Daffodil International University

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty of Science & Information Technology
Final Exam Examination, Fall 2020 @ DIU Blended Learning Center
Course Code: GED 131, Course Title: Art of Living
Level: 1 Term: 3 Section: O - 4
Instructor: Md. Masud Parvaj (MP) Modality: Open Book Exam
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2020 Time: 02:00 pm- 06:00pm
Four hours (4:00) to support online open/case study based assessment Marks: 30
Directions:
 Students need to go through the CASE STUDY shown in this exam paper.
 Analyze and answer specific section based on your own thinking and work.
 Do not share as this will be treated as plagiarism by Blended Learning Center.

Section - A – (7.5 X 2 = 15 Marks)

Please read the following passage and answer the questions

Children at Sirajganj's Kagmari char are now free from the hassle of making risky journeys to
school on boats. They thank O Aa Ka Kha School, the brainchild of Sirajganj resident Dr Nazmul
Islam, for that. The school not only saves the little learners' time but also provides them with
education materials at a monthly fee of Tk 10 only.

It all started in 2016 when Nazmul, a graduate of Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College,
received a blow in his persuasion of MBBS after he failed in a course on surgery. But instead of
lamenting over it, Nazmul made the best possible use of his time by setting up the school in Savar
on the outskirts of Dhaka.

In January this year, he extended his vision and established another branch for the children at
Kagmari char, which is about 10 kilometres off his home town. Twenty of his friends, who were
studying at the same medical school in Savar, supported him in his mission.

Sabina Yasmin, 9, feared that she might end up as a dropout as she had to go to Bhuapur upazila
of Tangail to pursue education before O Aa Ka Kha was born.

“Due to safety concerns on the river way, many of my female friends stopped going to the school
in Bhuapur,” Yasmin told this correspondent recently.
Her friend Swarna Khatun narrated how she braved rain and scorching heat while making the
journeys by boat. “Now I can let go off the worry of drowning and happily travel to my new
school,” said Swarna.

Her mother, Monju Ara, expressed gratitude to the school founders. “I was struggling to meet the
expenses. They give our children education, books, uniforms, bags, stationeries and medical
services at a minimal cost of Tk 10.”

Dr Zakir Hossain Manik, another founder of the school thriving on the bed of the Jamuna river,
said: “First we gathered children from Niribili slum for the Savar branch. We try to provide them
with vocational training as well.”

During a recent visit to the Kagmari branch, this correspondent found that 90 children were
attending classes from grades one to five and most of the teachers were university students.

Classes are held six days a week, said Israt Jahan Lamia, who has been with the school as a teacher
since its inception. “They take part in different extracurricular activities as well,” said Lamia, a
current student at Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College.

Nazmul said O Aa Ka Kha School has a centre which provides training on sewing and has a library
which is open to all.

“Well-wishers” are the main source of finance for this school, said the physician.

Besides that, Texprego Bangladesh, a manufacturer and exporter of knitwear products, also helps
them run the school as part of its corporate social responsibilities. “The garment company came
to know about our activities through Facebook and since then had been a support,” added
Nazmul, who now works as a medical officer at Gonoshasthaya College.

1. What is your impression towards the schools and how is it contributing in the society?
Please describe your views with the reference from the above passage.

2. Was there any chance for the founders of the school to fail in their project? Please share
your views. Have you ever failed in your personal life? If yes, how did you overcome
the time? Please explain with example. If no, which factors are helping you to keep
yourself risk free. Please explain with example.

Section – B – 7.5 Marks

By time management we mean the proper managing of our day so that we can be successful in
completing all the tasks and activities we need to do in the most efficient and best possible way.
By drawing a practicable time table we can accommodate our activities for each day in a proper
way so that each activity gets the duration of time it deserves. If we waste time on useless activities
we will have less time for useful and important activities because the time we have in a day is
fixed. If we waste our time, we get stressed out doing the important and necessary activities for
the day. We also need time to relax and sleep so that we may be refreshed and rejuvenated
otherwise we will not be able to work at our optimal and most productive level. Therefore it is
important to manage our time well.

3. What specific distractions divert your attention and cause you to procrastinate and how
can you prevent them from affecting you while at work? Write two creative works to
deduct excessive time on so-called social network sites and gaming.

Section – C – 7.5 Marks

4. Please draw a mind map based on the following ides

a. Topic – Your stress management (Make a mind map on how are you planning to
manage your stress in personal and academic life)
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15-13946, 201-15-13952

b. Topic - Fundraising
(make a mind map mentioning the steps that you have to follow for fundraising in time
of flood or epidemics)
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15-13651, 201-15-13677

c. Topic: Topic: Responsibility

(make a mind map mentioning all your responsibilities like a responsibility as a son, as
a brother/sister, as a grandchild, as a student, as a friend, as a human being and so on)
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15-14057, 201-15-14069

d. Topic - Your Happiness Factory (make a mind map on how you become happy in your
life)
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15-13761, 201-15-13770

e. Your Career Plan (make a mind map on your career plan mentioning your vision and
steps towards the plan)
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