118 years, not my age!
That is my school which completed 118 years recently.
How many of us are lucky to have attended a school which is that old?
Ghumakkad felt really blessed while in Pilani recently to attend the 118th Annual Day celebrations of his school. It was delighted to be mobbed by the students of the school and see them perform on stage.
My school started as a 'pathsahala' पाठशाला in 1901 in the dusty village of Pilani. It was the ancestral home of Birlas- the mighty business empire of India. What started as a small primary school, has grown into a globally renowned university BITS Pilani. Pilani continues to be an education hub with number of schools and colleges.
When Ghumakkad went to school in Pilani in 1960s, it was called BMPHSS- Birla Multi Purpose Higher Secondary School. It was then under the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education. Later the school got affiliated to the CBSE- Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi. The school is now called Birla School Pilani. We also celebrated our Golden Jubilee of school graduation this year (1968-2018). That story would appear separately. How does my school look like?
Talking of old schools in India, probably the credit for oldest school goes to St Thomas' Boys School in Kolkata which was set up in 1729. Readers may browse the story by Shilpa Dutta for details.
Here are some glimpses of 118th Annual Day. One innovation which I observed was the use of an E-lamp instead of the traditional oil lamp before starting any event.
Team work was amply visible when students lifted a huge signage made of a steel frame and re-positioned it on the stage.
The above picture shows a large LED panel used for stage backdrop. At the flick of a switch or software command, the whole scene on the stage changes! Corporate world has been using this technology for many years like in sports stadia. But even the schools have adopted it seamlessly!
It was a pleasure meeting Maj Gen SS Nair who heads the Birla Education Trust in Pilani.
Many of the readers who are teaching in school, would have identified with Annual Day of their school. It takes lot of planning, preparation and execution. You may browse an earlier story on the Annual Day of Ansh my grandson in Chennai. That school too had used huge LED panels as stage backdrop. Times have changed when we used to move physical props for every act or performance on the stage!
Thanks for browsing.
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ 13th December 2018
#schoolannualday #birlaschoolpilani #pilani #118thAnnualday #ghumakkadhb #ghumakkadharsh
That is my school which completed 118 years recently.
How many of us are lucky to have attended a school which is that old?
Ghumakkad felt really blessed while in Pilani recently to attend the 118th Annual Day celebrations of his school. It was delighted to be mobbed by the students of the school and see them perform on stage.
My school started as a 'pathsahala' पाठशाला in 1901 in the dusty village of Pilani. It was the ancestral home of Birlas- the mighty business empire of India. What started as a small primary school, has grown into a globally renowned university BITS Pilani. Pilani continues to be an education hub with number of schools and colleges.
When Ghumakkad went to school in Pilani in 1960s, it was called BMPHSS- Birla Multi Purpose Higher Secondary School. It was then under the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education. Later the school got affiliated to the CBSE- Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi. The school is now called Birla School Pilani. We also celebrated our Golden Jubilee of school graduation this year (1968-2018). That story would appear separately. How does my school look like?
Talking of old schools in India, probably the credit for oldest school goes to St Thomas' Boys School in Kolkata which was set up in 1729. Readers may browse the story by Shilpa Dutta for details.
Here are some glimpses of 118th Annual Day. One innovation which I observed was the use of an E-lamp instead of the traditional oil lamp before starting any event.
It was a pleasure meeting Maj Gen SS Nair who heads the Birla Education Trust in Pilani.
Many of the readers who are teaching in school, would have identified with Annual Day of their school. It takes lot of planning, preparation and execution. You may browse an earlier story on the Annual Day of Ansh my grandson in Chennai. That school too had used huge LED panels as stage backdrop. Times have changed when we used to move physical props for every act or performance on the stage!
Thanks for browsing.
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ 13th December 2018
#schoolannualday #birlaschoolpilani #pilani #118thAnnualday #ghumakkadhb #ghumakkadharsh
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