INDIA-SLOVAKIA-STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

St. Mark’s School & Zdruzena Stredna Skola

WORLD IS ONE

25 MAY TO 8 JUNE 2016

• Launched in 1998, the ASEF Classroom Network (ASEF ClassNet) fosters collaborations among secondary and high school teachers and students in Asia and Europe. Harnessing the potential and opportunities of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for education, the ASEF ClassNetcomprises of three activities:

• ASEF ClassNet Website to connect schools and teachers through one online platform

• ASEF ClassNet Online Collaborations jointly developed and run by Asian and European schools to facilitate and promote inter-cultural exchanges between teachers and students

• ASEF ClassNet Conferences for teachers to network and to train their professional skills

• To-date, more than 1,300 teacher members from 44 ASEM countries have been participating in either of the above activities and have become members of ASEF ClassNet. In addition, more than 19,000 students have been engaged in 298 Online Collaborations between Asian and European schools since 2001.

ASEF Classroom Network(ASEF ClassNet)

The Schools St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, MeeraBagh, is a co-educational English medium institution, inaugurated on April 20, 1990.In 2015 ,the school celebrated 25 years of its existence. With a strength of 3800 students and a staff of around 150,the school is growing by leaps and bounds. The school motto ’Loyalty,Truth and Honour’ conveys the school’s expectations from the students. Recognized by the Delhi Administration, the school follows the CBSE Syllabus. It has laboratories, libraries, all Audio-visual facilities, a play field for all the major games (cricket, football, basketball to name a few), hobby clubs and co-curricular activities like camping and educational excursions.In addition to the above, there is a Maths laboratory and Resource Rooms for English, Hindi, Sanskrit.The school believes in the maxim - 'The World is a big Family' hence reaches out to partner with both domestic as well as international organisations,thus,grooming the students for global citizenship.

Combined Secondary School in Ivankapri Danube offers original study opportunities in attractive sectors. The school provides in lifelong learning teaching staff in accredited courses in fisheries, farming, horse farming, economics and foreign languages. the school not only provides excellent training, but also a wide space for cultivating young people.

THE PRINCIPALS

Ms.Katarina Kubišová. Ms.Anjali Aggarwal

Day 1- We begin our journey

Departure from Indian Airport

Finally we reach Vienna Airport

At the Dubai Airport

DAY 2- Bratislava tour

On our way to the Devin’s Castle

Bratislava castle

DAYS – 3 &4A DAY WITH OUR HOSTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

At Red Stone castle

Sculptures in Red stone castle

Two of our students went to Helpa with their host families.

DAY-5 Our Performance, Meeting the Mayor, First secretary,

Embassy of India

A Meeting with the Mayor The Slovakian performancesBefore our Dance performance

How Dogs are trained Gifts being exchanged Visiting the horse farm

Day-6Vienna tour

On our way to Vienna

View from Vienna port

Day -7Visiting The Caves,sChauber’s water mill and Pottery making

The Broken WatermillLearning the art from the master

Day – 8 time for us to BID GOODBYE TO our hosts and LEAVE FORBudapest and Prague.

BEAUTIFUL Budapest

Opera House Streets of Budapest

Parliament of Budapest

Budapest AT NIGHT from our cruise

MESMERISING Prague

Astronomical Clock

Charles Bridge

Church at old town square

Prague castle

We saw an amazing display of fireworks at Charles Bridge

Invited by a school in Prague and witnessing an incredible performance given by them .

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Mr. Rahul aggarwal ,DIRECTOR

It is wonderful to see the virtual friendship between St.Mark's School,Meera Bagh and Spojena Skola being translated into a real one...Student exchanges such as this will benefit all of us in the long run..I am happy that our friendship is supported by the Mayor of Ivanka priDunaji,Mr. Alojz Koiš and the Indian Embassy in Bratislava under the leadership of the Indian Ambassador,H.E.ShriParamjit Mann.I hope to see more such exchanges happening in the future and look forward to the visit of our Slovakian friends in November.

Mrs. Geeta Rajan , HEAD,INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

It is now four years since we have been working

with Spojena Skolan,Bratislava and it has been

wonderful working together.Pavol Trubac has

been an amazing educator and ,together,we have

worked in many online projects.I am very happy

that we have been able to take our online

collaboration to the next level.Face to Face

exchanges are always beneficial , especially for

the students,as they learn to become more open

minded,more respectful, thus,creating a better

world to live in.

Mrs. Guninder kaur,TEACHER IN CHARGE

When vast stretches of sheer beauty greet you, you realise how soulful travelling really is. You realise how much the world has to offer. It's not just the places, though. It's about the people too. We have come to believe, through years of conditioning, to be careful of people. But once you travel, you realise people only enrich you. They are out there, with the same need of love and empathy, with the same desire of reaching out and being understood. All it takes is that first step, that first word that you utter to catch somebody's attention, and they touch your lives in ways that you could never have anticipated. Even though Indians are the ones known for their hospitality, they are no less. They have that same zest, the same warmth, and that infectious zest for life. Europe--- A realm of beauty. A stairway to soulful happiness.

Feedback by one of our host families

Father of Simran’s host

Lucia VeseláMy daughter Simran Tuteja stayed at Lucia Veselá's place in Slovakia . She was very happy with her stay with her. We could not have expected a better family. They took care of her and made her feel like a part of their family.They took her to their village home.They made sure that my daughter gets to see the most of Slovakia within the numbered days.We are thankful to them.Regards,Loveleen TutejaFather of Simran Tuteja

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thankMs. Katarina Kubisova,Principal,Spojena Skola for inviting usOur Principal,Ms.Aggarwal for selecting us for the program

Names of Indian Students • Aman Jindal• Arushi Bhatia• Annie Osan• Amardeep Singh • Hemansh shokeen• Ritik Bhatia • Simran Tuteja• Shivam Juneja• Bhavya Goel• Kuvam Sehgal