ranchi with summer breaks in school round the corner parents are busy looking for good recreational activity centres for their children keeping up with the demand for hobby classes during vacations many schools and other art institutes in the city are organizing summer camps where students can explore their creative side most schools in ranchi will close for the summer break on may 12 and there is already a rush for summer camp enrollments geeta mandal owner of a dance academy in the city said i have organized a one month crash course on bollywood style dancing and a good number of children are taking interest in it earlier the summer vacations used to be a time for hiatus but nowadays parents want their children to remain active even during school breaks like mandal other organizers too have arranged for short term art and craft painting and karate classes mrigakshi sinha organiser of a handicraft making summer camp said the number of enrollments keep increasing every year this shows that parents take the allround development of their children seriously shipra verma mother of an eightyearold girl said if my daughter stays at home she will waste time watching tv or playing computer games its better that i get her enrolled in a summer where she will get to do something constructive however getting a child to learn new things is not the only factor the parents are usually busy with office work all day and they so not want their children to be on their own at home sending them to camps will ease their worries to an extent amrit singh father of a tenyearold said my wife and i cant afford to spend time with our son in the morning we are planning to send him to karate class so that he can make frie nds and learn something new