Blog@GraceJunction

Dear Parents,
We have completed this academic year with great results for our board exam students and this is a testimony to the hard work of our students through the year and also the dedication that our teaching faculty has shown over this past year. Our students continue to claim the best scholarships available and our teachers equipped with the best teaching methods and materials are receiving national acclaim.

As our young generation continues to conquer new heights in their professional careers, we are also faced with the new challenges of teaching and building leaders for the future. And to discuss some of these challenges, I was privileged to attend a teacher’s conference held in the national capital with a few members of my staff. And some of the things that came out of this conference could be of great interest to you also. (more…)

Reading as a habit or interest is waning in popularity. However, if you go to a place like Crossword, suddenly you feel that it is not so. That place buzzes with activity and with people and you get inclined to tell yourself, “Well, people still do read”. But the percentage of readers has certainly taken a beating in the last few years. The city libraries are a mute witness to this. They present a gloomy picture of the gradual depletion of voracious readers who used to flock the libraries every evening. Apart from a few elderly people and a handful of students, the libraries wear a deserted look most of the time. (more…)