(openPR) - Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy (JMA) established in the year 2004 which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one of the most sought after schools at Pilani in Shekhawati Rajasthan.

JMA which started in 2004 with an enrollment of 60 students for the Nursery, LKG, First Junior and Class1 has grown today till Class VII with well over 400 students. While the school admits both boys and girls, the girl student enrollment has been steadily rising every year and is presently over 40% of the total strength which itself is a matter of pride in a state like Rajasthan which had alarmingly low record of girl’s education.

The importance of Debate can be judged from the quote of French Essayist Joseph Joubert which goes as “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”

For the past over six decades, every year at Pilani the Itihas Parishad has been conducting an All India Hindi debate competition at the century old Birla School which is the oldest Birla Institution at Pilani. The 62nd debate competition held on 11 September 2010 for the middle school children had over 20 schools participating. The topic for debate this year was “Government Policies Responsible for Price Rise”. The venue for the debate was the imposing auditorium of the Birla School Pilani.

The prominent among the participating schools included the well known Pilani schools Birla School, Birla Public School, Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Birla Shishu Vihar, Goenka Vidya Mandir, Hari Devi Jhutharam Shishu Sadan, Udairamji Padia Vidya Mandir, Bal Niketan etc as well as Schools from Jhunjhunu, Dundlod, Sikar, Alwar, Jaipur, Chittorgarh etc.

This is the first time JMA children have participated in this debate competition. Master Vanam Sharma and Himakshi Alaria from Class 7 of JMA spoke for and against the topic respectively. Himakshi Alaria of JMA Pilani was awarded the first prize and JMA School for scoring 512 points out of 600 which was the highest among participating schools was declared the winner of the Itihas Parishad Rolling Trophy for 2010. Dr V N Dhaulakhandi Director Birla Museum Pilani
was the Chief Guest for the debate competition.

The JMA Pilani children who had come for the debate competition along with Mrs Alka Sharma Senior Hindi Teacher at JMA who had groomed them for the competition left the auditorium with beaming faces and pride that they were part of an institution which is a jewel in the crown among the schools at Pilani.

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About JMA Pilani: Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy - JMA Pilani is a Co-educational English Medium School with Experienced Teachers, Spacious Classrooms and Modern Amenities Designed to impart Quality Education combined with All Round Personality Development and thus lay the Best Foundation for the Child's Future. For more details about school see www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

Mrs Booma Natarajan, MSc, MA
Principal
Jamuna Mishra Academy
Near Old Pilani Post Office
Pilani Rajasthan 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242314
Email jma_pilani@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.jma-pilani.page.tl/