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Work for a cause

2010-07-24T03:01:00.000-07:00

Formz.in is doing a bit. You can also do !

Formz.in has taken up an initiative and responsibility to setup a computer lab at Uttarakhand Public School, Sector – 56 Noida.

The School is specifically catering to the students from Economically Weaker Section and from nearby Villages like Khora Village.

School is run by a private society not aimed at making profit but enabling students with poor background. Policies specially meant to favor poor people make the school stand apart from other schools. The management has a policy of waiving off the fee of the students in case of death of father or other member on whom the family was dependent. The fee of the school is also very nominal.

How can you help ?

Formz.in is trying to bring together PC donors with Schools who need computers for education and empowerment. We understand that every human has a heart that loves to donate for good cause but don’t get right place.

If you are upgrading your PC or you have a PC lying to at home, then you just have to send us a mail at contact@formz.in , tell us about your wish to donate and we will do the rest and last but definitely not the least, you can motivate your colleagues/friends to volunteer for donation and spread word about us.

Donations are also welcome for other infrastructure requirements in settings up the labs.

Looking forward to your support in empowering under privileged India.

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Good Parenting

2010-06-06T23:43:00.000-07:00

Loving and caring for your child is an important part of good parenting. Good parenting is about providing a warm and secure home life, helping your child to learn the prinicples of life and to develop self-esteem. It is important to make sure that children feel secure, loved and valued and to acknowledge when they behave well.

Besides love and care, it is also essential to have discipline in the schematics of a child parent relationship. Discipline in parenting is very necessary and parenting skills can be sharpened by making room for leniency and strictness as and when rqeuired. This will make your child realize that he or she has to adhere to rules of the house and he or she cannot take your things for granted.

But this discipline should not evolve into being over protective for your children. Overpossesiveness is a sign of bad parenting. Parents must realize that by restricting a child’s movement, they are also limiting his growth as an individual. Protecting a child all the time can make him dependent on you. By not letting him take decisions by himself will also make him loose faith in his judgement.

So the idea is to teach your child to take his decisions and make him strong enough to accept responsibilty for his decisions. But at the same time, he should have a faith in you that in the event anything goes wrong, you will stand by him and support him.

Let us take the example of performance at school level. We all know world has become a very competitive place for children today. Fields like academics, sports, creative arts etc require children to perform well in various domains. There it becomes a parent’s duty to encourage his child and push him to do well so that he can get an early start in life.

But pushing children is a good thing only when done in moderation. When parents get overzealous about their child’s competition, it can have hazardous effects on the child. News of children committing suicide after bad results appears frequently. Parents should reassure their children that scoring highly or winning is not everything. It is important that a child does not feel like a failure if he does not clear an exam or competition.

Good parenting is not only about developing good behavior in children but sometimes parents need to study and modify their own behavior to have a positive impact on their kids.

One such behavior is spending habits of parents. Some parents love to pamper their children. They frequently buy them toys, new clothes, and plenty of chocolates and sweets. A parent’s spending habits are often inherited by the child. It is observed that a child, whose demands are met immediately, tends to be just as demanding at a later age as well.

Another habit that parents need to watch is how they treat other family members. Parents should not use violence in front of children. If they see adults behaving in a violent manner, they too feel that it is okay to use violence. Similarly, usage of abusive language in front of children should be avoided. Children are quick to learn and remember foul words and it is possible that they might use the same words in future.

As a parent, you have to be a role model for your child and it is no easy task. But as long as you genuinely wish the best for your child, you can actually be parent for your child.

By Arushi Aggarwal

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Education: Now a fundamental Right (RTE Act)

2010-06-02T01:31:00.000-07:00

Education is the most powerful way for betterment and advancement of human beings. Education is the one that increases distance between Animals and human beings.
The quality of education that is provided to kids determines the quality of life of a nation and its citizens.
For years, both at national and international level, efforts have been made to educate people as governments across the world understand that education contributes to the development of the society and thus nation.
What Right to Education says?

Every child of age 6 – 14 shall have right to free and compulsory education till the completion of elementary education.
No child shall be liable to pay any expense which may prevent him from pursuing this education.
In case an institute does not have facility and capability to provide complete elementary education, child has the right to seek transfer to any other school with required capabilities. In such cases, the headmaster of the school where child was last admitted should immediately issue transfer certificate

In the above mentioned information, “Compulsory Education” means

Government has the obligation to provide free elementary education to every child.
Ensure availability of neighborhood school.
Ensure that child belonging to weaker section and child belonging to disadvantaged group are not discriminated against and prevented from pursuing and completing education.

Such Rights will definitely make India an advanced and conscious nation but it does not speak about the kids of the age 0 – 5. Most of the kids before reaching the age get into the trap of child labour because of poverty. Also the act only commands state governments to provide primary education to the children, and the secondary and higher education is conditional upon the economic capacity of the state.

The work is still half done.

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