pune the nature of competitive exams was decoded at the learning enhancement activation programme leap workshop conducted by times nie in association with icad school of learning on sundayabout 70 students of class 10 from times nie member schools attended the workshop held at tilak maharashtra vidyapeeths auditorium in gultekadi the students were selected after a screening test held in their schoolsdilip vaidya director academics icad school of learning explained the difference between competitive and regular exams to students he urged students to follow the learning by understanding methodology rather than mugging up things merely to reproduce them during exams an assessment test titled the aryabhatta test was conducted to judge the students basic understanding of mathematics concepts vaidya cleared doubts through various examples and revisited many basic concepts and formulaepranshu saxena of mansukhbhai kothari national school said it was an informative session we realized what we know and dont we understood that we should concentrate on smaller details saxena saidmany participants said the test was an eyeopener and gave them a new perspective to studying it is important for students to start questioning themselves i would advise that one not depend on information but try to acquire knowledge that comes only with questioning information cannot help one to crack competitive exams the art of learning should be developed vaidya saidlater sarang upganlawar founder and chief executive of ficer of icad school of learning addressed parents about the nature of competitive examsthey were also gi they were also given an overview of the different fields available and their career prospectsaward for principaljessica simoes principal of wisdom world school in wakad was recently presented the prestigious derozio award 2016 for her outstanding contribution in the field of education and human enrichment she was felicitated by ameenah garib fakim president of mauritius at the 59th association of schools for indian school certificate asisc conference 2016 in lucknowthe derozio award is the highest award that the council for the indian school certifica te examinations confers for exemplary service in educationfun and learninggg international school recently held exuberanza the carnival 2016 the chief guest was s k mishra and the guests of honour were shridhar chiplunkar nitin unkule and shubhangi kulkarnialso present were members of the school advisory board col sambhaji patil and s b mantri founder of gyan ganga foundation jayprakash goel and managing trustee sonu guptapreprimary and primary children presented cultural programmesa variety of workshops were held by students of classes 2 to 8 which included scientific toys composting and also calligraphy chetan vohra conducted a storytelling workshop rasika wakalkar spoke on styling right and payal shah karwa author of the bad touch also addressed studentsin line with the schools motto of giving back to society about 500 students from aided schools under the pimpri chinchwad muncipal corporation were invited and given the opportunity to attend speciallytailored workshops that included learning to make toys out of trash science and maths experiments and a talk on good touch versus bad touch