JMA Pilani Takes Up HelpAge India SAVE Mission with Passion on International Day of Older Persons

No one has doubt that Information is just bits of data while Knowledge is putting them together and Wisdom is transcending them and it is indisputable that our grandparents have indeed played a very crucial role in transmitting the wisdom to successive generations.

Located in heart of Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, Pilani is well known in India today for various educational institutions, CSIR CEERI as well as the upcoming BrahMos Missile Assembly Project Unit

Jamuna Mishra Academy – JMA established in the year 2004 which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one among the top ranking and most sought after schools at Pilani 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 VIII with well over 500 students.

While the school admits both boys and girls, the girl student enrollment has been steadily rising every year and is presently close to 50% 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.

JMA has a rich tradition celebrating various days of national and international significance. Keeping the tradition, JMA celebrated on 1 October 2011, United Nations - UN International Day of Older Persons. It is worth mentioning here that JMA has been regularly celebrating Grandparents at the school. For 2011, JMA decided to take up the HelpAge India SAVE program intensively.

It is known that we all are affected by what we learn at a young age. HelpAge’s SAVE - Student Action for Value Education programme’s main focus is to sensitize school children on ageing issues early in life, so they treat their elderly with love and care and understand their issues in depth. HelpAge India voices the concerns of India’s elderly. Currently there are estimated to be 90 million elderly in the nation. It protects their rights, focusing on issues such as pensions, social inclusion, and health care, and enables them to live with self-fulfillment and dignity.

Addressing the teachers and students of the school, Principal Mrs Booma Natarajan talked about the significance of the day and administered the HelpAge India SAVE Pledge to all the children. The pledge goes as follows: "I PLEDGE
To honor everyday, those who are aged, To express in words, actions and deeds
our gratitude towards our elders our parents & grandparents, To do my duty
for those that fulfilled theirs, To love, respect and care for the elderly in my family and community".

The teachers and students also sang the SAVE anthem as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dm4VgMHnlo

For more details about JMA Pilani see http://www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

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 lay the Best Foundation for the Child's Future. For more details about JMA Pilani see http://www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

Mrs Booma Natarajan MSc (Chemistry), MA (Childcare & Education), B.Ed
Principal Jamuna Mishra Academy – JMA
Near Old Post Office
Atma Ram Padia Marg
Pilani Rajasthan 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242314
Email booma_pilani at yahoo.co.in
Website www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

This release was published on openPR.