ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2011-2012
It is my great pleasure to stand before you to present the
Annual Report of the great progress made by the school, in its bid to provide
quality education to its students. It is with great honour I present the
outstanding performance put up by the students in the various scholastic,
co-scholastic and sporting events held in the school during the academic
session 2011-12. Like the previous years, this year also our students have done
exceedingly well and left a trail of glory.
The students of class X and XII brought laurels to the school
by their outstanding performance. I am pleased to say that there has been a
continuous and marked improvement in their performance. As many as seven
students of Class X were awarded certificates of Merit on the basis of outstanding
performance and obtained grade A1 in all the five subjects with Cumulative
Grade Point Average i.e. CGPA of 10. These high achievers are Iyyamma Gowri,
Liz Maria, Hely R. Mehta, Paul Ipshita, Aishwarya Kurup, Himanshu Sharma and Akansha
Sinha.
An overwhelming 20 students received A1 grade in both
Mathematics and Science, 19 students in English, 10 students each in Hindi and
Social Science.
Here I would also like to mention the stellar performance of
the students who were the subject topers in class XII.
The school acknowledges these stellar performances and
appreciates and motivates each of them with a real gold coin.
The school recognizes the need to refresh the knowledge and train
teachers, according to the ongoing process of transformation of school
education and evaluation. Various resource persons were arranged and workshops
and in-house training programmes were conducted. Some of the resource persons
who conducted various workshops and seminars were Mr. Ramesh Mani, CEO, Majan
Glass Company, Mrs. Neetu Reu, English Department, Sohar University and Prof.
(Dr). Thirumurugan Shanmugam, College of Applied Sciences. Our teachers
attended various workshops and training programmes at Muscat also. For
instance, they attended a workshop on CCE by Prof. H.S. Srivastava the key
person behind the designing of CCE. Four primary teachers attended a Workshop
on ‘Communication Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’ at
Muscat. Mr. Leo Lobo, Director-Academics, Indian Schools Al Wadi Al Kabir and
Sohar guided and helped the teachers in understanding and implementing the
Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation.
The Annual Exhibition for juniors was organised in January
2012 for classes KG to V. The beautiful and inspiring models and exhibits put
up by the junior school were appreciated by the guests and parents alike.
The 8th Sastra Pratibha contest 2011-12 under the
auspices of Science India Forum Muscat was conducted in October 2011. Our student
Krishna Dev Menon of class VII was the proud recipient of the Sastra Prtibha
award for the second consecutive year! I congratulate him for this
extraordinary feat. Six students achieved A + grade while 8 students achieved A
grade.
The assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational
Testing (ASSET) for classes III to X was conducted from 3rd October
to 6th October 2011. A total number of 273 students participated.
Five of our students received certificates for outstanding performance in
different subjects. Krishnadev R. Menon of VII, again brought glory to the
school and was awarded special prize form ASSET for outstanding performance in
English, Mathematics and Science.
Like the previous years, this year also our school team of
120 students participated in the Jhankar Spectrum 2011 an annual interschool cultural
event in which all the Indian schools of Oman participate. Our school took part
in all the 23 events and thus made the presence felt strongly. Eight of our
students bagged the first prize in the Folk Dance category. In the Debate competition
our school team comprising of Himanshu Sharma and Prakhar Hans of Class XI won
the second place.
In the Ambassador’s Polemic Challenge held in November 2011 at
Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir, one of our students Himanshu Sharma of Class XI
won the second prize for Best Rebuttal.
Our students actively participate in various functions and
events held in the Omani schools in order to felicitate a cross culture
interaction, so that the young minds of both the countries are exposed to each
other’s culture, traditions and heritage. We also invite Omani and other
schools for various competitions and cultural events.
On 12th December 2011, 13 students from our school
took part in ‘Students Got Talent’ event at Hind Bint Amru School, Al Khaburah.
Three of our students emerged as the winners and were awarded certificates and
a cash prize each. These talented students are: Shubruika Gupta of class X
winner in creative writing, Rollin Fernandes of Class VIII first prize in
instrumental music Pragyapati of class VIII winner in Henna competition.
In order to bring out the inherent talent of the students and
to encourage them, the school organizes various co-curricular activities.
Literary competitions like elocution, declamation, easy writing, storytelling
etc were held this year also like other years.
I am pleased to announce that our students put up a
remarkable performance in the various interschool sporting events. A record
number of 31 students were awarded real gold coins for stupendous performance
in sports. Every year the number of students receiving gold coins is increasing
due to a marked improvement in their performance. This year it is an overwhelming
31, so due to time constraint, I am not able to read each one’s name.
Our school team participated in the CBSE Oman Cluster
Athletic Meet held at Indian School Muscat on 27th and 28th
of October 2011 and won as many as 10 prizes.
Both our boys and girls teams participated in the CBSE Oman
Cluster Kho-Kho Tournament and emerged as the winners among all the Indian
Schools of Oman and qualified for the CBSE National Kho Kho Tournament. The school
honoured all the team members with a real gold coin each.
Our school under 19 girls team participated in the CBSE Oman
Chess Tournament and secured the first position and qualified to participate in
the CBSE national chess championship. Anju Mariam John of class XI won a gold
medal in the under 19 girls category for Discuss Throw and Priyanka Bobby of
Class IX in under 16 girls category was declared the winner in Javelin Throw.
The school awarded real gold coins to all these talented sports boys and girls.
The 19th Annual Athletic Meet was successfully
organised by the school on 16th November 2011. The impressive show
put up by the students left a lasting impression on the minds of the spectators.
The students showed a wonderful spirit of sportsmanship as all the four houses
competed with each other. Green house emerged as the Champion House followed by
Blue House in the second position. The students with exceptional talent
received the Individual Championship Trophy. They were Fathima Faiza and Mohammed
Rash in under 12 year category, Anushka Mishra, and Mohammed Sawad in under 14
years category, Shilpa Shivdas and Mehalam Mahir in the under 16 years category
and Roshin Lazer, Sruti Bora and Alex Antony in the under 19 years category.
To develop leadership qualities and the spirit of service we
train our students in Scouts and Guides.
So as to inculcate the spirit of brotherhood, various
festivals of Oman and India are celebrated with enthusiasm by the students.
Parent Orientation Programmes and regular Parent-Teacher
meetings are organised in order to have a better coordination and interaction
with the parents for the betterment of the school. In its bid to provide
quality education to its students and to develop them into well-rounded
personalities, the school is continuously trying to upgrade its infrastructure.
The current use of 13 portacabins is only a temporary arrangement, in order to
accommodate all Indian students coming to Sohar. I am pleased to announce that
the school has acquired about 8300 square meters of land adjacent to the
existing school building. Insha Allah we shall be able to provide better
facilities as soon as we complete the construction of more classrooms, a
multipurpose hall and a bigger play ground.
In order to make learning more effective, we have acquired
smartboards. We already have 3D lessons programme in classes provided by the company
JIL.
35 computers have been added and additional apparatus for the
laboratories has been procured. We gratefully acknowledge 25 laptops and two
servers gifted by Sohar Aluminium. Thank you Mr. Henk Pauw, CEO of Sohar
Aluminium.
In order to assist and help class XII students to take up a
career according to their aptitude a seminar, `What after XII’ by Professor Dr.
Thirumurugan Shanmugham, from College of Applied Sciences, Sohar was conducted
and another seminar `Time Management’ by the Principal was conducted for the
senior students.
Our students participated in the National Quiz at Indian
School Muscat in October 2011.
Our school successfully hosted the Times of Oman Inter School
Quiz Pre Prelims on 12th April 2012. 17 teams of our school were
selected to participate in the Final Prelims at Indian School Al Ghubra on 17th
April 2012.
Our school team comprising of Himanshu Sharma and Apoorv
Verma were selected for the mega finals to be held at the Amphitheatre at Qurum
on 19th April 2012. A free medical camp for our school children was organised by ASTER-Al Raffah Hospital, Sohar from 19th to 22nd February 2012.
Let me take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks
to all these persons who have helped us in smooth working of school.
I thank the Director of International Schools Office, and the
officials of his Department at Muscat and Sohar for the permission for the
various functions and approval for the appointment of new teachers.
I thank the Ministry of Manpower in getting the clearance for
the appointments of new teachers, the Royal Oman Police, Sohar Municipality and
Water & Electricity Departments for their excellent services.
The officials of the Indian Embassy have been very helpful to
us. We thank them for their cooperation. We are grateful to the Board of
Directors and especially Mr. Leo Lobo, Director – Academics for his continuous
support, advice and guidance.
I thank the School Managing Committee of our School, for
their wholehearted support and guidance in the smooth running of the school.
Indeed the entire school is indebted to the devoted service of all the members
of the School Managing Committee who are instrumental in the development of the
school.
I would like to recognize and thank our talented and
experienced staff for their continuous support and guidance to all the students
throughout the year for their welfare and development. They deserve to be
applauded for their immense dedication and hard work. School has got a well
equipped Office with experienced and able staff to take care of the
administration work. Without them the school cannot run smoothly. My
appreciation goes to them too. The school’s Omani Staff has always been on the
forefront to discharge their duties. Our
service staff is also very sincere in their duties and help keep the campus
clean. My thanks to them too.
This time a record number of seven staff members are being
honouored by the school with a gold coin each, for ten years of dedicated and
unstinted service. I congratulate them. They are Ms. Saramma Kurian, Mr. Joseph
Yohannan, Mr. Sripathi Bhat, Mrs. Kuldeep Kaur, Mrs. Natasha Tomy, Mrs. Dilna
Anish and Mr. Ibrahim Al Balushi.
My special blessings for the pupils for their team spirit,
hard work and disciplined behaviour. I am extremely thankful to the parents for
their excellent cooperation with the school.
Before I finish my report I would like to express our thanks
to the following companies for providing free snacks to the students for Annual
Concert and Annual Day. They are
1)
Khimji
Ramdas LLC
2)
Oman
Foodstuff Factory LLC
3)
Oman
Refreshment Company (SAOG)
4)
IFFCO Distribution LLC
5)
National Biscuits Industries Ltd SAOG
Thank you one and all.
