Rongli JHS celebrates annual day with Sikkim's Royal family

सरकारी निम्न माध्यमिक पाठशाला, रंगेलीमा 27 दिसम्बरमा विभिन्न कार्यक्रमको आयोजना साथमा वार्षिक पुरस्कार उत्सव एवं विदाई कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न गरियो। दीप प्रज्जवलनबाट शुरू गरिएको कार्यक्रममा विद्यार्थीद्वारा स्वागत गान पश्च्यात स्कूलका प्रधानअध्यापिका सुश्री श्रिया प्रधानले स्वागत संबोधन सहित स्कूलको वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन राखिन। 

महाराजा कुमारी पेमा छिडेनको छोटो परिचय राख्दै शिक्षिका श्रीमती अरूणा राईले उनी तत्कालीन छोग्याल टाशी नामग्याल अनि रानी कुञ्जाङ डिटछो की पुत्री थिइन् अनि उनले सन् 1954 मा रंगेली स्कूललाई नाम दिएकी थिइन्। यस अवसरमा स्कूलको एक ब्लकलाई सिक्किमकी महाराजा कुमारी पेमा छिडेनको नाममा यस कार्यक्रममाझ समर्पित गरिन्दै मुख्य अतिथि क्षेत्र विधायक श्री विक्रम प्रधान अनि राजघरानाका राजकुमार जिग्मी वाङचुक याप्सी फूनखाङ र रामकुमारी सोनाम डोमा याप्सीको बाहुलीबाट विधिवत् रूपमा उदघाटन गरियो। एसएमसीका सबै सदस्यगणको पूर्ण सहयोग रहेर स्कूल द्वारा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा पदोन्नति भई हाल ओख्रे माo स्कूल गएका पूर्व एचएम श्री गणेश कुमार छेत्री, स्थानान्तर भएका शिक्षकद्वय श्री सुशन प्रधान, श्री प्रकाश शर्मा, शिक्षिकाहरू स्मृति प्रधान, कान्ता राई, पीपीटी श्रीमती केo के o थापालाई स्कूल परिवारले ससम्मान विदाई दिइयो भने पूर्व एचएम अनि शिक्षिका कृष्ण कुमारी थापालाई अभिनन्दन जनाइयो। पछिबाट दुवैले आ-आफ्ना अनुभव बाँटे। 

सन् 1951 सालमा रंगेली आएका बेला महाराजा कुमारी पेमा छिडेनको आर्थिक अनुदान अनि स्कूललाई निरन्तर दिन एक उपहार प्राप्त भएको थियो भने उनको नाममा विभाग, सरकारबाट स्कूलको एक ब्लकलाई समर्पित गरिने स्वीकृति हुँदा यहाँ उदघाटन भएको कुरा राख्दै क्षेत्र विधायक श्री विक्रम प्रधानले यस शिक्षाको केन्द्रले भोलिको समयलाई तय गर्नेछ, यो देश, राज्यको कर्णधारलाई निर्माण गर्न शिक्षक - शिक्षिका लागि परेका छन् अनि यो पूर्वाधारलाई संरक्षण गर्न अभिभावक, एसएमसी, सबैलाई जिम्मेवारी दायित्व आउँछ। 

नानीहरूको पढ़ाईप्रति अभिभावकहरू चिन्तनशील हुनुपर्छ भन्दै हामीले आफ्नो गाउँ, समाज निर्माण, पूर्वाधारलाई बनाउन हाम्रो सकारात्मक विचार आउन जरुरी छ। हाम्रो सकारात्मक विचारले यो सिक्किमको काया पलट हुनेछ तर हामी जिम्मेवारीबोध हुनुपर्छ। अभिभावकले आफ्ना नानीहरूलाई किताबी ज्ञानसंगै अशल संस्कार, आध्यात्म ज्ञानपनि सिकाउनपर्ने आह्वान गरे ।

विशिष्ट अतिथिमा जिल्ला अध्यक्ष पूर्व श्री समशेर राई बोखिम, रंगेली पंचायत अनि जीपीयूका पंचायत, पूर्व पंचायत, एचआरडीडी सहित अन्य विभागका अधिकारी तथा कर्मचारी, विभिन्न स्कूल प्रमुख, एसएमसीका प्रमुख सल्लाहकार श्री केएन प्रधान, श्री मनिकुमार गुरुङ सहित अन्य सदस्यहरू, रंगेली बजार विकास समितिका सदस्य, आयोजक स्कूल परिवारको जमघट रहेको कार्यक्रममा राजघरानाका प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दै उपस्थित राजकुमार जिग्मी वाङचुकले संबोधन गरेपछि विशेष स्कूललाई योगदान दिएवापत बीडीओ रिगु श्री सविन्द्र राई अनि एसएमसीका सल्लाहकार श्री पेमा वाङचुक भोटियालाई पनि अभिनन्दन प्रकट गरियो। कार्यक्रममा शिक्षिका, विद्यार्थी समूहद्वारा विदाई गान, शिक्षा आधारित नृत्य, पारम्परिक सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रमको प्रस्तुति संगै शिक्षकद्वय श्री नवीनचन्द्र ढुङ्गेल, श्री भीम प्रधान, श्री डीबी गिरीको अगुवाइमा स्मृति चिन्ह, अवार्ड अनि पारितोषिक वितरण अन्तर्गत श्री खुश गोपाल श्रेष्ठ(सपरिवार)द्वारा प्रायोजित छात्र अश्फाक आलम(कक्षा ८ टप्पर)लाई बैकुण्ठ राज श्रेष्ठ मेमोरियल अवार्ड, वर्षको सर्वोत्कृष्ट विद्यार्थी अर्पित गुप्ता, कक्षा पाँचका टप्पर स्नेहा छेत्री, नेपाली विषयमा टप्पर द्वय इडेन भोटिया र प्रतिमा राई(स्वर्गीय चन्द्र माया प्रधान स्मृति मेधावी छात्र पुरस्कार, नेपाली विषय), पूनम गुरागाईँलाई नगदसहित कदर पत्र, स्मृति चिन्ह मुख्य अतिथिको बाहुलीबाट प्रदान गरियो। शिक्षिकाद्वय श्रीमती सिता शर्मा अनि सुश्री प्रशान्ती छेत्री द्वारा संचालित कार्यक्रमलाई शिक्षक श्री डीबी गिरीले कृतज्ञता जनाएका थिए।

Annual General Meeting of AHGSSS held

SINGTAM, DECEMBER 23: The Annual General Meeting of the Association for Heads of Government Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools of Sikkim (AHGSSS) was held on December 22nd at River View Resort near Jalipul. The meeting was presided by the President of the Association Mr..KB Chettri, Smt. Tshering Kee Chingappa, Joint Director, East was the Guest of Honour. The AGM was attended by 118 school Heads from across the state.

The AGM started with the welcome speech by Mr. R.P.Khanal, Principal, Dikling SSS. The Association felicitated five of its former members for their valuable contribution to the Association during their tenure as members of the executive body of the association. Those felicitated on the occasion were Mrs Tshering Kee Chingappa, Joint Director (East), who also was General Secretary of the Association from 2008 to 2016, Mr P.L. Subba, Dy. Dir (West), Mr.B.K. Pandey (Retd. Dy. Dir), and Mr Kamal Sapkota (Retd. Headmaster). Mrs Sunita Upreti (Retd. Headmistress).

Mrs Tshering Kee Chingappa in her address urged the members to cooperate with each other to improve and grow together. She urged HOls to improve their knowledge and skills so that Society at large is benefited. Mr.K.B. Chettri, President of the Association, highlighted the contribution of senior members of the association. He requested all the members to do all possible to bring the state to the top in the field of Education.

He also thanked the Honourable Chief Minister of Sikkim for accepting the request of the Association regarding the Time bound promotion of School Heads which was placed before HCM on Teachers Day Function at Manan Bhawan on 5th September 2018. He informed the gathering that the file is under process and official notification to this effect will be out very soon. He also thanked the members for giving their presence in the meeting. The Treasurer of the Association, Mr Telbu Gurung, Principal Sir TNSSS presented the Income Expenditure details of the Association. The vote of thanks was given by Mrs Pema Yolmu, Principal, Namchi Girls SSS.

Sikkim makes debut at Ranji Trophy; Professional trio shows brillance

Bipul Sharma, Ishwar Chaudhary, and Milind Kumar signing contracts with Sikkim Cricket Association

When I first heard about Milind Kumar’s entry into the Sikkim Cricket team for the Ranji Trophy 2018 from Roshan Prasad, my good old friend who is now associated with Sikkim Cricket Association, I was wondering why did not the Sikkim Cricket Association rope for a popular face that could have motivated the entire team. But his performance in just six games for Sikkim has forced me to reconsider my decision about him.

MILIND KUMAR

Milind Kumar, along with Bipul Sharma and Ishwar Chaudhary are the professional players drafted for the Sikkim team after its dismal show at the Vijay Hazare Tournament 2018 where Sikkim lost all eight matches. This year also marked Sikkim’s entry into the List A cricket tournament in India. Sikkim is among nine new state teams to participate in these tournaments. To add to the dismay, Sikkim lost its first match at Vijay Hazare Tournament by 10 wickets against Manipur and in the other match, the Himalayan team lost by 292 runs when they were bundled out for just 46 runs against Bihar. This proved to be the highest run of defeat for any team in the Indian Domestic Cricket.

The trio of Milind Kumar, Bipul Sharma and Ishwar Chaudhary have brought new luck for the Sikkim cricket team and in six Ranji matches the new state team have won three of their six matches with the trio being the biggest factor.

ISHWAR CHAUDHARY

Lets list out the scores of Milind Kumar, 261 (against Manipur), 224 (against Nagaland), 133 & 61 (against Uttrakhand), 13 & 13 (against Bihar), 96 & 77* (against Pondichurry) and 139 (against Mizoram). The run-machine Milind Kumar had single-handedly chased down every Sikkim’s win. Not to forget his 14 valuable wickets with his best figure coming against Bihar, where he had 4 for 63.

In this new season of the Ranji Trophy, Milind Kumar becomes the first player to cross the magical four-figure of 1000 runs in his nine innings. Kumar becomes the second quickest to reach the landmark after Rusi Modi who had scored 1944 in 7 innings.

His total stats after six matches reads; 1017 runs with an average of 113 with four century and three half-centuries. Interestingly he had scored 1017 runs from the 1150 ball he had faced so far. The record seems to add, that his 39 fours against Manipur and 31 fours against Nagaland are the most fours of the inning. Milind gained a first and second position on the occasion. He is the highest century maker (4) in these first six matches stats. His highest score is 261 in Sikkim’s Ranji Trophy debut match against Manipur. He is the only batsman so far to have 100 boundaries; 141 fours and 14 sixes. Isn’t that brilliant!!

BIPUL SHARMA

If Sikkim is doing good at this initial stage, let's not forget the bowling figures of Ishwar Chaudhary, another professional player to watch out for. Chaudhary has a total of 40 wickets from six matches. Seven wickets against Manipur, 6 wickets against Nagaland, 4 wickets against Uttrakhand, 7 wickets against Bihar and 11 wickets against Pondicherry. His wicket standing from six matches is third, only Gurinder Singh with 47 wickets from 7 matches and Dhapola with 42 wickets from 5 matches is ahead of him. He has five wicket haul in four instances. Chaudhary’s best figure is 6 for 78 against Bihar. Sharma also has three 50s with a total score of 391 for Sikkim.

Bipul Sharma, the third of the outside player trio of Sikkim has bagged 23 valuable wickets with his best figure of 4 for 55 against Manipur. With a bat, he has three 50s to his name at this first six match stats.

Sikkim has a busy season coming up and I am sure the trio’s record have a major influence on the young Sikkim Team. Best wishes guys !!

Sikkim gets third Ranji Trophy win against Mizoram

Sikkim won their Ranji Trophy match against Mizoram today at Jorhat DSA Stadium, Jorhat, Assam. With this win, Sikkim has won three matches so far in the tournament and leading the team in the third position in the point(s) table with 19 points (s).

The match started on 14^th December when Mizoram won the toss and was elected to field first. In the first innings, Sikkim scored 332 runs in 89.5 overs. Milind Kumar top-scored for Sikkim with 139 runs, Bipul Sharma with 50 runs, Ashish Thapa with 42 runs and Jahan Uddin with 35 runs, to total. It was a decent total scored by Sikkim in the first innings. Not only the batsman but even the bowlers took the crucial role, they restricted the opponent for just 161 runs, in which Ishwar Chaudhary took 5 wickets, Bipul Sharma and Milind Kumar 2 wickets each and Dinesh Rai 1 wicket.  

In Second Innings Sikkim decided to take the lead and scored 170 runs which put the side on a lead of 341 runs. Which top scorer was Bipul Sharma with 65 runs, Ashish Thapa with 45 runs and Nilesh Lamichaney with 28 runs? Again in the Second Innings, Sikkim bowlers bowled brilliantly with Ishwar taking 6 wickets, Milind 2 wickets and Bipul 1 wicket.

“It was good teams work altogether where players gave their best in all aspects of the match. Especially Milind, Ishwar, Ashish and Bipul were exceptional, which helped Sikkim to win the match comfortably by 105 runs. We are looking forward to the remaining two matches of the tournament and will be giving our best on and off the field and want to end the Ranji Season by being on number two or three of the League point(s) table. – says Coach Sanjeev Sharma.”

So far in the Ranji Trophy Season 2018-19, Sikkim’s Batsman Milind Kumar is on the top of the most runs table with 1017 runs and bowler Ishwar Chaudhary being in number two with the most wickets with 40 wickets taken.   

NIFAA Sikkim State left for Tripura Harmony 2018

Singtam, December 21: Twenty-four members of the National Integrated Forum of Artist and Activists (NIFAA) Sikkim State left for the Tripura Harmony 2018 event early this morning from NJP Railway Station. The theme of the event is the Tribal-State of India and is organised by NIFAA Tripura State. 

Sikkim Team was led by Praveen Pradhan, President, NIFAA Sikkim. The members of NIFAA shall be participating in the big cultural extravaganza that will feature cultural youth teams participation from more than twenty states and foreign countries too. Pradhan had said this is the first event that NIFAA Sikkim State is participating in. 

The Harmony 2018 will be held from 21 - 29, December 2018 at Agartala, Tripura. The event will have cultural programmes. Sikkim cultural team shall have five colourful tribal dances along with the exhibition of crafts and pickles, added Pradhan.