JMA Pilani Rajasthan - Earth Hour 2012 Call

Hometown to the Birla family, located in the heart of Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, Pilani is well known world over not only for various institutions imparting quality education but also for the CSIR Laboratory CEERI and the upcoming BrahMos Missile Assembly Project unit. Established in the year, 2004 Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy – JMA which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one among the most sought after schools at Pilani. JMA which started with an enrollment of 60 students for the Nursery, LKG, First Junior and Class1 has grown today till Class 9 with current enrollments touching 600 students.

JMA Pilani which aims to be one among the top ranking schools in India today derives its strength from the quote "Information is just bits of data while knowledge is putting them together and wisdom is transcending them." JMA has a rich tradition of observing various days of national and international importance on a regular basis to increase the current awareness among the enrolled as well as aspiring students seeking admission to the school.

Earth Hour organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is a global action call to every individual, business, school and community to take a stand against climate change and express solidarity by switching off lights for 1 hour from 8.30 Pm to 9.30 PM. It’s scheduled on the last Saturday of every March – closely coinciding with the equinox to ensure most cities are in darkness as it rolled out around the Earth. For the year 2012 it was on Saturday 31 March. For more details see http://www.earthhour.org/

In 2007 it started at Sydney Australia with about 2 million people joining hands and by 2011 has spread across 135 countries with hundreds of millions of people participating. The participating countries include the G7 nations France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada as well as the BRICS nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. India which joined the Earth Hour movement in 2009 with 56 cities participating added momentum to the campaign with 130 cities joining in 2011.

Addressing the students at JMA Pilani on 31 March 2012, Principal Mrs Booma Natarajan gave an overview of the importance of the day and to make it successful urged the children to take part in the Earth Hour by insisting on switching off the lights in their homes and also request their friends and neighbors to do so.

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, M.Sc., M.A., B.Ed.
Principal, Jamuna Mishra Academy – JMA
Near Old Pilani Post Office
Pilani Rajasthan 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242314
Email booma_pilani@yahoo.co.in
Website: http://www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

This release was published on openPR.