Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Golaghat, which stands in the heart of Golaghat, is a premier institution of the town. Donor of the school land : Padmashree Dr. Robin Banerjee, the renowned humanitarian philanthropist of Golaghat and winner of 14 National and International awards, donated the land of the Vidyalaya. His house, adjacent to the school building, popularly known as Uncle Robin’s Natural History Museum, is an important tourist spot of the state. There are as many as 587 dolls collected from across the world and 262 other showpieces gifted to him by different countries present in this museum. There are also as many as 200 of his paintings adorning the museum walls. 19 award-winning photographs that he clicked in different parts of the world, have enriched the museum to a great extent. He made as many as 32 documentaries which are worth to watch.
Please visit Uncle Robin's Natural History Museum website : http://www.unclerobin.in
Unique Features and Best Practices
• As part of “Amrit Surabhi” project
the Vidyalaya offered about 5 quintals of rice to V.K. Khatkhati in
presence of around 1200 people on 12th January 2009. As a follow-up, a
guardian offered 1 quintal rice for the said project in February 2009.
The students have achieved the target of collecting rice and sending it
to V.K. Khotkhoti under the project almost regularly.
• A 10-day tailoring, cutting, knitting & food processing training programme was
conducted at Suagpur, Suklai in 2009. The programme was conducted by
Mrs. Mitra Brahmachary (wife of the Principal of the Vidyalaya), Mrs.
Minu Saikia(a local resident) & Mrs. Anima Chaliha (mother of a
teacher of the Vidyalaya).12 girls participated in this training
programme and learnt a number of items.
• The following students have been selected for variousprofessional disciplines. N.D.A.:
Kr. Chinmoy Jyoti Bora; MEDICAL: Kr. Yasin S. Emanee, Kum. Sushma
Baishya, Kum. Shreyshee Borah and Kum. Shivani Rajguru; NIT: Kr.
Ritabrata Thakur, Kum. Ishita Das and Kr. Amitakhya Bhuyan; ENGINEERING:
Kr. Abhinandan Borah.
• A group of students started their project of manufacturing Chalk.Now the students have become the permanent Chalk suppliers supplying their produce to various VKVs through VKSPV.
• A group of girls of the school started their project titled
“DIVERSITY OF LOCAL EARTHWORMS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS FOR VERMI
COMPOSTING”. The considerable amount of manure produced through this
project is being used in the garden.
• Another group of 6 students (4 boys & 2 girls) have undergoneentrepreneurship training. In
the first phase of their project, they have opened ‘Sale counters’ in
the school campus & started selling Khatkhoti Kendra products as
well as other V.K. materials so as to develop some practical knowledge
of sale & purchase, book keeping, accounting etc.
• The Vidyalaya staff celebrate various occasions not
only at the school site, but also at various others institutions of
Golaghat. They take active part in Uthisthata Jagrata Exam, Vijay hi
Vijay, Srimanta Sankardev Progya Protiyogita etc. They also conduct
Swadhaya once a month. Yoga classes, 3 Sanskar Vargas and Bhajan Sandhya
are other such regular activities of the Vidyalaya staff.
• The Vidyalaya financially assists VKV, Kajalgaon and Uncle Robin’s Museum also.
• As per a ‘one to one special care project’ initiated
by the Principal and assisted by the teachers, the slow learners in
each class are made to sit by the side of the fast learners in their
respective classes. Through this the fast learners look after the slow
ones by explaining to them whenever necessary. As a result the bright
students became more confident while mutual understanding and
follow-feeling also developed.
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Students found speaking in any language other than English in the
Vidyalaya campus, is asked to deliver a speech on the topic “Importance
of Spoken English” during morning assembly. Teachers
keep a watch on the students. As a result, the habit of speaking English
in the Vidyalaya campus has improved.
• Weekly Tests in
each subject are conducted covering the portion done during a
particular week. This has been introduced for smooth and effective
continuous evaluation and to enable the slow and average learners to
perform better & develop confidence.
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A special programme is conducted every year on 12th January for
instilling patriotic zeal & love for the country and the countrymen.
