Let me salute our guest of honour, Hon Ajeesh Puthussery, who guides the vibrant Rajagiri endeavours in education - basic, higher, special and professional - catering to all sections of the society in and around Kochi, with 25 odd institutions. (Let us greet him as he also celebrates his birthday meant to be kept a secret).
In my four years of association with Rajagiri Doha, especially as its Academic Director representing Rajagiri Kochi, in the last 2 years, I am glad to place my appreciation for our young Rajagiri School - Doha, for the strides it has made in becoming a full-fledged school, and now beginning to spread its wings.
My gratitude to God Almighty for the grace and the strength, and to the management team led by the visionary leader Mr Jacob George, which brooks no compromise with students' welfare and growth, as evidenced by this fest and the measures taken in the past year.
Dear parents, from the Principal's report, I trust we have adequate matter to be proud of - especially the added advantage for the students on account of the consciously maintained smaller size, with a very healthy teacher-student ratio of 1:13.5, the opportunities for individualised care, and opportunities to for almost every child to bloom, and the leadership opportunities by way of class leadership, Students' Council and the unique service platform SVAYAM for volunteership.
I would also like to call your attention to the school goals - the motto of learn-serve-excel; and the vision to harmonising knowledge pursuit with value assimilation. In this case, we have listed 11 values, while leadership training comes with all of them as unlisted. In the past one year, we have tried to shift the focus on the subject of value education, from merely another subject with an exam to be cleared to an all-domain integrated learning of skills, attitudes and character to be continuously assessed with the support of the whole school, and the parents. Making good global citizens requires that parents also support the school efforts to break the shell of our tiny selves, stretch out in service of and solidarity with the suffering humanity and the common home - the Vasudha which is our common Kutumbam.
Let us turn our minds today to such communities - like those of Gaza, Ukraine and other parts of the world, and pledge that our children become harbingers of peace and harmony and conflict resolution.
In this connection, the school has made a conscious effort to give its training a global thrust
1. By forging tie-ups with organisations and institutions across the globe for interaction, exchanges, visits, and Insha Allah, with internships from next year.
2. By giving thrust to the global development goals, taken two + 1 each every year, so that the school is abreast with the 2030 goals of development, as expressed in the recently concluded COP28 in Dubai.
You have taken a bold step to place your children with us at Rajagiri. My request is to trust our experience and expertise of over 75 years, and help us to groom our future generations.
I request you to realise the onerous task the Principal and his team of teachers, with the support of admin & support staff, take up day after day - especially, in the last two months to prepare these little ones over a thousand of them to appear boldly before the school body! A stupendous achievement. Let us applaud them thunderously ensuring our understanding and cooperation with our Parents Council in the lead, to make Rajagiri Doha a cherished destination and a centre of great and deep and lifelong learning!
May God bless us all!
May you all have all the blessings that Christmas promises in the New Year, and a much more blessed enriching and greener year 2024, with a more sustainable lifestyle!
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