Psychologists advise parents to allay kids

Psychologists advise parents to allay kids' fears and communicate with them attentively
Islamabad, Aug 03: All public and private schools are re-opening putting an end to long summer vacations but majority of kids are not warm to the idea of going back to school for many reasons. Some feel difficulty getting up early in the morning, dislike travelling in school van, dread tests, homework and assignments while for others class is a bully.

It all now depends on the parents to allay fears of their kids telling them that the end of summer means going back to school. Though it is often a welcome change for many parents to send their kids school after a long summer, some are a little sad at the thought of not having their kids with them in mornings.

Ayesah Rahim Ghazi, a Grade II student said that she was overy joyed going back to school, whih she had missed during vacations. "I felt bored as I missed all my classmates, teachers and enviroenment of school," she said.

Hashim Raza, a Grade III student, said it was hard for him to go to school as he had developed a habit of getting up late during vacations. "I want to go to school after August 14. I sleep late so I get up late too. I am trying to alter my sleeping schedule," he said.

"I am quite nervous because of school atmosphere; teachers are rude to me and they beat me up quite often. I am not willing to go back to school," said Waqar Hassan, a Grade II student.

"If your child is reluctant to go to school, discuss with him/her various school activities such as exciting school trips, swimming, painting, music lessons, funfairs, arts and craft classes etc. Remind your child of all old friends," Dr Sarkar, a psychologist at PIMS, said.

She said parents would have to communicate with their kids attentively. "If your child is unusually tearful and tense, talk to him gently and try to discover root of the problem. If he is afraid of anything of if he lags behind in school lessons, take steps to ensure his safety and dignity. Make sure all his homework is done. Talk to teachers, school principal and van driver if they can be of any help," she explained.

Dr Rizwan Taj, dean of Psychology Department at PIMS, advised parents to get their kids to wake up early at least two weeks before the end of vacations. He said some children took more time to adapt to routine than others. "In a week or two, all of their fears and reluctance will be gone and they'll be comfortable and happy in school," he said.

Sumaira Kanwal, a schoolteacher, said it was responsibility of parents to get their children involved in study. "Shifting from vacations to school routine is less troublsome for those kids who have been kept busy in studies during vavations," she said. Daily Times

All government, private schools opened in Sindh

Schools open
Karachi, Aug 03: All government and private schools had opened after the summer vacation on Saturday, the Sindh education secretary has said.

The secretary, Rizwan Memon said those schools which observed a two-day weekly holiday - Saturday and Sunday - would open on Monday (today).

There was some confusion about whether parents should send their children to school on Monday as reports in a section of the media had stated that schools would be closed on Monday due to an extension in the summer vacations. Dawn

Azad Jammu Kashmir SSC exam result 2009

Boys clinch top positions in AJK SSC exam result
Mirpur, Aug 03: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Azad Jammu Kashmir announced result of annual Secondary Schools Certificate (SSC) examination with pass percentage of 54.31 here on Saturday.

Mehtab Ahmed son of Zaheer Ahmed (roll no 126359) of

Read Foundation School Charhoie (Kotli district) secured first position overall by securing 1011 out of a total of 1050 marks.

Similarly Muhammad Zulqarnain s/o Nawab Ali (Roll No 125253) of High School Rajdhani, Kotli, secured second position by obtaining 1001 marks and Ms. Anum Habib d/o Abdul Habib (Roll No 101560) of Pak Kashmir Institute of Computer Sciences, Mirpur secured third position by obtaining 995 marks. All these first three positions holding students in the entire Board belonged to the Science group.

A special ceremony was held in the offices complex of the AJK BISE to announce the results. AJK Minister for Education (Colleges) Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan was the chief guest on this occasion.

Besides the Education minister, Chairman of the Board Prof Dr. Muhammad Sagheer Kiyani and Controller Examination (Schools) Raja Abdul Rehman and Secretary Prof. Raja Muhammad Ayaz announced the names of the successful students who secured top 20 positions in the examination.

Among the students securing first three positions in General Group Ms. Maryam Ali d/o Ali Asghar (Roll No 134496) of Girls High School Samlotha Mirpur, Ms. Zeenat Rafique d/o Muhammad Rafique (Roll No 134780) of Girls High School Mohra Kanyal, Mirpur and Ms. Mehwish Shabbir d/o Muhammad Shabbir (Roll No 134784) of Girls High School Mohra Kanyal, Mirpur secured first, second and third positions in the examination in entire board by bagging 944, 924 and 918 marks respectively.

The AJK Education minister, while speaking on the occasion said that the AJK government will launch a plan for ensuring quality education to meet contemporary and future challenges.

BISE Lahore 2009 Matriculation result: 62 percent pass

Boys tie for top Matric honours
Lahore, Aug 03: Boys received the top three overall positions in the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) 2009 Matriculation result, announced on Saturday.

The result was announced in a

ceremony organised by the Lahore Board and held in honour of the position-holders at Alhamra, The Mall. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest.

Successful candidates: According to the result, 198,899 students appeared in the examinations and 123,291 students (62 percent) passed. Examinations Controller Professor Manzoorul Hassan Niazi announced the result.

The overall first position was a tie between Hafiz Muhammad of Government Central Model High School, Lower Mall Lahore and Ali Murtaza of LDA Model High School For Boys, Allama Iqbal Town Lahore (1,013 marks). The second overall position was awarded to Amna Tahir of Divisional Public School For Girls Model Town, Lahore (1,012 marks). The third overall position was a tie between Muhammad Bilal of Government High School, Kharianwala (Sheikhupura) and Farwa Pervaiz of Unique High School for Girls, Muslim Town Lahore (1,011 marks).

In the Science Group (boys), first position was awarded to Hafiz Muhammad and Ali Murtaza. Muhammad Bilal was second in the group and was awarded overall third position. Muhammad Naveed Alam of Government High School Chauburji Gardens Lahore was third (1,008 marks). In the Science Group (girls), Amna Athar received the first position and the overall second position. Farwa Pervaiz was awarded the second position and was third overall.

Anam Manzoor of Divisional Public School for Girls, Model Town was third (1,009 marks).

In the Humanities Group (boys), first position was a tie between Hafiz Muhammad Aqeel of the Islamic Public High School for Boys, Green Town Lahore and Muhammad Abu Bakar Ajeeb of Kasur Model High School for Boys (921 marks). Muhammad Naveed Asif of Government High School, Neharwala received the second position (919 marks). Iqbal Shahab, a private candidate, was third (906 marks). In the Humanities Group (girls), Qudsia Shahid of Farooqi Girls High School, Ravi Road Lahore was first (970 marks) and Faiza Irfan was second (960 marks). Atiqa Sajid received the third position (959 marks).

Prizes: Lahore Board Chairman Dr Anwar Kashmiri announced cash prizes and medals for the students. He said the first overall position-holder would receive Rs 20,000, a gold medal and a Pentium-4 computer, the second overall position-holder would receive a silver medal, Rs 15,000 and a Pentium-4 computer and the third overall position-holder would receive Rs 10,000, a bronze medal and a Pentium-4 computer.

The position-holders of the groups would also receive Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

Rawalpindi Board SSC annual examination result 2009

RBISE SSC annual examination 2009 : Boys outshine girls by securing top three positions
Rawalpindi, Aug 03: Boys clinched overall top three positions in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual examination 2009 of Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) on Saturday.

RBISE Chairman Abdul Hafeez announced the SSC exam results here at Divisional Public School Shamsabad. Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Saeed Mehdi was the chief guest on this occasion.

Muhammad Arslan Khan (Roll No 140416) of Radiant Secondary School for Boys Iqbal Town, Rawalpindi got the overall first position in the division by securing 1013 marks out of 1050 marks. Sajjad Hussain (Roll No 140417) and Syed Sanaullah Shah (Roll No 140418) of the same school secured overall second and third positions by getting 1010 and 1009 marks respectively. All these students were from Science Group.

A total of 106,349 candidates appeared in the exam under the new course while 10,207 under the old course. The pass percentage of new and old course students stood at 62 percent and 65 percent respectively.

Under the new course girls fared better than boys with a pass percentage of 68.85 percent, whereas boys pass percentage stood at 55.89 percent. Under the old course boys pass percentage stood at 68 percent against girls' 60 percent pass percentage.

Among Science Group girls, Shamsa Kanwal (Roll No. 127206) and Sana Ghaffar Bajwa (Roll No. 127207) of Asif Public Girls Higher Secondary School Al Noor Colony, Rawalpindi stood first by obtaining 1008 marks each, while Anam Pervez (Roll No. 124176) of Siddique Public School, Rawalpindi got second position by obtaining 997 marks and Munaza Bakht (Roll No. 083156) of Fauji Foundation Model Secondary School for Girls, Fateh Jang, Attock, remained third by obtaining 994 marks.

Among General Group boys, Muhammad Ijaz (Roll No. 172982) of Darul Aaloom Mohiul Islam Siddique, Tehsil Kallar Sayedan, District Rawalpindi and Jamal Mustafa (Roll No. 185771), a private candidate, shared the first position by securing 915 marks. Qaiser Nadeem (Roll No. 186251) of Barrack No 5/8, Central Jail, Adiala Rawalpindi got second position by obtaining 908 marks, while Muhammad Zia-ul-Karam (Roll No. 158957) of Darul Aaloom Muhammadia Rizvia, Pind Daden Khan stood third by obtaining 905 marks.

In General Group girls, Ayesha Inaam Qureshi (Roll No. 163509), a private candidate, stood first by obtaining 927 marks, Farrah Tufail (Roll No. 081627) of Government Girls High School Hazro, Attock got second position by getting 922 marks and Bushra Liaquat (Roll No. 175804), private candidate got third position by obtaining 920 marks.

Addressing on this occasion, Mehdi said the Punjab government was giving top priority to the education sector and encouraging students by giving them cash rewards, medals and some other facilities including scholarships. He said they had increased the education budget by 60 percent. He said the government was also encouraging private sector educational institutions.

He said the government was paying full attention to provide quality education to children of the poor people. He said to achieve this objective the Punjab chief minister (CM) had decided to establish Danish School System in all tehsils of Punjab for boys and girls.

He said the CM would soon lay foundation stone of the RBISE building, which would be completed at a cost of Rs 800 million.

Later, he awarded medals and cash prizes to the top position holders. Rs 25,000 cash, a computer and gold medal was awarded to the overall first position-holder, Rs 15,000 and silver medal to the second position-holder and Rs 10,000 cash and bronze medal to the 3rd position-holder.

Medals and shields were also awarded to girl and boy students who got position in their respective groups.

RBISE Secretary Humayun Iqbal, Controller Examinations, MNA Malik Ibrar, MPA Raja Hanif Advocate, heads of educational institutions and a large number of parents were also present on this occasion. Daily Times

SRK-Ash to work together

Well you would have seen this jodi long back in Chalte Chalte before Devdas, if SRK wouldn’t have replaced Ash with Rani for uneccessary interfering of her then boyfriend on the sets.

However the duo have kept their differences apart and very soon will be working in Rajiv Menon’s upcoming flick.

The powerful jodi of Devdas have given a nod to Rajiv Menon and very soon will be seen on screen together.

Elephant scare for Abhi-Ash

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were struck in jungles of Kerala when a elephant who was brought for shooting went berserk killing its mahout.

A source says, “Abhi and Ash left with Mani Ratnam in the morning to check out an elephant which was supposed to participate in the shooting. Little did they know what was in store.”

The animal went crazy and forced all the unit members to hide till help arrived

“For ten hours, Abhishek, Aishwarya and Mani went without food or water. They just hid from the elephant. Finally, they were rescued late at night. But until then, there was no news of their safety. Abhishek and Aishwarya’s parents were delirious with worry.”

When Aishwarya was contacted, she said, “All is well, by God’s grace.”

Emraan experiences communal bias

Emraan Hashmi was in a state of shock when he was not allowed to buy a house in Pali Hill, Mumbair because he is a Muslim.

Uncle Mahesh Bhatt saus, “Emraan did hear about these things but this was his first such experience. he was truly surprised, as he thought such things did not exist in a city like Mumbai.”

“While Emraan feels he was subjected to a communal bias, he has not painted everyone with the same brush. He has not has not generalized any particular community.”

Saif: Am dating best girl in town

Saif Ali Khan cannot stop raving about his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and calls her best in town.

He says, “I haven’t noticed whether other girls have stopped looking at me because I’m dating the best girl in town.A lot depends on the vibe you give off. I hear unavailable men are more interesting to interesting women. That be as it may, I’m not particularly interested in a stranger of any sort right now.”

“Everything is beautiful right now,Kareena and I are on a path, let us enjoy that. For me, priority right now is to set up this production house, and I want Madam to stay the biggest star in the world for as long as she enjoys it. Everything else will follow in due course.’’

Deepika goes real in Love Aaj Kal

Deepika feels that her most honest performance till date is in Love Aaj Kal because she wasn’t acting, she was just being herself.

She says, “It was so much ‘me’ that sometimes I felt maybe I wasn’t doing anything on camera.

I had to look to my director Imtiaz Ali for reassurance. I was reacting on camera the way I do in real life. So far I was always doing things that didn’t come naturally to me. This is my most honest performance. I can feel the growth in me in the four films and six roles that I’ve done so far. I’ve become freer with my emotions and lines.”