MINUTES OF THE GENERAL BODY MEETING HELD ON 13 MAY 2019 AT 4.30PM AT HOTEL RADISSON BLUE JAMMU 

  1. The 1st General Body Meeting, for the session 2019-20, chaired by Ms Nirmal Mahna, President JSSC, was held in the Conference Room of Hotel Radisson Blue Jammu, on 13 May 2019 at 4.30pm. 
  2. The following were present in the meeting:- 

(a) Ms Nirmal Mahna Principal DPS Kathua President 

(b) Mr SK Singh Principal JK Public School Gen Secretary 

(c) Mr Rajesh Rathore Principal G.D Goenka School Treasurer 

(d) Mr Anil Pathania Principal JKPS Kathua Tech. S. Officer 

(e) Dr Vikesh Kaur Principal Doon International School PRO 

(f) Mr KCS Mehta Principal APS Akhnoor Mentor 

(g) Mr Akash Pradhan Principal Heritage School Member 

(h) Sr. Hema Principal Presentation Convent “ 

(i) Mr Ramesh TR Principal Banyan International School “ 

(j) Mr Rahul Kapoor Principal Mount Litera Zee Tarore “ 

(k) Dr Kunal Anand Principal DPS Udhampur “ 

(l) Dr Vivek Arora Principal Bhargava Public School “ 

(m) Dr Jitender Singh Principal Birla Open Minds School “ 

(n) Ms Harpreet Kaur Principal Kartar Pub School Kathua “ 

(o) Mr RK Srivastava Principal Model Academy Jammu “ 

(p) Ms Shifali Jamwal Vice Principal Jodhamal Pub School “ 

(q) Mr Tarun Bahl Rep British International School “ 

  1. Agenda for the Meeting;- 

(a) Welcome address, Vision & Mission by Mr SK Singh, General Secretary 

JSSC 

(b) Introduction of new members to the House by the Gen Secretary, JSSC 

(c) Review of the Activities of Jammu Sahodaya by the Gen Secretary, JSSC 

(d) Finalization of Sahodaya Activities Calendar 2019-20. 

(e) Income & Expenditure Report 2017-19 by Mr Rajesh Rathore, 

Treasurer JSSC 

(f) A presentation on the topic ‘ Challenges and solutions in upgrading the JSSC Website’ by Mr Anil Pathania, Technical Support Officer, JSSC 

(g) Address by the President JSSC, Ms Nirmal Mahna on the topic ‘Collective vision & implementation strategies of JSSC in the session 2019-20’. 

(h) Open House for discussion / debate / brain storm 

(i) Any other matter with the permission of Chair 

(j) Vote of thanks by Dr Vikesh Kaur, PRO JSSC 

  1. Before proceedings of the House, two minutes silence was observed to pay tribute to the departed soul, Ms Rattna Mallick, Principal APS Jammu Cantt. 

Points Discussed 

  1. Welcome Address by Mr SK Singh, General Secretary. In his welcome address, Mr SK Singh, General Secretary JSSC paid greetings to all members from the core of heart and extended a warm welcome to the new members, and wished them a fruitful and long association with Jammu Sahodaya. The new members were requested to introduce themselves to the August House. 
  2. Addressing the house, Mr SK Singh said that we will take today’s meeting, very smooth, pointed and directed. The vision of Jammu Sahodaya is clear and that is building relationship, developing leadership and focusing on school as the ‘hub’ of our community, and to create an environment where our students can build their bright future. We have a designed, defined and specified mission for 2019-20, for our students, parents and teachers, which include parent’s issues, legal issues, academic issues and other areas of interest. The array of calendar designed by JSSC itself takes the board to its mission. All the practices, which we are carrying forward, will continue. 

  1. Array of Activity Calendar. The activities calendar for 2019-20 was discussed and dates allocated to the hosting schools with due consent of the members of the house. However, all the events could not be finalized due to some members away on leave / duty. The activity calendar with dates finalized so far is enclosed at Annexure-I. Those members, who could not attend the meeting due to administrative reasons, are requested to give a suitable date for the event allocated to their school. 
  2. Address by the President, Ms Nirmal Mahna. Addressing the august gathering, President Ms Nirmal Mahna thanked all the present members for sparing valuable time from their busy schedule and gracing the meeting. She said, we all have a collective vision. Our main focus is our children. While working at such a biggest Sahodaya platform, we can share our experiences; the best practices we want to be implemented in our schools. Last year was quite good; we received full cooperation and support from our member schools. To manage such a large participation of 300 to 400 students at a time in one event is really a tough task. Notwithstanding, our worthy Principals extended full support and conducted the events with zeal and enthusiasm. We appreciate the efforts of everyone. 
  3. Our collective vision is to focus on our children, provide them every possible opportunity and to make them responsible citizens. We need to understand the values of education. Besides training of our teaching fraternity; we need to educate our parents at grassroots level as how to address the problem of their child. We need to incorporate the parents before working on any suggestion. 
  4. There is a requirement to counsel the parents on certain sensitive issues like bullying, bunking from class, poor performances of their child, not doing home work properly, having casual approach to the studies etc. And, this we can achieve with collaborative efforts of all our member schools. 
  5. The members suggested that there should be a parents counseling on a specific topic so as to groom and motivate the parents. To avoid objections by the school management, it was suggested that counselling session of parents of a particular school should be done by the Principal of other school, as a resource person. The suggestion was well appreciated by all the member school. 
  6. Training Programme 2019-20 for Students / Teachers / Principal / Parents. The various topics suggested by the member Principals are given below:- 

(a) Mr Kunal Anand, Principal DPS Udhampur 

  • Happiness Curriculum 
  • Art of Teaching 
  • Leadership in Education 
  • Stress Management. 

(b) Mr Tarun Bahl, British International School 

▪ Skill Training for teachers 

▪ Teachers Training on activity based learning 

▪ How to teach UOI? 

▪ How to teach practically in the class? 

(c) Mr PK Srivastava, Principal Model Academy 

  • Chemistry 
  • English Language at 10th standard 

(d) Mr KCS Mehta, Principal APS Akhnoor 

  • Innovation in Teaching Maths 

(e) Dr Vikesh Kaur, Principal Doon International School 

  • Need and responsibility of Human Resources in a School 

(f) Mr Rahul Kapoor, Principal Mount Litera Zee, Tarore 

  • Stress Management for students. 
  1. Updating of Sahodaya Website. Mr SK Singh said that updating information on Sahodaya website is a long pending issue. We have been constantly requesting our member schools to provide photo and profile of their school for uploading on Sahodaya Website, but is still awaited. We, once again, request our Eduleaders to provide their picture and profile. They can also send some good suggestions for improvements, needs to be done on the website. Some education related video with write-up are also invited for uploading on Sahodaya website. In this regard, Mr Kanav was told to share his contact details with all the member schools. 
  2. Vote of Thanks. Dr Vikesh Kaur, PRO JSSC proposed the vote of thanks and extended gratitude on behalf of the Apex Body to all members present in the meeting. She said, General Body Meeting is held once in a three months, where we can discuss various issues before us and look for a better solutions. We all are a team and will work like a team. There is no win-win position for any particular individual. It is a proud privilege to be part of such a reputed organization Sahodaya Jammu. Whatever, we do as a team will definitely bring success and glory to Jammu Sahodaya. Keeping in mind the Mission and Vision of Sahodaya, let us Rise Together, work together and decide together as how to make our children a better citizen. We hope there will be better strength in the next GBM. 

(SK Singh) General Secretary Sahodaya Schools Complex Jammu Chapter Date : 14 May 2019 

Annexure-1 

SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX JAMMU 

ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE SESSION 2019-20 

S.No Events / Activities Dates Host School

1 Poetry Recitation (Jr / Sub Jr) Class 2,3,4,5 17 Oct 2019 Doon International School Jammu 2 Debate ( Hindi) Middle (VI to VIII) 07 Sep 2019 Mount Litera Zee School Tarore 3 Inter-School painting competitions 19 Oct 2019 DPS Udhampur 4 Football Boys (Jr) U-14 Police Public School Miran Sahib 5 TT Boys & Girls (U-14 & U-17) 29-30 Aug 2019 GD Goenka School Jammu 6 Science Exhibition APS Damana 7 Badminton (Boys – Girls) 8 English Declamation Juniors (VI-VIII) Stephen International School  Miran Sahib 9 English Debate (Jr) III to V MV international School, Vijaypur 10 English Declamation Sr (IX-XII) Jammu Sanskriti School,  Ismailpur Kothe Bishnah 11 Painting (Jr) III to V Spring Dales Muthi Jammu 12 Quiz (VII, VIII, IX) International Delhi Public School  Kathua 13 Folk Dance (IX-XII) Jammu Sanskriti School,  Ismailpur Kothe Bishnah 14 Folk Song (VI to VIII) 10 Dec 2019 British International School 15 Eng Debate (Sr) (IX-XII) 17 Aug 2019 Model Academy Jammu 16 Swimming 16 Aug 2019 Jodhamal Public School 17 Judo 02 Aug 2019 G.D Goenka School 18 Volleyball JK Public School Kunjwani 19 Chess 29 July 2019 Heritage School Sainik Colony 20 Debate (Hindi) Sr (IX-XII) DS Heritage Kathua 

21 Basketball (Girls) 04-05 Oct 2019 Banyan International School & APS Akhnoor at MA Stadium 22 Basketball (Boys) 

23 Skating JK Public School Kathua 24 Volleyball (Girls) Tiny Scholars, Kathua 25 Volleyball (Boys) BSF Sr Sec School Paloura 26 Football Boys (Sr) 29-30 Nov 2019 DPS Rajbagh Kathua 27 English Debate (Middle) (VI to VIII) 30 Nov 2019 Bhargava Public School Samba 28 Athletics Sainik School Nagrota 29 Debate (Hindi) Juniors Minerva Public School Kathua 30 Patriotic Group Song Jr & Sub-Jr Rich Harvest School BD Bari 31 Essay Writing (Hindi / Eng) 07 Dec 2019 Kartar Public School Kathua 32 Collage Making competitions 31 Aug 2019 Presentation Convent Gandhi  Nagar.