DAV CMC | DAV College Managing Committee

Private Public Partnerships

The various govt. and private undertakings which have collaborated with the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, in running the project schools include:

• Steel Authority of India - Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

• Power Grid Corporation Ltd - Bharat Refractories Ltd

• Central Coal Fields Ltd. - Tata Iron Fields Ltd.

• Associated Cement Co. - Bihar State Electricity Board

• Central Fuel Research Institute - APGEONCU

• Ambuja Cement - Steel Authority of India Limited

• South Eastern Coalfield Limited - Tata Iron and Steel Company

• Northern Coalfield Limited - Bharat Electronics Limited

• Gas Authority of India Limited -Indian Farmers Federation Corp.

• Ambani Petrochmicals Limited - Vedanta International Group

• Adani Group - Police Department

• Bakhra Beas Mangement - Bharat Dynamics limited

• Mahanadi Coalfields - Paradeep Phosphates limited

• Chambal Fertiliser Ltd - Mangalam Cements Ltd

• Tata Chemicals limited -Larsen & Tuboro Limited

• National Thermal Power Corporation / TTPS

• National Mines & Mineral Development Corporations

• Vedanta International Group

Inclusive Education

DAV caters to the needs of urban as well as rural students together with adivasi and tribal children. In tune with the National Literacy Mission , DAV Organization has carried education to the doorsteps of the needy and the under-privileged. Even the remotest areas of India have been provided with basic life skills.

DAV is involved in social welfare schemes, education for the weaker sections and for students from tribal areas, comprehensive plans for the upliftment of tribal people in North East Regions, programmes for the disadvantaged sections of the society and for the mentally challenged children of society.

Equalisation of Educational Opportunities

True to DAV Values, schools have been catering specially for the under-privileged. The DAV Public Schools have provided fee concessions, free text books, free uniforms, free transport, mid- day meals and have also provided non- formal education for the needy. The Organization has been targeting the jhuggi clusters as part of its empowerment and rehabilitation programme. The aim is to enable women and children of under-privileged class to survive in society and provide them with skills to find employment once they are out in the field. Residential and Day schools have been opened in remote and inaccessible areas.

Women's Education and Development Programmes

DAV institutions are conscious about education of girls. The DAV philosophy of education pays equal attention to the personality development of both boys and girls. Providing job opportunities to women is also a priority. Free vocational training and literacy units are dedicated to hundreds of women of slum areas and gadgets like sewing machines are provided to them for their initial settlement.

Eco-Friendly Schools

The DAV schools take special care to make the students aware and conscious of their environment. While making them aware of the threats and concerns vis-à-vis environment, they are encouraged to keep their surroundings clean and pollution free. These campaigns ensure that not only the students are aware of their responsibilities but are also able to spread the message to their neighborhood community. There are tree plantation drives around the DAV schools to create green and eco friendly ambience in the schools as well as neighbourhood. Paper is recycled and used with discretion, thus making the students more responsible citizens in the long run.

Community Service

The value-based education provided in DAV Schools is a combination of theory and practice. The children are given an opportunity of experiential learning through a number of community service projects that involve awareness campaigns and relief work among the underprivileged and poor in the neighborhood slums. A major initiative taken up by number of DAV Schools is working with the differently abled children through special schools running within their premises.

In-service Training

There are regular efforts to upgrade the principals and teachers knowledge and skills through regular in-service training programmes. The EDUSAT satellite network of the MHRD is used to provide them latest information and keep them updated and in tune with latest developments in field of education.

Value Based Education

The DAV Managing Committee regularly organizes camps to instill the values of service towards society and nation in the students like heart check up camps for teachers, staff and senior citizens. The organization of these Awareness camps is managed by Arya Yuvak Samaj. In these camps students from different DAV schools from various parts of the country come together for a week. They share their experiences and in the process also learn to develop a community feeling and sense of discipline. DAV schools come up with many schemes to help bright students of economically weaker families. They are not charged any fees and are granted scholarships besides providing school uniforms and books to them. As a gesture towards social responsibility, DAV schools provide Literacy centers for those who missed out in their early education. No fees is charged from those coming to these Literacy centers. On the contrary they are given incentives to come and avail the services. The girls coming to the Literacy camps and centers are also provided vocational training so that they are able to fend for themselves in the future. They are provided with machines and other equipment during the period of their training.

Many DAV schools run manovikas kendras for children who are mentally challenged. These kendras are attended by mentally challenged children and they are educated and trained in different subjects with the help of latest techniques and equipments. DAV students take full advantage of these facilities.

Today there is no field of activity in which some or the other DAV student is not playing a significant role. Of the many martyred in the Kargil war, quite a few were ex-DAV students. Many DAV students came forward to help in the Orissa and Gujrat crisis. It is for these reasons that DAV schools have earned a place of pride in the heart of Indian society.

Uniform Text Books for DAV Public Schools

To achieve uniformity in syllabus and maintain a high standard in DAV Public Schools, DAV Education Board has designed uniform test books for clasees L.K.G. to VIII in all the DAV Public Schools in the country.

It is a matter of great satisfaction that now DAVCMC has its own textbooks for Classes- LKG to VIII. The manuscripts of these books are prepared by the practising teachers from different streams of school education. These manuscripts are then discussed with the experts of various curriculum areas in order to make them user-friendly. From time to time, as per the changes made in National Curriculum, the textbooks are revised and updated.

Multimedia in Education

Seeing the importance of IT technology, DAVEB initiated a project to prepare appropriate software designed specially to satisfy the curriculum requirements of DAV Schools. DAVEB has prepared a Multimedia CD titled ‘e.wiz kid’ (Class-I) covering all the curriculum areas and the same has been made available to the schools. The Schools were then asked to give the feedback on the same, which was found quite encouraging. This feedback had helped in conceptualizing the format of Multimedia CD of Class-II. Now, we have come out with the Multimedia CD titled ‘e.wiz kid’ (Class – II).

Audio CDs

DAVEB has come out with an audio CD for Pre-Primary Classes titled 'Rhythmic Rhymes'. DAVEB has also prepared a CD for listening comprehension titled 'Listen and Comprehend' for Classes – III to VIII. These CDs are designed to help the students in developing both listening and speaking skill of English language. The same has been made available to the schools.

Educational Kits

For Early Childhood section of the school, i.e. Class-LKG to II, DAVEB DAVEB has prepared Educational Kits titled ‘Me & My Child’. This 'Fun World' comprises interesting play material in the form of games. Each kit has a detailed guide manual titled ‘Me & My Child’ with it which navigates a teacher and parent how to use the material. In addition to this, the manual contains some more activities that can be undertaken with the help of materials that may be easily available around us. The activities have been conceived so as to focus on the overall development of a child in various areas like, language, intellectual, physical, emotional and creative. Now DAVEB has come out with a revised and colourful edition of the Me & My Child kit only for Pre-School/LKG children. This educational kit is titled as ‘Child Craft’ (An Interactive Activity Kit). The same also has a revised manual titled ‘Child Craft’ (An Interactive Activity Manual).

Talent Search

There are many activities to develop the innate strengths of the students and highlight their talents. There are exhibitions on science and history to make the students aware of their past and conscious of their present and sensitive to their future. There are regular seminars to make them sensitive to such latest national and global issues. Book fairs are held to develop the reading habit

Career Counselling

There are regular career Counselling sessions to inform them of the varied opportunities that lie ahead. Experts are invited to special career guidance programs where they interact directly with the students and offer them regular advice. These programs help the students to select their careers and carve their future.

The DAV Organization has flourished for 124 years, because of the values inculcated and the holistic development of the personality of students. The vision of the stalwarts has therefore been ingrained in the students and so the mammoth organization has stood the test of time..

The leadership at the helm is inspiring. Late Shri G P Chopra, the earlier President was honoured by the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of education and literature. Besides this he was also the winner of other awards 'Padma Shri', 'Delhi Ratna' and 'Qimpro Award'. ( Photo)

Many DAV Principals and teachers are recipient of National and State Awards The students and teachers have been receiving accolades for their performance at the National and International levels both in the scholastic as well as non-scholastic activities.

Striving for excellence has been the DAV aspiration.-In order to maintain quality many DAV institutions have the ISO certification from different foreign organizations or NAAC certification at college level.

The DAV believes in a holistic approach to education for the all round development of personality of the child. DAV believes that every child should be given an opportunity to bloom, a right to explore, to touch, learn and enjoy, to experiment, to question, to think, to play and to shoulder responsibility. So different aspects are to be published for 'Holistic Education': Physical, academic, intellectual, social, spiritual & emotional development as well as creative expression and aesthetic appreciations.

All institutions lay stress on curricular and co-curricular activities- personality development, building confidence, as well as developing life skills, communicative skills and scientific temper. Academic management involves fostering creativity, questioning & inquiry skills by improving the classroom climate, curriculum design emphasizing project-based, problem-based, interdisciplinary, integrated and thematic learning. A rainbow of creative activities covers different aspects like literary, art, music, dance, theatre etc

Mahatma Hans Raj SportsTournament and Mahatma Hans Raj Youth Festival organized by the Arya Vidya Sabha is a an annual feature in DAV Schools to encourage holistic development of students.

Understanding the needs of 21st-century learning, the DAV has adopted a futuristic vision whereby the DAV institutions are moving from improvement to transformation in learning.

The main thrust now is on a well- planned expansion with global relevance keeping in view the revolution in the field of electronics, computers and multi-media. Global shifts towards increased deployment of IT has made the DAV also look through the lens of good governance and move towards e-administration and e-services.

The DAV has undertaken many initiatives to use ICT to modernize the organizational system in its institutions. The use of IT has led to greater transparency, accountability and participation in the institutions. The focus has been on monitoring, planning and deployment of ICT to manage data intensive functions. The institutions primarily are focusing on automation and computerization. The thrust has now shifted from manual processes to IT-enabled processes leading to increased efficiency in administration and service delivery, focus on teaching learning in schools with Internet access and computer labs and also by offering info-tech courses.

New courses are being introduced in DAV Colleges such as Bio-Technology Nanotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Bio Medical Engineering, Info-Technology and Cognitive Science, Animation & Multimedia Courses, Marketing Management, Personnel Management, Mass Communication, Tourism and Travel Management, E-Commerce etc.

There are plans to set up two DAV Universities also at Jalandhar and Yamuna Nagar..