Education has been rightly called the panacea of all ills and is the most decisive factor in the progress of an individual and of a nation.At the same time, the world is witnessing an unprecedented advancement in the field of science, technology and information  and the need is to keep abreast with the changes  and development occurring in and around the world. It is therefore, unavoidably essential to develop innate   and  inborn  potential of  every  child  to  meet  unforseen and  stringent challenges. In its quest  to foster  the all round personality of a child, the school undertakes various  endeavours and  activities  and  has  ventured  a  number  of initiatives.  The aim is to  develop  an  integrated life, strengthen character and inculcate sensitivity towards society.

1. SCHOLASTIC ENDEAVOURS

The school prepares students to face the challenges of scholastic  pursuits in the form of various scholastic and competitive examinations. It encourages students to participate  in  and  conducts   various  examinations  and  tests   of  recognized institutions like NTSE, JSTS, Olympiads, Cyber Olympiad, Ramanujan Talent Search Exam, Vaigyanika, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana, Problem  Solving Assessment Tests, MCQs, Science Exhibition and many other similar activities.

2. SMART CLASSROOMS

As knowledge is available now-a-days at the click of a mouse and the learner seeks for a 'Knowledge  absorbing  society' rather  than  'Knowledge  gathering society', conventional teaching  has been  replaced  by dynamic, student centric, interdisciplinary, project based and digital teaching. To cope with the challenges of modern times, smart classrooms are introduced. Electronic Boards are installed in the  classrooms  and  e-teaching with  its  audio  and  visual  appeal  is helpful  in developing creative, constructive, competitive and confident students.

3. CO SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES

To unleash the immense reservoir of creative potential of students, a variety of co- scholastic  activities  are offered. A student selects  an activity of her/his  interest from the activities/Clubs assigned to a class. These skill classes nurture the innate and insatiable qualities  of a child, make learning  fun and impart essential skills useful in day to day life.

4. PROMOTING READING

Reading is a pleasure, it moulds the entire personality of an individual. It broadens the horizons of knowledge, provide recreation and information as well as promotes reading habit.

To encourage Reading among students:

•  The school  offers PACE, Primary Plus, The Hindustan  Times and  NIE, TheTimes of India at subsidized rates to students.

• Various workshops and competitions are organised.

• Book reading days and Library days are celebrated.

• Extra reading is prescribed.

• Library period is assigned to every class.

*        DEAR   Scheme:  Drop Everything  and  Read  Scheme  has  been  started   to develop reading habit among students.

*        Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to students of Classes II to IX for reading specific no. of books/pages allotted in the scheme.

        *        Book Fair is organized annually in 'Meet the Author" activity Students        interact with an author of children's books.

        *     Read-O-thon  introduced  in Classes II & III aims at developing  the ability of students to read with speed and accuracy.

5. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

The  school  aims  to  provide  physical  and  mental   fitness,  social  awareness, leadership qualities  and  inculcate  sportsman spirit  in a child. It nurtures  the qualities  of head, hand and heart. It makes a sincere effort to provide its children opportunities to instil good habits for their total physical development and health. PEC India, a CBSE and British Council Initiative programme is running successfully. Physical  education,  sports  activities,  meditation and  drill  classes  and  special coaching  classes  are arranged  for students. Skating, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Archery, Carrom, Chess and Cricket Academies provide coaching to students who are interested to specialize  in their sport of choice. Students are encouraged to participate in various sports competitions organised  at school, state, national  and international levels. Khel Utsav or Sportsmania is organised  to allow children to compete  in healthy sports. Friendly Inter House and Inter Class matches  are also held.

6. HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITITATIVES

'Health is Wealth'. Nehru said,"Wealth of India does not lie in the bank but lies with the educational institutions".To evolve healthy, physically and intellectually sound youth, the school takes initiatives  by providing a full time doctor, getting  regular health  check ups, arranging  health  and hygiene  seminars  and workshops, yoga classes, and campaigns for various health programmes.'Get Active' modules help to draw student's attention to health  concerns. Qualified and experienced doctors from PHFI (Physical Health Foundation  of India) visit school regularly to monitor the health  of the children. In association with HRIDAY SHAN, campaigns  against drugs, AIDS, tobacco and non-communicable diseases  like diabetes are organized. Walkathon -Walk on Health Day is a regular annual feature. Talks on 'Importance of Good Health' are arranged  and need  of healthy  diet/food is stressed upon. Junk food and aeriated drinks are banned  in the school canteen. Yogic aahar, yoga and healthy  habits  are promoted  among  students through  competitions and various incentives. Under the Comprehensive  Health Assessment Plan, students are encouraged to  bring  healthy  food  in their  tiffin. Regular  health  activities  are organized from time to time. The school is a 'No Smoking Zone'. Workshops are also organized for class IV employees  on hazards of consuming alcohol, drugs, tobacco etc. To address  the  health  and  environment menace  caused  by the  enormous amount of e-waste generated by our country, the school has launched a cohesive e- waste campaign  under the aegis of HRIDAY SHAN and PHFI. The project aims to equip  the  students with  21st  century  skills  of problem  solving  and  creative thinking to resolve this mammoth issue.

7. LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION

The school  firmly believes  that  education must  empower  the  students to face challenges of life, earn a livelihood and develop a positive approach  through self introspection, self  analysis  and  self-growth.  Topics  which  promote   analytical thinking, bring a positive change  in attitude and addresses social and emotional concerns are discussed with students. Life Skills are integral part of our curriculum and is seamlessly interwoven with the day to day teaching. This is facilitated by the personality development period held weekly with each class.

8. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH GROOMING QUALITY

In its quest  to foster  an all round  personality,  improve upon  the  quality of life, strengthen character and inculcate sensitivity towards society, the school involves students in various projects, activities and programmes.

1. Communication Skill Nurturing Programme

Students  are  expected  to  have  acquired   a  reasonable  degree   of  language proficiency by the time they leave the school. Keeping in view the need to develop greater  confidence  and acquire language skills necessary for social and academic purposes,  to  appreciate  and  engage   students in  independent reflection   and enquiry, consistent efforts are made to upgrade the level of communication skills. To ensure  that students speak English with confidence  and fluency, incentives  in the form of titles--Ambassador Speaker, Star Speaker and Pilot Speaker in classes Pre-Primary to VIII are given. The school arranges  different  communication skill classes, clubs, workshops, presentations, Rhetorics, Spell Bee contest  for students in   all   classes   especially   primary,   middle   and   secondary.   Communication Enhancement & ASL are internal  part of English Curriculum from Junior to Senior classes. Visit to language labs helps enhance vocabulary, structure in spoken and writing skills.

2. Spell Bee

Language is the most important form of communication with one another. Therefore,  command  over  the  language, be  it  spoken  or written,  is essential. Training of accuracy and spellings in the formative years lays a stron foundation of language skills.

To provide the right platform school conducts Spell Bee. Incentives are awarded in the  form of gold  medal  (95% and  above), silver medal  (90%-94%) and  bronze medal (85%-89%).

3. Math Bee Contest

Maths Bee Contest  is conducted for classes  II to VIII to  make  the  learning  of Mathematics more pragmatic and life oriented at the school level.The students are evaluated on the  basis  of their  mathematical skills by innovative  questioning. Incentives  are awarded  in the form of gold medal (95% and above), silver medal (90%-94%) and bronze medal (85%-89%).

4. Helen O Grady International Classes

Helen O Grady program for students of classes Nursery to VIII and Cambridge wing uses drama as a medium to groom young, keen and enthusiastic learners. In this programme  children learn to express  themselves in articulate and clear English and are encouraged to explore, imagine and speak their mind to evolve as more confident human beings.The unique curriculum which is different for different age groups, is extended to work on life skills and social interaction skills thus helping children achieve an all-round development focusing on Speech, Voice modulation, Vocabulary, Elocution, Storytelling, Mime to Music Recitation, Theatre  and much more.

     (f) Dynamics of Globalisation - GLOBAL WATCH CLUB

Our school’s vision of striving for excellence not only in learning but also in making the world a better  place for all has abetted the students to take part in various initiatives  by which  they  aim  working  towards  the  welfare  of all  the  citizens globally and also protecting the mother earth.

The Global Watch Club is indeed  one such phenomenal initiative  by the school where the school aims to collaborate with various international organizations to impart  the  values  of saving  the  planet,  being  better  individuals  and  working towards the modern day issues in conjunction with students across the globe.

The club looks after various incredible activities that spread the message of being the  change  we want  to see  in the  world. The Global Watch Club embraces  six different global projects of the school.

• Sambhaav Care n Share
• Generation Global
• Global Virtual School
• ENO
• Kindness Matters
• EUGTS

SAMBHAAV - The DLDAV Enterrpise participates in a unique business competition for students- School Enterprise  Challenge - that  aims to identify and reward the social entrepreneurs for tomorrow  and is supports  by ‘Teach a Man to Fish’, an International Education  Charity. It aims  to  inculcate   in  students the  thought process that leads to environmental protection.

Generation Global, under the aegis of Tony Blair Foundation  provides students an opportunity to link and connect  with the students across the world via a secure website.    This online  adventure helps  to  learn  the  skills of dialogue,  explore different  perspectives, global  topics  and  build  intercultural  connections with young people all over the world.

Participation in Global Virtual Classroom Web Designing Contest (GVC) by "Give

Something  Back International Foundation", U.K. fosters  creativity, cross cultural, understanding social responsibility as well as collaborative and technology skills.

ENO (Environment Online)  is  a  global   school  and  community   network  for sustainable development.The notion of the club is to spread consciousness among the  students and people  concerning  the  importance of planting  trees  and their value for our future generation, international solidarity, sustaining their prosperity and spreading peace.

Our school  has collaborated with The Kindness Matters Campaign by UNESCO MGIEP,   aiming  to mobilize  the  world’s youth  to achieve  the  17 SDGs through transformative acts  of kindness.  This campaign  attempts to  create  a  positive culture of kindness, in which every young person’s selfless act matters!

‘EU  goes  to  school’ project  is a part  of the  EU’s outreach initiatives  to  foster stronger India-EU relations. This unique project is in collaboration with The WISE Foundation,  which is working towards  creating  awareness amongst  the  global student community through various activities. The other partners  in this initiative are The European Union Delegation  in India, United Nations in India and Danish Water Forum.

British Council projects like ISA have been instrumental in promoting  educational and  cultural  knowledge   about  a  place  through   their  exchange  programmes. German as a foreign language has been a part of the school curriculum for the last few years.

Student  Exchange  Programmes  facilitate  friendly relations  between individuals and  countries  and  develop  knowledge  and  skills needed  for participation in a multicultural society.

9. INQUISSITIVE CLUB

 “Knowledge is power and information is liberating. Education is the premises of progress in every society and in every family.”- Kofi Annan

The Inquisitive Club at DLDAV Pitampura  aims to encourage the young minds to delve into the fathomless world of information to dig out seeds of knowledge. The club  intends   to  broaden   the  scope  of  student's knowledge   by giving  extra information   that   extends   beyond   the   school   curriculum   and  prepares the members to face the competitive and information oriented world with confidence. The Inquisitive  Club serves  the  member  by providing  relevant  and  authentic information on a variety of subjects such as current affairs, scientific development, general  knowledge,  sports, world heritage,  Language  and literature, incredible India, nature  and wildlife. In addition  to the subject matter, group discussion on current   issues   form   an   integral   part   of  the   club   meetings  to   enhance communication skills and global interest amongst the members.

The  school  encourages students  to  participate  in  Inter  House  Annual  Quiz

'Inquisitive  Hour' and various examinations by recognized  institution like NTSE, JSTSE, IMO, NSO, IIO, IOEL, Cyber Olympiad, Vidyarthi Vigyaan Manthan, NFLAT, Ramanujan Talent Search exam, Vaigyanika, Science Exhibition and many others. The school team participates in Interschool Quiz such as CBSE Heritage India Quiz, HT Pace Quiz, Science Quiz, PCRA Quiz, WWF Quiz, NIE Fundamental Quiz, Quiz by British Council, Government of India and others.

10.  Readholic: Read Lead and Succeed

Reading is a pleasure. It helps in broadening the mental horizon of an individual by providing knowledge  and reaction. Students are continuously  motivated to make reading a habit. To achieve this goal, Readholic has been started. It aims to promote reading  among  students with a motive 'Read Lead And Succeed'. Over the  year, students share  their reading  experiences and accomplishments through  various competitions. Main features of Readholic are:

• The event is for classes I to IX
• Children are divided in groups

•     Co-curricular  activities   are  designed   for  the   class  based   upon   reading assignments of the students

•  The best presentation from each class is shared on virtual platform

11.  Exploring Untapped Talent

Encouragement and opportunity are provided to students to participate in various activities, to reach their greatest potential, to develop the qualities of 3Rs (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic) and 3H (Head, Heart, Hand).

Assemblies  (Classwise,  Housewise,  Important   Days), Celebrations,   Live  Class Presentations (especially  in  Primary Wing), Classwise  Projects  (Curricular, Co- curricular, Extracurricular  & Sports), Talent Hunt Activities, Intra and Inter class, Intra & Inter House, Interschool events like organisation of ANNUAL EXHIBITION EXPO, TRIUMPH, PRAESTANTIA,   CRESCENDO,   ENSEMBLE,   CROSSROADS, SPECTRUM,  ULLAS UTSAV (Classes II-V), CHRYSALIS  (Nur-Class I), Talent  Hunt, SPORTSMANIA,  ANNUAL DAY &  SAMBHAAV  (Enterprise  Challenge)  and  other cultural activities are conducted throughout the session. Classwise, Subjectwise E- magazine,  newsletters are  made  by the  students. Students participate in MUN (Model United Nations), which is an academic  simulation  of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries and attempt to solve real world issued based on Sustainable Development Goals with the policies and perspectives fo their assigned countries. The school makes an effort to provide every student a platform to showcase his/her hidden talent and qualities.

12.  'Adopt A Child' Policy and 'I Quest' Classes

Under  'Adopt  a  Child' policy  of  the  school,  teachers give  extra  coaching  to differently abled children. These children are first identified  by teachers. They are provided  with  need  based  and  customized   assignments. Special  classes  are organised  for them  on  Saturdays  where  teachers make  extra  efforts  to  help improve their academic performance.

Similarly in 'I Quest Classes' extra time is devoted to intelligent and gifted students especially in Mathematics and Science.

13. I-Quest Test Series - (Classes III - X)

I-Quest Test Series is an initiative by the school for the students securing A grades in science and mathematics and is held twice in the session. It encourages students to  solve  application and  skill based  questions and  develops  their  interest  in science and mathematics. Top three students of each class are awarded gold, silver and bronze medal.

14.  Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL)

       “Nurturing young minds to Innovate”

ATL aims to cultivate  inquisitiveness, creativity, problem  solving capabilities and imagination in young minds by encouraging them  to think out of the  box in a dedicated work space. Here the young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode and explore the world of Innovation.

In ATL, students get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concept  of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering  and Mathematics)  with the help  of educational kits and  equipment on science, electronics,  robotics, open source microcontroller boards, sensors, 3D printers and computers.

From Precision to Persistence; Prototyping to Product, students here tinker to excel and boost their computational skills along with developing physical competencies that  are  the  heart  of holistic  development. School  has  initiated  an Innovation Ambassadors Club for nurturing future entrepreneurs.

15.  Artificial Intelligence-Power  that will Fuel the Future

Global Digital Economy

Schools have an important role to provide learning opportunities for the students and guide them on the path to success. We have identified the need to channelize learning  towards applying innovative  skills and applications that will contribute towards  a robust  future  in a sustainable world. Keeping the  above  objective  in sight, we at DLDAV Model School. Pitampura have introduced Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Classes IX and X.

We also identified  that  students need to be guided on recognizing  the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence and on being able to differentiate between what is right and acceptable and what  is not, we have integrated Artificial Intelligence with different subjects as per CBSE guidelines.

17.  Neoteric Innovators Club

School   has   taken   an  initiative   to  form  a  club  that   primarily  focuses   on Understanding, Acquiring, Experiencing and applying skills and knowledge gained in the field of Artificial Intelligence from classes IV-X. The activities in the club are designed with an aim to develop and strengthen:

We aspire  to  cultivate  skills  among  students to  make  them  future-ready and harness their creative potential to create an innovation-led growth model to heLp transform the future.

18. ASTRONOMY CLUB

The Astronomy club promotes  and fosters development of science  of astronomy and  related  technology.  The students primarily learn  science  by observing  and analyzing objects around them. It advances the awareness of the cosmos and hosts celestial  gazing on telescopes and astronomy events. Through special workshops and  hands  on  experience activities,  the  club  creates  interest in solar  system, planets, universe and kindles imagination and creativity.

19. THEATRE IN EDUCATION

      Theatre is the ultimate immersive art form, targeting every sense simultaneously i.e. visual (spatial - images, gestures), aural (auditory-musical), verbal (linguistic), physical (kinethetic).

The power of theatre in education as a learning tools adds purpose and creativity thus helping  the students to find out their unique  ways to discover answers  for themselves. It ultimately  improves self-esteem and empowers  them with healthy life choices.

The school  has  engaged Asmita Theatre  Group - imparting  education through theatre for students to promote social and emotional concepts such as recognizing and   managing   emotions   demonstrating  empathy,   taking   responsibility   and improving self- awareness.

The workshop enhances the leadership qualities  of the students thereby  giving proper   boost   to   grow   skills   like   learning,   communicating   listening    and experiencing new bonding that can be developed through such platforms.

20. PEACE CLUB

The school has joined an innovative action based program under the aegis of The Non-violence Project Foundation, Switzerland and Gandhi Peace Foundation, Govt. of India to implement an initiative  of 'Peace  Dialogue for Sustainability' in India. Our school is amongst  3500 schools across the country and amongst  500 schools in Delhi to join this  initiative. The aim of this  project  is to promote  'Peace  for Sustainability'.

21. DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The school  disaster  management plan  involves the  familiar cycle of steps  like assessing  hazards, vulnerabilities, planning  and  implementing for physical  risk reduction  and maintenance of safe facilities. The main aim of school emergency planning  is to ensure  that  the safety of the students and the staff is maintained during  an emergency.  It covers the  three  main thrust  areas  i.e. how to identify hazards in the school, how to manage the hazards and how to mitigate  the effects through planning and effective response.

22. DIGITAL INITIATIVE

Cyberite Club of our school  aims to  improve  the  ICT skills of the  students by nurturing  their  creative  and programming  skills, and sharpening their  research and presentation abilities. The club also aims to promote  innovation  among the students as they seek out technological solutions  to problems  that  may arise in school environment. EXPO - Showcase  of events  related  to advancements in the field of technology are held every year. BRIDGE - An Array of Interschool Computer Competitions  is held in the school. CYBER Week celebrations are held to sensitize the  students about  Cyber Crime and  Cyber bullying  issues. At academic  level students are groomed  to use ICT skills developed in collaborative projects under Subject Enrichment activities.

23. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Film shows, picnics, trips, excursions, visits to various places  of importance and amusement are regularly organised  to reduce drudgery and monotony, and make education enjoyable. Shows like Rocksport, Magic Show, Puppet  Show are conducted time to time for the benefit of the tinty-tots.

  24.  Social Awareness & Sensitivity Activities

Various Social service, Environment friendly, Good citizen and Good earth projects are incorporated in the school curriculum to sensitize students towards the society, environment and the underprivileged sections of the society.

Eco Awareness Club - Eco Awareness Clubs have been formed in school to sensitize students towards the protection and care of environment. In association with NCT bhagidari  by Department of Environment  and  GLOBE, activities  undertaken on garbage   management by rolly-polly  machine  for  composting   garbage,  water conservation and energy conservation are being carried out.

The B.E.S.T (Breath Easy- Stay Tough) Club has been  working under the aegis of Lung Care Foundation. The members  of the club have used the platform of social media to launch campaign against air pollution and to draw maximum support to combat  the  deadly  health  hazard.  The  organisation will  equip  students  with devices to monitor air pollution and motivate them to interact and devise probable solutions.

In collaboration with BHOOMIKA, a kitchen Garden has been developed to grow organic food items. Students are encourage to use organic food items to protect themselves from the harmful effects of chemicals.

Good Citizen Project - Human Rights Day is celebrated annually. Pamphlets on human   rights  are  distributed  amongst   people.  Heritage   Club  of  the  school generates importance of preserving monuments etc. Class projects, celebration of Heritage Day, heritage walks are organised. Global Vote Program is held to vote for Child Rights heroes under the aegis of World's Children Rights for the Prize of the Child (WCPRC) Sweden.  Global Watch Club helps children to keep abreast with the latest  developments about the children's  rights across the world, and encourages them to analyse and express themselves better.

School Enterprise Challenge -'Sambhaav CareNShare' – SAMBHAAV-Care N Share- a Dldavpp Enterprise is the school's initiative to take care of the three Ps- People, Planet  & Profit. It empowers  students to build entrepreneurial skills, associate with NGOs like Sewa Bharti, Goonj and Helpage India for helping special children and adults  and support  underprivileged to raise their level to greater  heights  by using  their  potential by helping  them  to  take  care  of themselves. Every year sambhaav  participates in the school Enterprise Challenge  Competition  that aims to create the social entrepreneurs of tomorrow & is supported by 'Teach A Man To Fish'-A Global (U.K. based) business set up awards programme for schools.

Road Safety Project - Sensitizes  students, parents  and  community  at  large  in inculcating  civic road sense  and grooming them to be future leaders. The action plan covers areas like monitoring  swift movement of traffic around the school in peak hours with special focus on the use of helmets and seat belts while driving and to use footpath towards the entrance to the school.

We continue  to  participate in Global Road Safety Project: 'YOUR IDEAS, YOUR INITIATIVES  ROAD  SAFETY ACTIONS  FOR BETTER  ENVIRONMENT-  Safety and Mobility for all by RENAULT.

Inquisitive Club - The  Club aims  at  development  of  general   awareness and enhancement of knowledge  by providing  students with  information  and  news about the world at large and about the subjects ranging from History to Fine Arts, Mythology and  Sports. The  school  encourages students to  participate in and conducts various examinations & tests by recognised  institutions like NTSE, JSTS, IMO, NSO, IIO, IOEL, Cyber Olympiad, Vidyarthi Vigyna Manthan, NFLAT, Ramanujan Talent  Search  exam, Vaigyanika, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan   Yojana, Science Exhibition and many others. The school teams participate in Interschool Quiz such as  CBSE Heritage  India  Quiz, HT Pace  Quiz, Science  Quiz, Teacher's  Quiz, NIE Fundamental Quiz, Olympiad by TERI, Quiz by British Council & others.