Internationalism

Internationalism in DPS, Raipur 

Statement of purpose

International mindedness is “caught, not taught” by building an ethos that encourages certain habits of the mind and the heart, and certain actions and practices based on principles. It fosters values, inculcates attitudes, develops abilities and encourages practices that underlie or facilitate the bridging of social and cultural differences.

The international venture at DPS Raipur seeks to go beyond the barriers of language, nationality, caste, creed and religion. We hitherto cement friendship without frontiers in a broader vista of understanding.

The school has partnered with two schools: Hounsdown school, UK, and Ellesmere school, U.K. The nature of this partnership includes cross-training, visiting faculty, joint service projects, school visits, and language development. Children benefited from this collaboration through the means of meaningful exchanges, exposure, and cultural study. Children appreciated cultures and could see the similarities and differences with their own culture. This led to more tolerance, empathy and peace. The genres of study deliberated the exposure to larger spectrum of life.  It was a meaningful and rewarding experience collaborating for a significant association.

Internationalism widens the mind set and outlook and brings with it added benefits, opportunities and advantages so, inevitably, educational ideology and theory begin to reflect the mind-set. The varied emanations are reflected in the activities and events of the school which would eventually mirror in the attitude & approach of the students. It would be a great leap forward towards emerging a new world order- utopia.

We fervently wish that with the world shrinking into a global village, internationalism would make it one world- one nation. May the glory of solidarity and bonhomie foster effectually with the uninterrupted union of countries. Endeavouring a new -fangled insight.

• DPS Raipur has been successful in obtaining a Global School Partnerships Reciprocal Visit Grant with Hounsdown Science College, Southhampton UK under the aegis of the British Council. This programme of the British Council is to build effective partnerships between the eastern and western schools across the globe.The Partnership enshrines to offer a global outlook with mutual exchange of academic and co curricular enterprises. The benediction of partnership will mirror the holistic growth of students.
  
• The school ambassadors Ms. Sowmya Raghubir and Mr. Vinoy Joseph  participated in Teacher Exchange Programme sponsored by British Council and experienced an enriching and elevating exchange programme with Hounsdown Science college, Southhampton,UK from 26th September to 13th October’2011.
  
• The school is also working for British Council’s “International School Award”.
  
• The school is also a part of connecting classroom programme run and supported by the British Council.
  
• Delhi Public School, Raipur takes education out of the classroom and sets its expedition to  foreign destinations like NASA (Florida), U.S.A., Egypt, Europe that been designed to perpetrate global outlook to bring enormous transformation from enthusiastic learners to active leaders, better equipped to succeed and contribute to the world around them. It aims at teaching personal ethics, improving confidence level of the children, interacting with outside world, widening empirical wisdom, cultural consciousness and exploration of global concern. As DPS, Raipur is committed to help the young generation expand their leadership eminence; solidarity to ascend to the challenges of the world they subsist, this tantalizing trip is premeditated as a key step towards the realization of the aspiration which is sure to generate memories of an absolute enthralling and cherished instance of their lives.
  
• Ishwaraj Singh Bhatia of Class X got the proud privilege to represent Delhi Public School, Raipur at Ellesmere College, Shropshire, U.K as the first exchange student.
  
• Educationists, Owen Lynch and Lidya Bucar, from the United Kingdom visited DPS, Raipur on 11th June,2011 for a tete-e-tete with the teachers to discuss the latest reforms & developments in the educational system. Owen has the credentials of being CEO of Becta, operating as senior consultant in the educational policy to government departments, agencies and international private companies and recently, has had the privilege to revisit and review education strategies in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Singapore England and the USA.
  
• Echoing the parallel aspiration of British Council, UK, it is a singular privilege for DPS Raipur to be chosen as one of the British Council Ambassador School (BCSA) in Eastern India. It is recognition of the interest shown towards British Council programmes and the active role played to motivate the teachers and nominate coordinators.  The blitzkrieg bonanza for DPS Raipur is that it is the only school in India to feature in BBC News Report. Furthermore it is a tribute to the teachers for taking the efforts of embedding internationalism into the curriculum and making this world truly borderless.

DPS Principal Mr. Mukherjee British Council School Ambassador 

Echoing the parallel aspiration of British Council, UK, it is a singular privilege for DPS Raipur Principal Mr. Raghunath Mukherjee to be chosen as the British Council Ambassador and DPS Raipur to be a British Council Ambassador School in Eastern India. It is recognition of the interest shown towards British Council programmes and the active role played to motivate the teachers and students to promote internationalism & to produce global citizens.  The blitzkrieg bonanza for DPS Raipur is that it is the only school in India to feature in BBC News Report U.K. with its partner Hounsdown School, Hants. Furthermore it is a tribute to the teachers for taking the efforts of embedding internationalism into the curriculum and making this world truly borderless. 

It is an exclusive honour to attain the wonderful community of such schools on one platform through BCSA. Shri Raghunath Mukherjee, Principal, DPS Raipur attended the 2011-12 BCSA meeting as British Council School Ambassador for Eastern India on the 7th and 8th November 2011 in Chennai. Mr. Paul Sellers, Director South India, British Council Division, British High Commission awarded & applauded Mr. Raghunath Mukherjee for the burgeoning spirit of   internationalism in DPS Raipur. It is noteworthy that Mr. Raghunath Mukherjee is the first teacher to be awarded with the British Council International School Award in India. 

The BCSA meeting enabled principals/teachers and policy makers around the community to network with one another, seek and share advice, and join or form clusters of schools that want to work together on international projects. In the BCSA meeting they were updated on new British Council projects for schools, new Schools online website and future plans of engagement with schools. The veritable project personifies a futuristic and progressive outlook at large.

DPS Raipur espouses International Exchange

Delhi Public School, Raipur has unequivocally set an example in the field of International academic exchange. The school ambassadors Ms. Sowmya Raghubir and Mr. Vinoy Joseph experienced an enriching and elevating exchange programme with Hounsdown Science college, Southhampton,UK from 26^th September to 13^th October’2011.

DPS, Raipur has pioneered the Reciprocal Visit Global School Partnerships under the aegis of British Council in Chhattisgarh state. It is to embed a global dimension with global curriculum involving and benefitting the community. The Comenius programme offers professional development of teachers as individual and advances the curriculum on whole of an institution. DPS, Raipur with its western partner school Hounsdown Hants, A Science college will work collaboratively to cater endless opportunities for integrating new forms of expression, creativity, exploring diversity and other global issues and supporting formative assessment. 

Ms. Sowmya and Mr. Joseph worked on various subjects with the students at Hounsdown and Interaction has motivated the students of UK to develop an interest in Hindi language. A plethora of  activities were conducted which resulted in improved skills in speaking and writing. Activities in subjects like Biology, History and Geography has increased children’s knowledge not only of their own country but of India as well.

Ms.Sowmya and Mr. Vinoy on their return, briefed about their experience to Mr. Vijay Shah, the management member and Mr. R.Mukherjee, Principal.A detailed action plan has been made to make the partnership between DPS, Raipur and Hounsdown School a success. They augmented their pedagogical skills and vows to disseminate their experiences and knowledge to the academic milieu.

Interaction, creativity and empowerment are the three cornerstones of this partnership and have laid the foundations of the education dream for the wider school community.

Delhi Public School Raipur goes on an Educational Tour to Europe

Delhi Public School, Raipur takes education out of the classroom and sets its expedition to “Enchanting Europe” a world of spectacular sights, with 42 children escorted by three teachers from 10^th Oct 2011 to 20^th Oct 2011. The itinerary includes France, Switzerland & Italy. Children are given an opening to experience the breathtaking exquisiteness of the panoramic spots. This trip is aimed at teaching personal ethics, improving confidence level of the children, interacting with outside world, widening empirical wisdom, cultural consciousness and exploration of global concern. As DPS, Raipur is committed to help the young generation expand their leadership eminence; solidarity to ascend to the challenges of the world they subsist, this tantalizing trip is premeditated as a key step towards the realization of the aspiration which is sure to generate memories of an absolute enthralling and cherished instance of their lives.

DPS RAIPUR GEARS GLOBAL GAMUT 

DPS, Raipur feels privileged having solidly secured its partnership with Ellesmere College, Shropshire, U.K. and as agreed mutually, the orientation & enrichment manifesto of its students are in full swing. 

Ishwaraj Singh Bhatia, of class X was selected to represent the School in playing cricket for Ellesmere College during the summer term, 2011 and to attend the academic classes of A levels of GCSE. 

Ishwaraj appealed as the grand ambassador of DPS, Raipur owing to his prolific, tenacious & abysmall patience at all times. He can be relied upon to induce and cement friendly relationship, be open to criticism, innovative ideas and display zeal to improve his own yardsticks. Where, students of today are influenced by the hypnotic beckoning of the teeming swarms of exorbitant ‘techno-locusts’ and hence are losing the touch of friendliness, Ishwaraj, perhaps is one of those rare boys who care for the bonhomie power of friendly nature. And so instead of sulking in the back seat with computers, I-pods, monolithic television sets & techno-gadgets, he chose to explore a land & culture unknown to him beyond the boundaries of his nation, religion, language & culture. 

After Soccer, Cricket is followed like a religion in U.K. just as it is followed in India probably because the Britishers invented and established this game. Indians, on the other hand, have a long history of their association with the British and hence their hunger for the game is insatiable & understandable. So, to explore the intricacies of this phenomenal game, Ishwaraj Singh Bhatia was sent to enroll himself in Ellesmere College, U.K. and as anticipated, he has returned after a short stint only to return to U.K. to join the cricket tour to Barbados (West Indies) as strongly recommended by his Coach, Mr. Colin Cawcutt who has also expressed his pleasure on having to coach such a promising student as Ishwaraj. Mr. Colin feels that Ishwaraj will surely improvise his skills to perfection in the period of two years that he has to spend playing cricket almost incessantly. 

Ishwaraj, too, is in high spirits since he has reported from there and feels that the season ahead will certainly help him realize his dreams as a cricketer in the Indian squad. It will also enable him to equip his School, DPSR in coaching aspiring students who desire to pursue cricket as their hobby or vocation. For such noble thoughts & high spirit, the managing committee, the Principal & the entire family of DPS extend their warm wishes to the enterprising and promising youngster, Ishwaraj and hope that he will bring laurels to his School and Nation with his deft and valuable experience. 

Ishwaraj has been sponsored by the Ellesmere College with a substantial scholarship to continue his studies at U.K. With a deep desire to perform & reach the peak of the game; Ishwaraj also aims to qualify for Universities like Cambridge & Oxford for his higher studies and to play for them. 

This success of Ishwaraj & DPS Raipur has opened a new door of opportunities for its students as this is going to take the shape of an annual exchange programme between DPSR and Ellesmere College for their teachers & students.