Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Singapore International School
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 03:46 PM IST (10:16 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy, People; Business: Education & training, Media & entertainment
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Singapore International School's Confluence Commemorates the 40th Anniversary of World Economic Forum
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Simulated Economic Forum commemorated the 40th anniversary of World Economic Forum which was among the highlights of the two day programme -Confluence hosted and conducted by Singapore International School, Mumbai. Confluence 2011, a unique amalgamation of competitive and exhibition events, was based on the concept of knowledge challenge. The events took place on October 15 - 16, 2011 at the school auditorium. Apart from the host school, Ecole Mondiale World School, Cathedral Vidya School, Indus International School, Pune, Don Bosco School, Mumbai and St. Michael School's Siliguri participated in Confluence 2011.
"Confluence 2011 is the pride of SIS and we are happy to have hosted such an event that would expand the knowledge of students, we are looking forward to continue this trend, we hope to receive the same kind of support we received this year," says Kaisar Dopaishi, Principal Singapore International School
This four event format included a simulated economic forum, two quizzing sessions and inter-school debate.
The Simulated Economic Forum had a number of concurrently held sessions and the topic of the discussions ranged from carbon credit to low cost housing, from attempting to map the economics of terror to privatization of water.
In quizzing the questions were never a priority, the paths taken to the questions were-The focus was about not just knowing the right answer but the process that lead to the answer. The classical format of quizzing was followed.
The third event was inter-school debates. The schools debated about the state of democracy, freedom of speech through an unusual format - first in extempore and then the turn coat debate.
The highlight of the event was a unique school verses the college exhibition debate. The best debaters of Singapore International School chose to be good hosts by not taking part in the competition but rather being a part of the exhibition debate in a hope to highlight the standards of good debating. The students need to be complimented for their grand gesture. The SIS debaters - Aryaman Jalota (last year's Confluence winner), Aryan Chhabria and Shankhini were pitted against two seasoned college debaters - Anshuman Mitra of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and Shashank Shah from the Jadhavpur University. Both the teams debated about whether it is in the nature of the industry to give farmers a raw deal. This debate saw a lot of cross fire from the audience in terms of questions and interjections. This debate showcased a lot of good debating skills and highlighted the importance of the Power of spoken word and the art of gentle persuasion and convection.
Overall the event was a resounding success and underscored the value of endeavoring to expand the knowledge of students. Confluence was not just about inter-school competition but also had the workshop elements provided by Pranab Mukherjee who was the grandmaster of this event.
Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, who has been closely associated with SIS. He is the proverbial, walking encyclopedia - an active humanist, journalist and an artist. Mr. Mukherjee is an independent media analyst and a performance consultant by profession, and he is one of the leading alternative theatre directors of the country. He divides his time between Kolkata, Imphal and the Darjeeling hills. Currently, a consultant with a two publication initiatives, he has earlier worked for a sports fortnightly, an English daily and a Bengali daily. He is an acclaimed authority on third theatre, Shakespeare-in- education and specialises in theatre-of-conflict. He is also considered a leading light in alternative theatre. Having directed more than 50 productions of performance texts including three international collaborations, he has also performed in 14 full length solos which include an acclaimed series of plays on the subject of cultural and social alienation called the River series, Living Text series and Foothills to Hills, a series of plays with Darjeeling as the living inspiration.
About Singapore International School
Singapore International School is the only co-educational institution in Mumbai having term, weekly and day boarding facilities. One special feature of the school is the offer of a comprehensive programme consisting of four levels: levels - K-6 follows the Singaporean curriculum leading to Grade 7-8 which is Pre-IGCSE level this effectively ties in with the 9 and 10 IGCSE finally culminating to the two years International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.(IBDP) . The academic support includes enrichment, information literacy, special education needs and gifted student programmes, personal and career counseling.
The Singapore International School holistic academic programme focuses on enhancing learning outcomes by considering student learning styles, having inbuilt activities, making learning fun and effective through various innovative methodologies designed to engage student in a meaningful and thoughtful way. With a very good teacher-student ratio of 1: 10, having two full time teachers in each class from KG to 6 while having experienced teachers with a proven track record in IGCSE and IB Diploma, the student's journey is geared towards making it a success story. The staff, handpicked from around the world, mainly residential, ensures their availability to students at all times.
SIS is tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Mumbai life and is also blessed with being in midst of nature. The state of art facilities, with horse riding and swimming being also the part of sports and games programme, co curricular activities and opportunities to develop experiential learning makes SIS a complete school. The school also annually conducts Inter school sports and games activities under the banner of Conquest while the interschool co-curricular activities such as debates, MUN , Quiz ,Simulated Economic Forum are hosted under the "umbrella" term Confluence. The small well- knit SIS community is most conducive to build social skills and ensure the all round development of students.
SIS is well positioned by establishing international links with other outstanding educational institutions globally. There is also ample opportunity to build an international network with students and schools in Singapore and other countries, both within the classroom and through student exchange programmes, co-curricular activities and home-stay programmes specially arranged by the school.
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The Confluence 2011 gang with Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
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