of the tasks students have to do during the two-month break. Class VI students of St. Mary's School have been told to take down the electronic meter reading for an entire month and find out which gadget consumes most power. "We have told the parents of Class VII and VIII students to plan the family budget and record each expense in the tables and sheets provided to them. This is part of their practical training in life," said Madhu Sharma, in charge of St Mary's Middle School, Safdarjung Enclave. Schools are also focusing on doing science projects on pollution. "Students are asked to go to their neighborhood parks, observe public behaviour, sanitation, etc and then write a synopsis about how they want to improve the situation. Last year, our students made a robot that can walk on water as well as on land and another that follows a specific colour code. These models were sent to IIT Mumbai, and out of 1,400 entries, our students got two prizes," said Dr RK Sharma, principal of Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar.
Not all students are, however, very happy with the homework. According to them, doing homework is not a problem but holidays should be only for relaxation. "We have two months' holiday, but at least 20 days will go into finishing the homework if we are absolutely consistent. Some projects are really interesting like one about writing on a disaster, but others are not very exciting," said Ishita Jain, who studies in Class VIII in Shri Ram School. Her younger sister, Roshni, is, however, very excited to find out about planets and write a six-page project on Jupiter. "Working on Internet to find information is what interests me," she said.
"We are going to launch a drive against liquor vends around schools during these holidays. Even though we do not have one around our school, we will go to other schools in Vasant Vihar and take up the issue with the residents' welfare associations and the local MLA," said Shashank Angiras, a student of Class X, St Mary's School. It is the play school children who are more excited about their holiday homework. "My son is supposed to practise alphabets and numbers besides rhymes before his play school reopens. But he wants to work on his notebooks first thing in the morning. The only problem is that he wants to write with a pen and not pencil, like adults," said Ginni Baweja, whose son Divjyot is in a play school in Pashchim Vihar. (Source - Indian Express, 21/05/07)
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