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Every member in the house seriously nips Book) The first gatherer of the news item
out their nails under the supervision of
the ward which successfully reported the
next day in the assembly of the school. If
any member shows any reluctance the
child takes it very seriously and creates a
sort of hell until the member succumbed
to his wish! Lacking any other way to
escape, the member honestly obeys the
demand! This programme is going
successfully in each and every home and
parents of the wards adopted it as a part of
their life style.
Story - 5
News paper reading is a good habit.
The school inculcated the reading habit
among the children even at primary level.
The students routine starts with the
collection of news items. They maintain a
logbook and gather news from various
sources and write down in the book (which
is well-known as SC Colony School News
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put brackets to the news item which he
already noted in his log book.
So that the next successor of the news
gatherer omits that news item. With this
act, news items are not repeated. There is
an instruction to the students that, no news
item should be collected if it has any sen-
sitive content.
Nerusula Rajaiah and Venkamma are
the illiterate couple who had five
daughters and only son .They own a herd
of 30 goats for their livelihood. The couple
never bothered about the education of
their children. The first two elder girls grew
without any formal education. Two other
girls were also left for their choice who
are ready to follow their predecessors. The
school took it seriously and persuaded the
parents. After many persistent trails by our
teachers the two girls joined the school
and completed their primary
education. Yet, they were reluctant to send
their children to high school after the
primary education. The only son Nerusula
Simham joined our school. Then the
episode has taken a different angle.
Simham is their only heir apparent so they