ONLINE SINGING COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY THE PROVINCIAL FEDERATION OF THE PAST PUPILS OF DON BOSCO

Shillong, 2020 Nov 20 Shillong: Recently, the Association of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco, Shillong Province, had organized an online singing competition as part of the commemoration of the 150th year of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco worldwide. The singing competition was on the theme ''Don Bosco''; there were two categories - solo and group. There were a number of participants, including from outside the province. The result of the competition was declared online by the Provincial Delegate on 16th October, 2020. The prizes were given at three different regions as it was not possible to have one common programme due to the pandemic.  Read More »
Michael Makri

Bangalore Province Releases Child Safeguarding Policies
Bangalore, 2020 Oct 18 The Planning and Development Organisation (PDO; BREADS Bangalore) of the Province of Bangalore, to provide clarity through relevant policies to accomplish its goals, has drafted and released the Child Safeguarding Policies (CSPs) as supportive references for child-related sectors in the Province. The CSPs are for various sectors in the Province like childcare institutions, social work centres, schools, colleges, skill training centres, parishes, aspirantates, pre-novitiate, novitiate, philosophates, and the theologate.  Read More »
Bastin Nellissery

Radio Salesian to broadcast Lepcha language program
Kolkata, 2020 Oct 18 Darjeeling, 18 October 2020: Radio Salesian 90.8 FM will start broadcasting one hour radio program in Lepcha language from Saturday 24 October 2020. The program is prepared by three Lepcha radio journalists who have just undergone one month of intense training with Radio Salesian.  Read More »
Paul CHERUTHOTTUPURAM

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EDUCATION CONCLAVE BY DBYA EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL DIMENSION - SOUTH ASIA
New Delhi, 2020 Oct 08 The 5th edition of'' Be The Change Education Conclave'', a series of online Education Conclaves being organized by the DBYA Educational and Cultural Dimension, South Asia, had the privilege of having Dr. Abdulla Rasheed Ahmed, Minister of State for Education and the Head of the National Institute of Education, Maldives as the Keynote Speaker. He made his presentation on the topic, ''Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century''.  Read More »
Thoombalan Babu Varghese

MumbaiSalesians' Clinical Psychologist Father [Dr.] Ajoy Fernandes' Teachers' Day Gift to 'Understand & Help Children with Learning Difficulties'
Mumbai, 2020 Sep 05 Mumbai Salesians' Father [Dr.] Ajoy Fernandes who has a doctorate in Counselling Psychology with a major in Clinical Counselling and is Director Prafulta-Don Bosco Youth Counselling Services, Matunga-Mumbai, presents an online episodic video-series 'Understanding and Helping Children with Learning Difficulties'. The video-series starting today 05 September, and to be aired on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month, on the MumbaiSalesians' Youtube Channel, are broken up into short 10-minute interactive inputs describing the symptoms of learning and related difficulties; the formal and informal ways of assessing these difficulties; the types of beneficial interventions possible and the government-endorsed concessions across India. This is a Teachers' Day gift from the famed clinical psychologist, as an appreciation to teachers all over, who mould, nourish, nurture, inspire, motivate, enlighten and mentor students on a daily basis.  Read More »
Chris Valentino

Octogenarian Guwahati Salesian Pens New Book 'Efficient Teacher for the 21st Century'.
Guwahati, 2020 Aug 12 'Efficient Teacher for the 21st Century' a book authored by Father Kuriala Chittattukalam was released by Guwahati Salesian ViceProvincial Father Joseph Teron on 11 August 2020 at Don Bosco Media and Publications Centre Guwahati. The first copy was presented to Provincial Economer Father Benny Alex.  Read More »
John Parankimalil

Nepal Don Bosco Schools Innovate to Educate in COVID-19 Times
Mumbai, 2020 Jul 20 The Salesians of Don Bosco at Bharoul-Chakraghatti, East Nepal, managing 02 schools are conducting classes for 1500 students using 42 hired rooms, each called a community classroom. Every community centre with 10 students in attendance help to overcome the COVID-19 restrictions. The entire 46 member teaching faculty of both schools and the ancillary staff are ensuring the sustained consistency of this innovative educative method which started on 16 July 2020.  Read More »
Chris Valentino

National Web Conference on 'Catholic Education in COVID Era & Beyond' by CBCI (Office for Education & Culture) & DBHEI (Don Bosco Higher Education India Network)
Chennai, 2020 Jul 17 The COVID-19 and national lockdown have forced the closure of schools, colleges, and universities for 120+ days with a rare chance of reopening before September 2020. It throws unprecedented challenges to the educational leaders, managers, and administrators. To address this present situation CBCI (Catholic Bishops Conference of India - Office for Education and Culture) in collaboration with DBHEI (Don Bosco Higher Education India Network) is organizing a National Web Conference with the main theme ''Catholic Education in COVID era and beyond - Challenges and Possibilities'' along with Bosco Soft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Airmeet (web conference platform) as technology partners and DBICA (Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts) as media partners. The five days and five themes education web conference has already neared 1000 registrations from across India.  Read More »
ROSARIO Ernest

Salesian Schools Shine in Meghalaya School Education Board Results 2020
Shillong, 2020 Jul 09 Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) declared the results of Class 12 Vocational, Science and Commerce streams on 09 July 2020 on its official website http://megresults.nic.in/.  Read More »
Michael Makri