Due the prevailing pandemic situation, it would not be in the interest of the students, parents and the teaching community to organise any such event which requires a gathering of any kind. But it should not dampen the spirit of learning.
We at City Montessori Group of schools believe in the old-age adage ‘every adversity is an opportunity in disguise’. Hence, we let our event “Macfair International 2020’ go online.
I take this opportunity to present before you a truncated version of the Macfair in which only those events are included which can be organised in an online format, viz., Debate, Extempore, Jingles and the Olympiads.
If your institution is interested in participating in the event, kindly let us know at your earliest convenience, so that we can send you the rules and regulations and the link to register
To know, To understand and to Rely on Results.
Curiosity is the essence of life. Human species haves a thirst for knowledge that reaches far beyond our personal needs. Science and Maths help our understanding of the world around us. Science is one of the oldest and most important academic disciplines and covers a wide variety of subjects. It is an on-going search for truth driven by human curiosity; it has relied on reasoning, observation and experimentation.
There has been a vast journey of Historians, Philosophers, Mathematicians and Scientists who have contributed greatly to unravel the mysteries of nature. Macfair International-2020 is an attempt to connect the students to this vast journey of discovery of truth. Soon after civilisation re-emerged, so did mathematics. The mathematician René Descartes brought geometry with number. With his ideas of coordinates, places and shapes could be manipulated as never before. His work also enabled the idea of curved space. The mathematics of curved space made possible the theory of relativity. The manifesto of the second revolution in geometry was written by a mystery man, Euclid in his book ‘Elements’. Euclid opened a window through which the nature of our universe has been revealed.
Today we explore space as millennia ago we explored the earth. A few people have travelled to the moon and mars. Unmanned ships have entered the outer reaches of the Solar System. Over the centuries, genius and geometry have helped us gaze beyond our horizons. What can you prove about space? How do you know where you are? Can space be curved? How many dimensions are there? These are the questions behind the five geometric revolutions of world history. It started with Pythagoras to employ mathematics as the abstract system of rules that can model the physical universe. All fundamental principles & concepts of mathematics can be adequately explained in real life by analysing the understanding principles in real terms. Today mathematics, science and computer science have given rise to new branches, like Artificial Intelligence. It deals with helping machines, find solutions to complex problems in a more human like fashion. Artificial Intelligence is associated with computer science, but it has many important links with Maths, Psychology, Biology and Philosophy. Our ability to combine knowledge from all those fields will ultimately benefit the progress of mankind.
We each exist for but a short term, and in that time, explore but a small part of the whole universe. Scientists have become the torch bearers for discoveries of our quest for knowledge. The purpose of Macfair International-2020 is to help you give the answers to these questions suggested by discoveries and theoretical advances.
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.”
--Edwin Powell Hubble
Amongst the greatest of all the great services that can be possibly rendered by man to the Almighty, is the education of children, building their character and inculcating in their tender hearts the love of God...
For sixty years, CMS has striven to create global citizens, imbued with the ethos of Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (the whole earth is one family). In this diamond jubilee year we celebrate the fact that CMS has helped to mould the thinking of scores of thousands of students towards peaceful existence...
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind...
With a rich legacy of more than sixty years, City Montessori School continues its onward march to spread the light of education and pave the path of academic excellence for each and every student that enters its hallowed portals...
Implication of Science and Technology to mans' use is as old as 2500 B.C or much earlier when the people, of Indus Valley Civilization came to know first time about the fire and the wheel. Majority of the discoveries that occurred in the ancient years were mostly the result of serendipity. But, these chance discoveries sowed the seed of the art of science in the minds of our ancestors...
Mathematics is a field that many people shy away from, but there are some who had a passion for numbers and making discoveries regarding equations, measurements, and other numerical solutions in history. They looked for ways to understand the world as it relates to numbers and their contributions have been very important for their generation and beyond...
10:00 am to 11:30 am :-
Eureka (Science Quiz)
01:00 pm to 02:30 pm
First session
Discovery (Olympiads)
03:00 pm to 04:30 pm
Second session
Discovery (Olympiads)
12:00 noon to 02:00 pm
Sound of Music (Jingles)
03:00 pm to 05:00 pm :-
Voila! (Debate)
03:00 pm to 05:00 pm
First session
Rhetoric (Extempore)
All registrations must be done only through official email address of the school. Registrations through participants’ personal email ids are not accepted.
The last date for getting registered is 15th September, 2020.
While participating in any event, the participants are expected to be in proper school uniform, as all the events are going be recorded online.
The link for the participation would be provided through the official email id of the participating school. It should not be shared with any unauthorised individual.
Certificate of participation would be provided to all the participants.
Point System : Participants will be awarded points as follows:
1. |
First |
5 Points |
2. |
Second |
3 Points |
3. |
Third |
1 Point |
“My whole outlook on life and its problems is a scientific one and I have never felt attracted towards religion and its methods.”
--Mahatma Gandhi
The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
--Bahá’u’lláh
Amongst the greatest of all the great services that can be possibly rendered by man to the Almighty, is the education of children, building their character and inculcating in their tender hearts the love of God.
The purpose of today’s school education should be to develop and release capacities latent in the child, develop analytical abilities, confidence in oneself, will power and goal-setting competencies, and instill the vision that will enable a person to become a self-motivated agent of social change. Education needs an expanded definition that frees it from today’s largely economic context and acknowledges its role in transforming both individual lives and entire society. A modern school also needs to concern itself with the affairs of the age in which we live.
CMS education focuses around the belief that a 21st century school should act as a lighthouse of society, providing meaningful education, spiritual direction, guidance and leadership to not only its students but also to the parents and society at large.
For sixty years, CMS has striven to create global citizens, imbued with the ethos of Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (the whole earth is one family). In this diamond jubilee year we celebrate the fact that CMS has helped to mould the thinking of scores of thousands of students towards peaceful existence.
As a part of our mission, we organize 28 international events each year. Each of these events, though seemingly related to an academic subject, is in fact conceptualized with another tacit agenda – that of promoting global citizenship through cross-cultural interaction.
MACFAIR is a similar effort. Undoubtedly at the event young minds shall interact at an international and national platform through rigorous debates, seminars and competitions, and learn a lot in maths and computers. But the event will also promote inter-cultural exchange and thus equip participating children with the attitudes needed for the 21st century.
I congratulate Dr. Kalpana Tripathi the tireless Principal of the CMS Mahanagar campus, and all her staff, for convening Macfair this year with renewed vigour, and warmly welcome all participants.
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the real key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace, the equitable use of natural resources, and through concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment.
I am delighted to welcome you all to the 14th Macfair International 2020, which through its series of competitions based on mathematics, computers, science and other fields focuses on critical global issues of the world. Macfair is an effort to improve the quality of education through a practical approach. The purpose of the competitions is to encourage the development of creative thinking and problem solving techniques as well as to promote excellence in a competitive, out-of-class setting. The activities will provide the opportunity for students to interact, compete, organise ideas, think logically, and develop higher-level cognitive thinking. Such competitions also promote the sharing of knowledge between students and educators.
I extend my heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Kalpana Tripathi, Principal of CMS Mahanagar, and her dedicated staff for organising this mega event.
With a rich legacy of more than sixty years, City Montessori School continues its onward march to spread the light of education and pave the path of academic excellence for each and every student that enters its hallowed portals.
We believe that true education is both an experience and a process and some of the most profound and lasting students’ learning experiences happen beyond the classroom. 14th Macfair International–2020, an International Youth Festival for Science, Mathematics and Computer Science is an exemplary initiative of City Montessori School, Mahanagar Campus. The event aims to inspire students to explore the richness and beauty of Science through a series of competitions based on Mathematics, Computers and Science. The cross cultural interaction will not only create scientific temper and global vision among the children of the world but will also encourage collaborative creative problem solving. Einstein said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of mind to think.” The competitions will enable the students to develop the fine attributes of head, heart and mind, making them global citizens who are not only future ready but also act as agents of peace, compassion and international brotherhood in the years to come.
I extend my heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Kalpana Tripathi, Principal of CMS Mahanagar and her dedicated and diligent staff members for organising this humongous event.
There is no area of the World that should not be investigated by Scientist. There will always remain some questions that have not been posed.
--Linus Pauling
Implication of Science and Technology to mans' use is as old as 2500 B.C or much earlier when the people, of Indus Valley Civilization came to know first time about the fire and the wheel. Majority of the discoveries that occurred in the ancient years were mostly the result of serendipity. But, these chance discoveries sowed the seed of the art of science in the minds of our ancestors. Since then, man's curiosity and meticulous efforts have helped him to make new inventions and discoveries. All these factors and forces generated a greater awareness of science and eventually led to the birth of the modern science.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the first Prime Minister of India expressed his views in 'The Discovery of India’: "It was science alone that could solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and doddering custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, of a rich country inhabited by starving people,".
Recent breakthroughs made in the fields of science have seen the emergence of hitherto unheard-of areas in the field of science like Superconductivity, Supercomputers, Robotics, and nanotechnology.
The relationship between science and technology has always been pretty amicable, linked through their shared goal of helping to improve society. But, in the 21st century, it seems like technology is outgrowing its niche. It has generated a fear of creating mechanised humanoids. In this wake, it becomes our moral responsibility to raise a generation of responsible citizens of tomorrow.
We at 14th Macfair International 2020, welcome all like-minded and concerned world citizens to share this responsibility and to help us achieve the task of stimulating the young minds through an array of activities and competitions waiting for them.
Mathematics is a field that many people shy away from, but there are some who had a passion for numbers and making discoveries regarding equations, measurements, and other numerical solutions in history. They looked for ways to understand the world as it relates to numbers and their contributions have been very important for their generation and beyond.
One of the basic subjects that children study throughout their entire educational career is mathematics. From the time they are learning to count until the time they graduate high school, mathematics is a core subject in the curriculum.
The present age is one of skill-development and innovations. The more mathematical we are in our approach, the more successful we will be. Mathematics offers rationality to our thoughts. It is a tool in our hands to make our life simpler and easier. Let us realize and appreciate the beauty of the subject and embrace it with all our heart. It is a talent which should be compulsorily honed by all in every walk of life.
Thus, let us treat mathematics not just as a subjects, but a way of leading a calculated and meaningful life. With this hope, we at Macfair International 2018, welcome all young minds from all over the globe to nurture and share their talents.
