Government
Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram, Trivandrum
Jinu L
B.Ed. Commerce,
BNVCTE, Trivandrum
1. Introduction
Let me start with the words of our father of the
nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He said “By education I mean, an all round development
of the best in the man and child – body, mind and spirit.” The importance of education is quite
clear. Education is the knowledge of putting one's potentials to maximum use.
The second reason for the importance of education is that only through the
attainment of education, man is enabled to receive information from the
external world, to acquaint him / her with past history and receive all
necessary information regarding the present. Here comes the importance of a
school. Role of a school is to develop raw child to perfect. Purpose of schools
is irrelevant if child’s taste is not developed or child is not made to fit the
world. It is schools, which are responsible for child’s growth.
The curriculum of our B.Ed. education has given a chance to
understand and to be a part in the formation of a child in the school. It is
named as ‘Initiatory School Experience.’
For this we, five student teachers from BNVCTE, have selected
Government HSS, Kamaleswaram. The Initiatory School Experience was scheduled
from 06th January, 2014 to 09th January, 2014. First two
days are arranged in a way to acquaint with the school environment and day to
day functions and last two days are given to engage classes and interact with
students. Initiatory School Experience in our B.Ed. curriculum will provide us
the basic awareness of educational environment.
2. Action Table for School Visit
06-01-2014
(First Day)
Time Action
9.15 am Reached
Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram
9.20 am Reported to Principal Mr. P Muraleedharan Nair and Head Mistress
Mrs. Sathyabhama S and got permission to take photographs and other necessary
things as per the curriculum
9.25 am Discussion with Senior Assistant Mrs. Rama Devi regarding
our program and collected time table and other necessary details
9.30 am Participated
in Assembly
a. Prayer
b. Pledge
c. News of the day
d. Specialty of the day
e. Message from Principal
i. Condolence to Udhayabhanu’s
Death
ii. Appreciation to Mr. Shamnad, a student from HSS
Commerce who has achieved the Best Cadet Award – 2013 and Rajyapuraskar
Scholarship from Prime Minister with regard to his contribution to NCC
iii. Reminded the need of discipline and cleanliness
in the school
iv. Importance of study for the
final exam.
f. Message from Head Mistress
i. Appreciated Mr. Shamnad
ii. Follow up action to be taken to keep discipline
and cleanliness
9.45 am Assembly
dispersed
9.45 am Meeting with subject teachers and discussed about the
portions and classes to be covered by student teacher and got permission to
observe two classes.
9.55 am Got
in the allotted room
10.00 am Discussed
the assigned tasks among student teachers
11.00 am Visited around the school and enquired the details of school
from various staffs and students
12.30 pm Lunch
Break
01.00 pm Peer discussion among student teachers regarding the
information collected.
01.45 pm Visited
library and labs of the school
03.30 pm Completed
the first day of Initiatory School Experience
07-01-2014
(Second Day)
Time Action
9.15 am Reached
Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram
9.25 am Reporting to Principal
9.30 am Observation of Plus One Commerce class of Senior Teacher
Mr. Abhilash (Subject – Accountancy)
10.20 am Gathered
in the allotted room and prepared for the shared class.
12.30 pm Observed
the noon feeding system of the school and had lunch
01.00 pm Gathered in the allotted room and discussed about the
Initiatory School Experience Report writing
03.00 pm Met the scout master Mr. Akbarshah L for discussion
03.15 pm Met Mr. Vijayakumar sir, in charge of endowments and awards
for discussion
03.30 pm Completed the second day of Initiatory School Experience
08-01-2014
(Third Day)
Time Action
9.15 am Reached
Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram
9.25 am Reporting to Principal
9.30 am Shared session in Plus One Commerce Class (Subject –
Business)
10.15 am Individual session in Plus One Commerce Class (Subject –
Accountancy)
11.00 am Peer group class observation in Plus One Commerce Class (Subject
– Accountancy)
11.45 am Discussion with Mrs. Radhamani Teacher regarding sessions
12.30 pm Lunch Break
01.00 pm Evaluation and discussion with peer group in the allotted
room
02.15 pm Peer group class observation
02.45 pm Attended the Career Guidance & Adolescence Counseling
Seminar with Plus Two students
03.30 pm Completed the third day of Initiatory School Experience
09-01-2014
(Fourth Day)
Time Action
9.15 am Reached
Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram
9.25 am Reporting to Principal
9.30 am Assembly
a. Prayer
b. Pledge
c. Thought for the day
d. News of the day
e. Official function to present the Best Cadet – NCC
Trophy to Mr.
Shamnad in
HSS
9.40 am Individual session in Plus One Commerce Class (Subject –
Business)
10.20 am Preparation
for the report from allotted room
12.30 pm Lunch Break
01.00 pm Feedback discussion with Plus One Commerce students
03.00 pm Visited the teachers and staffs to thank them for their
support
03.30 pm Completed Initiatory School Experience
3. About the school
The school KAMALESWARAM GHSS is
located in the area AMBALATHARA of TRIVANDRUM SOUTH. KAMALESWARAM GHSS is in
the THIRUVANANTHAPURAM district of KERALA state. Pincode is 695009. Councilor
in this ward is M P Reshmi. This school is situated in East Fort-Kovalam road.
It comes under the area of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and under Manacaud
Post Office. KAMALESWARAM GHSS was established in the
year 1908. The motto of the school is “Molding nice citizens for a better
tomorrow.” KAMALESWARAM GHSS is a Pre primary + Primary + UP + HS + Higher
secondary school. The coeducation status of KAMALESWARAM GHSS is
Co-Educational. This is the one
and only public school in the Corporation having education from pre primary
level to the higher secondary level. At present Higher Secondary level includes
493 students and 23 Teachers and for HS it is 1500 and 27 respectively. Apart
from this 4 non teaching staffs also are working in the school.
a.
History
The
school started to function in Kamaleswaram on the 8 cents of land taken in
lease from the Government. Land (Pandara), by the Manager and Headmaster Shri.
P K Krishnapillai, popularly known as “Valiya Sir” in AD 1908. The other
teachers worked with him were Sri Gopalapillai, Sri Narayanapillai and Sri
Thottathil Narayanan. He ran the school for 35 years continuously as a
Kudipallikkoodam. The school was badly damaged during the heavy rains in 1943.
As a result of this climatic rigor the running of the school ran into rough
waters. Then few business men and neighbors took over the administration of
school. Using their profit from business and donation from people, they tried
their best to run the school. Government took control of the school in 1958
as a result of the formation of Kerala State, which made education universal
and compulsory. Furthermore Government took over the land on lease from the
leaseholder and handed it over to the General Education Department. The school
was upgraded to the higher level in regular intervals. Higher Secondary batch
was started in 1998 with 3 subjects. In 2004 Biology Science also attached with
the HSS of the school.
b.
Management
This
School is managed by Education Department of Kerala Government. School
Officials are accountable to various authorities of the Government. Principal
is in charge of the HSE and Headmistress is the head of HS.
Principal
Mr. P Muraleedharan Nair
Headmistress
Mrs. Sathyabhama S
c.
Structure of the school
d.
Parents Teacher Association (PTA)
PTA
committee includes 13 members. Mr. Manikandan Nair is the PTA President. They
arrange General Body Meeting and give suggestions to the authority for the
improvement of the school. Once in 2 months parents-teachers meeting are
arranged. Fortunately we could observe the parents-teachers meeting since it
was arranged in Initiatory school experience days. Especially Parents-Teachers
meeting of Plus One commerce students was arranged on 08-01-2014.
e.
School Discipline
Schedule:
School is functioning between 9.15 am and 3.30 pm. Seven periods of 45 minutes
each are there in a working day. 12.30 pm to 1.00 pm is the allotted lunch
break apart from two short intervals in a day.
Leave
Pattern: Students must have a minimum of 80 % attendance to
write the final exam. Exception up to 10 % can be approved by Director for
valuable reasons like medical, etc..
Teachers are provided with 15 days
casual leave for the one year service.
Assembly:
Assembly is gathered twice in a week and it is conducted by each class in a
rotation manner. Prayer, Pledge, Thought of the day, News Reading, Quiz,
Importance of the day are part of the assembly.
Uniform:
Proper uniform structure is there for various levels of students. Sky blue
shirt/top and Black pants are the uniform of High School students. Blue striped
white shirt/top and Black pants are the uniform of Plus One students. Cream
colour shirt/top and Brown pants are the uniform of Plus Two students.
Cleanliness:
Actions are taken to keep the environment healthy with clean surroundings.
Several Programs are conducted by the clubs of the school to give eco-friendly
awareness to the students.
Discipline
Committee: Discipline committee is formed by the teachers and
taken major decisions to maintain discipline. Important action taken is not
allowing students to go out during school hours.
Strict
Instructions: Mobile phone is strictly prohibited in
the school compound and students are instructed not to wear gold or other
valuable ornaments in the school. Other important instructions are mentioned in
school diary.
4
Personality Development
School authority is highly
concentrated to give personality development classes to the students. Counseling
program is conducted in a year to help the students. Different clubs are there
in the school to develop abilities of school. Importance among them are..
a.
National Cadet Corps (NCC):
A well functioning NCC unit is there in the school which has brought
achievements to the school. 100 cadets are there with NCC, co ordinate by the
HS Teacher Mr. N C John. Twice in a week they used to conduct parade training
given by the official from NCC Unit Office in Trivandrum. 2 days Trucking camp
was arranged for NCC cadets in Thenmala.
b.
National Service Society (NSS):
National Services society is coordinated by Commerce Teacher Mrs. Sindhu which
has 93 members. As of the aim, personality development through community
service, 7 days special camp was arranged in school. The Motto of NSS is “Not
me, but you”
c.
Scout Squad:
Under the control of scout master Mr. Akbarshah L 32 squad members and 10
successful senior students lead the scout squad of school. They conduct petrol
meetings in every Wednesday evenings. Scout Squad need more economical support
to bring back their golden period of serving the society.
d.
Science Club:
Science Club also functions in the school with participation of several
students for the environmental awareness to students.
e.
Nalla Paadam (Good Lesson):
Nalla Paadam Club, co ordinate by Teacher Mrs. Bindhu, is in a lead role of the
school through which students has visited 100 neighbors of the school and
planted various plants. This program was inaugurated by the Minister K P
Mohanan. With the help of Sai Gram, students have collected plastic covers for
re use even from their houses. They have developed eco-friendly bags and they
have replaced plastic waste boxes with eco-friendly boxes.
f.
Gandhi Dharshan :
Gandhi Dharshan Club also functions in schools spreading the views and thoughts
of Mahatma Gandhi and give the awareness of vocational education.
g.
Souhrida Club:
Souhrida Club as the name indicates, it develop the personality and
relationship between students. Counseling was conducted by this club for the
school.
h.
Career Guidance Club:
Career guidance club arranges career guidance classes for the students which
help the students to choose the right path for their future. It was inaugurated
on 6-8-13 for this year.
5
Health and First Aid
As per the information from school
authority a fulltime medical nurse is appointed in the school and expected to
join soon. Medical camps are conducted by school clubs in a regular interval. Especially
eye check up camp and blood check up camps are arranged. Recently blood
donation camp was arranged by the school. Noon Feeding system is also
effectively done in the school.
Noon Feeding System
Noon Feeding system is also effectively done in the
school. Apart from noon feeding breakfast also given to the students. Food is
given as per the scheduled menu in each day. Even though it is allotted up to
the standard VIII, weaker students of higher standards also considered for this
scheme. Convener of the Noon Feeding System is Mr. Vijayakumaran Nair V.
6
Endowments and Awards
School also gives endowments,
memorials and awards to the best performing students in every year. For
endowments and memorials school is using the interest of the deposits in bank
donated by few big hands. PTA will find the source for all other awards.
There are 13 endowments/memorials and 21 awards are
given by the GHSS Kamaleswaram. Important among them are..
a. P
Divakaran Memorial Award : Given to the topper of SSLC
b. K
G Ramanpillai Memorial Award : Given to the topper of Plus Two
c. Rashtrabhasha
Award : Given to the topper of Hindi in HSE Level
7
Alumni Association
As of now no alumni association is
there in the school. Still the school staffs are planning to invite the
x-students and form an alumni association in the school in the coming vacation.
8
School Maintenance
Usually school maintenance is done
my corporation. Recent maintenance works are proper drainage system, toilets,
etc… Important grants used for school maintenance are a. Maintenance Grant
b.
Corporation Projects
c.
MP Fund
d.
MLA Fund
9
Infrastructure facilities
a.
Library:
Library in Kamaleswaram school is the special attraction to the school. It has
separate libraries for High School and Higher Secondary School. Library
provides collection of books and academic CDs. Librarian in charge of the
school is Mrs. Brinda C P.
b.
Labs:
School is also providing labs for the practical knowledge. As per the
information from IT coordinator Mr. N C John, school has 5 smart class rooms, 18
desktops and 9 laptops in various computer labs. Apart from this various
science labs also there in the school.
Higher
Secondary school level has the following labs
i.
Computer Lab
ii.
Geography Lab
iii.
Physics Lab
iv.
Chemistry Lab
v.
Botany and Zoology Lab
High school has the following labs
i.
Computer Lab
ii.
Science Lab
UP Section also has a lab for their
use.
i.
Computer Lab
c.
Class Rooms:
Most of the class rooms are cleaned well and electrified. Still lack of class
rooms is a limitation for the good performance of the school.
d.
Toilets:
Separate toilets are provided for boys, girls and staffs. In addition to that
using special fund, new toilet facility is provided to HSS students separately.
A thing to be noticed in this section is e-toilets. Using Taroor Foundation
Fund, 2 e-toilets are arranged in the school to make the school eco-friendly.
e.
Water:
Water is provided through good condition water pipes and it is provided at any
time.
f.
Bus:
The school owns one school bus which runs daily by collecting a reasonable
travelling fair from the Staffs and students who are using the service.
Convener for this facility is Mr. Asainar Anthurpadiayan.
g.
Auditorium:
School has a conference hall in the II floor which is very small. So they
arrange a temporary auditorium in the school ground for special vocations.
h.
Garden:
A small garden is developed using “Nalla Padam” Scheme.
i.
Park:
A Park is also set near the gate for Pre primary students of the school.
j.
Canteen:
Canteen started to function from this academic year inaugurated by MP Shashi
Taroor.
k.
Security Point:
A security point is situated near the gate where one security is appointed to
keep up the discipline of the school.
l.
Bio Gas Plant:
For making more eco friendly Bio Gas Plant is set to come soon. Discussions are
going on.
m.
IT Facilities:
Apart from smart class rooms and computer labs, the school is moving in an IT
based working mode. Details of the students are entered in separate software
and the daily updates and reports will be available through system.
n.
Cooperative Society:
Society provides the stationeries to the student at a reasonable price.
10.
Achievement of School
a. Sub District Level:
Students of the school have achieved 5 First Prizes
in last academic year youth festival in sub district level.
Vidhya V S of HS was selected as the best cadet in
unit level NCC.
b. State Level:
Sreekuttan from HS was selected for Chief Minister’s
scholarship in NCC
c. National Level:
Rajya Puraskar Scholarship from Prime Minister and
Best Cadet 2013 Award winner representing NCC was Mr. Shamnad from HSS
Commerce.
5 Cadets of NCC participated in National Camp.
d. Important Personalities:
Creating good citizen is an important achievement of
a school. In that sense Kamaleswaram GHS has produced famous personalities
like,
C Divakaran (Ex-Minister of Department of Food and
Civil Supplies, Kerala),
Vettakulam Sivanandan (Artist),
Thottam Rajasekharan (Literary Figure)
V Muraleedharan Nair (Social Worker), etc…
f.
Recent Results:
School has acquired
with 87% Higher studies eligible students in HSE and 93% in HS.
11.
Important Programs
a. School
level:
i.
Pravesanolsavam – To welcome new
students. Conducted in 3-6-13
ii.
Literacy Program – Special coaching for
teaching letters in noon time.
iii.
Environmental Day Celebration – With the
motto “Think, Eat and Save Food” school has celebrated the day on 05-06-2013
iv.
Reading Day – With the motto “Read and
Grow” students has celebrated reading day with the author Sri. Rajan Pozhiyoor.
v.
Independence Day – NSS-NCC Cycle Rally
was the major attraction on the independence day celebration.
vi.
Each on Teach one – This is a method
developed for child centered education to teach in a peer level. Through this
students are encouraged to take seminars for his/her peer group.
vii.
My City My Pride – On 02-09-2013 as a
part of Nalla Paadam scheme one day plastic elimination day was celebrated.
viii.
Onam – Onam celebration was colorful
with pookkalam competition and cultural events by teachers and students.
ix.
Youth Festival – Youth festival of the
school was conducted from 31-10-2013 to 01-11-2013
x.
Ammu’s Visit – Sports club has invited
Ammu, Emblem of upcoming National Games, to the school
xi.
Aids Day – On 01-12-2013 students were
given awareness of aids and the need to prohibit it.
b. Block
Resource Committee Level:
xii.
Millennium Training – Refreshment
training for teachers and its follow up.
xiii.
Reading Competition – 10 selected
students participated in Reading competition conducted by BRC.
12.
Observation note of lesson (Class I)
Date : 07.01.2013
Time : 09.30 am to 10.15 am
Name
of teacher : Mr. Abhilash
Standard : Plus One Commerce
Strength : 49 out of 62
Unit : Chapter 11 – Financial statements of
non-profit organizations
Content : Illustrations in preparing financial statements
Viewpoints :
Since it was
the first class of the day, teacher has taken the attendance and enquired the
late comers for the reason. Then he has recalled the portion taught in last
day. He checked the home work by discussing the answer with students. Then he
has given another illustration from the text and discussed with them to find
out the answer to the problem. It was completely an interactive class. Most of
the answers are invited by the teacher from students. He appreciated the
students who answered the questions. It was noticed that he gave general
advices apart from syllabus to the students for their moral value development.
He has given attention even to the last bench student and asked questions with
related to the problem. At the end of the class he assigned the students with
homework for the next day.
Observation
note of lesson (Class II)
Date : 09.01.2013
Time : 11.05 am to 11.45 am
Name
of teacher : Mrs. Sindhu
Standard : Plus One Commerce
Strength : 51 out of 62
Unit : Chapter 8 – Sources of business
finance
Content : Types of business finance and types of funds
Viewpoints :
One of the
senior teachers in commerce has taken Business Studies subject to the Plus One
Commerce students and we have given space to observe the class. She has started
the class by recalling the portion which she taught the previous day asking
questions to the students. Then she explained the three types of business
finance i.e. long term, medium term and short term with examples. Then she has
given enough time to grasp the portion taught. Before ending the class she has
checked the students by asking questions from the topic taught.
13.
Personal Data of students
Student 1
Name : Mohammed Anzar
Class : Plus One Commerce
Age : 17
Address : TC 49/576, Padmarajam House
Kamaleswaram,
Trivandrum
Percentage of Mark
scored
in last exam : 70 %
Other Activities in School : Active
Participation in school
Student 2
Name : Saheer Muhammed
Class : Plus One Commerce
Age : 16
Address : TC 43/986
Paruthikuzhi,
Trivandrum
Percentage of Mark
scored
in last exam : 55 %
Other Activities in School : Member
of NSS in school
Student 3
Name : Shaweer Khan S
Class : Plus One Commerce
Age : 16
Address : TC 49/46(1), Shahana Manzil
Paruthikuzhi,
Trivandrum
Percentage of Mark
scored
in last exam : 65%
Other Activities in School : Active
participation in youth festival
Student 4
Name : Greeshma G
Class : Plus One Commerce
Age : 17
Address : TC 21/634, Girija Bhavan
Kunninpuram,
Karamana P.O.
Percentage of Mark
scored
in last exam : 82%
Other Activities in School : Nil
Student 5
Name : Syama A Nair
Class : Plus One Commerce
Age : 16
Address : Melepilla veedu, Melamcode
Nemom
P.O., TVM
Percentage of Mark scored
in last exam : 53 %
Other Activities in School : Member
of Souhrida Club
14.
Report of classes (Class I)
Date :
08.01.2013
Time :
09.30 am to 10.15 am
Standard :
Plus One Commerce
Strength :
52 out of 62
Subject : Business Studies
Unit : Chapter 2 – Social Responsibility of
Business
Topic : Meaning and Factors of Social Responsibility
Report :
It was a shared class with Mr. Shamnad. We have
started the class by introducing ourselves. First 10 minutes we have given few
live examples to introduce the topic. The first session was handled by me. I
have explained the meaning and factors of social responsibility. I have used
newspaper cutting as teaching aid to give examples of socially responsible
business men. It was a discussion method class where students were given the
opportunity to answer questions. The second session of the class was handled by
Mr. Shamnad who has explained the meaning and factors of human rights.
Report
of classes (Class II)
Date :
08.01.2013
Time :
10.15 am to 11.00 am
Standard :
Plus One Commerce
Strength :
52 out of 62
Subject : Accountancy
Unit : Chapter 10 – Bills of Exchange
Topic : Meaning and Factors of Bills of
Exchange
Report :
It was my first official class as a student teacher.
I have started the class by giving few examples on the topic. Then using chart
the students were shown the specimen of bill of exchange. Then I have explained
the meaning and definition of Bill of exchange. With that definition I tried to
pick the features of bill of exchange with the help of students. After teaching
the sub topic “Grace of Days”, students were given few problems to find out the
due date of bill of exchange. Re-taking the definition of bill of exchange the
class was concluded.
Report
of classes (Class III)
Date :
09.01.2013
Time :
09.40 am to 10.20 am
Standard :
Plus One Commerce
Strength :
51 out of 62
Subject : Business Studies
Unit : Chapter 2 – Social Responsibility of
Business
Topic : Responsibilities of business towards
different interested
groups
Report :
I have taken the class with more confidence than in
the previous class. I have started my class by recalling the portion which was
taught in the previous day. After getting answer from the students I have
discussed the topic ‘Responsibilities of business towards different interested
groups’. Using examples all the main points were collected from the students
and noted it using black board. Before ending the session I have asked the
points to few students in random method.
15.
Peer Group Class Observation (Class
I)
Date :
08.01.2013
Time :
11 am to 11.45 am
Standard :
Plus One Commerce
Name of Teacher : Mr. Shamnad
Subject : Accountancy
Unit : Chapter 10 – Bills of Exchange
Topic : Promisory Note and its difference
from Bill of Exchange
I have got a change to observe the class of my colleague.
He has explained Meaning and definition of promissory note and given notes to
the students. The difference of bill of exchange and promissory note was also
discussed with students and explained to them.
Peer Group Class Observation (Class II)
Date :
08.01.2013
Time :
02.15 pm to 03.00 pm
Standard :
VIII C
Name of Teacher : Mr. Vyshakhan, Mrs. Krishnasree and
Mrs. Aiswarya
Subject : English
Unit : Daisy’s song
Topic : Poem
It gave pleasure to observe the shared class taken
by Mr. Vyshakhan, Mrs. Krishnasree and Mrs. Aiswarya. They have divided the
session into three and each one handled each session and explained the poem to
the students.
16. Conclusion
As
per the words of Socrates, the great philosopher, education is “dispelling
error and discovering truth”. It was true that we student teachers were feared
to meet the children before this course. Initiatory School Experience helped us
to minimize our errors. It forced us to face the children and lead the classes.
And of course, dealing with senior teachers and the school environment enabled
us to teach with courage. Through this we could understand the environment of
school, students, teachers, staffs, etc.
We
felt that the system could function in a better way if the students were taught
in a way how we learn education through B.Ed. Teachers shared the difficulty of
giving special attention to each student when they are out of the classrooms. Lack
of space in GHSS Kamaleswaram prevents the growth of students in
extracurricular activities. Still the management and the staffs are trying to
give the best to the students.
We
were five student teachers from BNVCTE, who worked as a team to collect all
information needed to understand the school environment and the peer
discussions made us to feel comfortable. All of my team members were fully
participated in all the four days of Initiatory School Experience. We hope that
the experience and information gained from Initiatory School Experience will
help us in our B.Ed. course and those moments will remain with us forever. I
conclude the report with sincere thanks to the Principal, Headmistress,
Teachers, Non-teaching staffs and students of GHSS Kamaleswaram for their kind
support and guidance for making this experience a real treasure.
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