ANNUAL DAY REPORT 2021

1/15/2022 ANNUAL DAY
REPORT

2021 - 22

Principal :T Premkumar

INDIAN EDUCATION SCHOOL, KUWAIT

PRINCIPAL’S ANNUAL DAY REPORT – 15th JANUARY 2022

Honourable sponsor Ali Judiyan Al Rasheedi in his absence,
Honorable Founder and Chairman of Bhavans Middle East Mr. N.K
Ramachandran Menon, Madame Sudha Ramachandran, our
dynamic Vice Chairman of Bhavans Middle East Mr. Sooraj
Ramachandran, elegant Director of Bhavans Middle East Mrs. Divya
Rajesh Ramachandran, Director of Bhavans Kuwait Mr. Krishnadas
Menon, Mr. Mohammad Khamis; Manager sponsor’s office, Principals
BVB Middle East, dear most parents, my dear colleagues, dear
students, ladies, and gentlemen. It is my privilege to welcome each
one of you to the virtual Annual Day celebration of this wonderful
school.

Sixteen glorious years of outstanding achievements, no mean feat!
When the world is grappling with pandemic, our lively children
singing the song of love, unity, hope, and peace lighting the hearts of
entire Bhavans fraternity in the Middle East. The gurgle of the infants
in the kindergarten and sporting delights of our primary kids are the
best music to our ears. The smart growth of our juniors brimming
with enormous talent and energy, and the studious uprightness of
the seniors are the best visual sights we can hope for. And as the
seniors sail out into the ocean of myriad careers gathering the genes,
wisdom, and experience, and then serving humanity with their
skills… what better way of worshipping the almighty could we have
even taught them ladies and gentlemen!

The tremendous growth of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan schools in the
Middle East in the last one decade is largely due to its adherence to
scientific technology, principles of truth and self-sacrifice, the
motivation, and guidance of our most respected and revered
chairman Mr. N.K Ramachandran Menon who he is ably supported
by our dynamic Vice Chairman Mr. Sooraj Ramachandran Menon
and elegant and well poised Director Mrs. Divya Rajesh
Ramachandran its belief in the oneness of the human race. The
institutions under the management of our chairman are open to all
kinds of changes and innovation welcoming new ideas from all the

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stakeholders and well-wishers and successfully inculcating these
ideas into teaching mechanisms.

Being the landmark institution in the field of imparting quality
education, we at Indian Educational school, the flagship school
under the Bhavan’ s Middle East, uphold the Japanese philosophy of
Kaizen i.e., continuous development of the students, teachers and
our school. Our success is synonymous with the success of the
students. During this pandemic at our school, we witnessed many
triumphs on the academic as well as co-curricular and sports fronts.
Today, as I present before you their accomplishments, I want each
and every one of you to acknowledge them with thunderous applause
that should reverberate again and again in the memories of these
outstanding children and make them feel proud of their contribution
to our school.

Permit me to place on plate our academic achievement:

Pandemic might have closed schools, but we never allowed learning
to stop in fact we were more determined than ever to ensure that
there is no learning gap in our students.

109 young boys and girls many of them joined this institution since
the inception of the school for the sheer trust they had in the
Chairman’s ability, character and above all education system of BVB
schools. In 2021 they left our school leaving indelible marks on sands
of Kuwait. 76 of them studied in the science stream, 25 commerce
stream and 8 of them opted the Humanities stream.

Malavika Krishna after spending 8 years with IES topped the science
stream with her stunning performance in the class 12 CBSE
examination. By virtue of her outstanding performance in AISSE
class X examination in which she topped the school, Malavika
secured 99% in grade 12 AISSC examination 2021. Yes, ladies and
gentlemen, her 99% in the science stream is the highest by any
student in the BVB ME group of schools. This is a new record for IES.
Umme Hani and Manushree Pawan Kumar both secured 98.6% and
stood second in the school. Shivani Vel Murugan, Liana Maria
Joseph and Varun Menon shared the third rank with 97.8%.

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In the commerce stream, Arundhati Vinod Sharma stood first with
98.4% while Sreenath Prithviraj and Emma Ben Paul stood second
and third with 97.8% and 97.6% respectively.

In the humanities stream Aaron Yohann Thomas stood first with
97.6% while Neha Daniel with 96.6% and Tanisha Ruth Sunil 93.6%
stood second and third respectively.

It is heartening to place on record that in the science stream 39 out
of 76 students (51.3%) scored an aggregate of 95% or more. 55/76
scored 90% or more (72.4%) and 1/76 scored less than 80 % (1.3%)
with the lowest score being 79.8%. Truly remarkable performance by
our children and we say BIG thank you to each and every one of them
today. Well done children!!

In the commerce stream, none scored less than 60%. 6/25 (24%)
scored 90% and above 16/25 (64%) scored 80% or more and 24/25
96% of them scored 70% or more.

In the humanities stream, 50% of the students scored 90% or more
and the lowest score in the humanities stream is 82%.

The subject average is very impressive. English 92.24%, Math
92.66%, Physics 93.4%, Chemistry 93.6%, Biology 95.6%, Computer
Science 92. 61, Informatics Practices 88.89%, Psychology 93.27%,
Economics 82%, Business studies 86.2%, Accountancy 80% and
Physical Education 90.2% and Painting 97%

After completing their studies most of them have entered professional
colleges with ease. Malavika Krishna with a score of 99% got into the
prestigious LSR college Delhi for Economics Honors. The first student
to have managed to match the high cutoff percentage of LSR. Umme
Hani cleared the NEET exam with outstanding score and managed to
enter a renowned professional college. Our students got admission to
NITs for the engineering branches of their choice. A few have got
admission to the prestigious medical schools in UK.

176 students appeared for the class X AISSE exam and all of them
came off with flying colours. The average school score is 87.8%.

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Ethan Bobby Kurian is the school topper and has set a record with a
score of 99.4%. He has scored 100 marks in French and
Mathematics. Lakshmi Sahiti Vallabhaneni with 99.2% stood second
and she scored a 100 in French and Science while Krishna C Anil
and Sreehari Badrinarayan both scored 99% . Krishna Anil scored
100 in Sanskrit, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and IT.
Remarkable performance indeed. Sreehari scored 100 in French and
Science.

Subject wise school average: English 89.3% with one student scoring
100 marks, Hindi 82.78% with highest score 96%, French 89.42%
with 7 students scoring 100 marks, Sanskrit 88.61% with three
students scoring 100 marks, Math standard 871.7% with six
students scoring 100%, Mathematics basic 77.88% with two
students scoring 100%, Science 86.16% with eight students scoring
100%, Social science 91.14% with thirteen students scoring 100%
and IT 92.62% with four students scoring 100%.

78/176 scored 90% or more percentage which is 44.32% of the batch
of 2020-21 while 86.4% scored 80% or more which is commendable.

Olympiads, Exhibitions and Projects: Admission to prestigious
universities in the west and Fareast look for the performance of
children in the national and international Olympiads as these
Olympiads give a chance to students to sharpen their skills by
tackling a number of problems at a level, they are not likely to
encounter in their classrooms. Exhibitions on the other hands are
conducted every year to give a chance for the children to hone their
leadership skill, ability to work in groups and display their creativity
and inherent talent. We at IES provide our children with ample
opportunities to participate in standard Olympiads and our students
have excelled in them.

(a) Zenik Olympiad: `Zenik Olympiad, an International Olympiad
of Value System, Health & Wellness, world’s first Olympiad of
its kind was conducted online for students of grades III to X.
The Olympiad imparts global perspective and wisdom to help
students improve the skills needed to excel in the 21st century.
Values, Health & Wellness skills have been strongly

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recommended in the National Education Policy 2020 to prepare
students to handle life and career challenges. In the November
edition, five vibrant young minds of Bhavans stood out and
secured 100 % score. Encouraged by the results, school decided
to participate in the next edition, conducted in the month of
February and our kids have done extremely well this time round
too. Nine children from Indian Education School emerged global
winners in the February exam, competing against brilliant
brains of children from more than a thousand schools all over
the world.
November edition global winners are Aditya Arun Kartha of
grade 6, Manha Anees of grade 7, Fida Ancy and Viswesh of
grade 8 and Sreehari Badrinarayan of grade 10.

In the February edition the 9 global winners are: Group 1-
Dhyuti Manu of grade 3 is the global topper in group 1,while
Erin Liz Jaison and Reine Mary John of grade5 secured the
second position.
Group 2- Daya Vinil of grade 6 and Manha Anees Shina of grade
7 are the global toppers in the group 2 category. Gayatri Saju
and Roshan Arya of grade 8 are the 3rd rank holders in this
category.
Group 3- Ashwin Sajan Pillai and Viveka Ram Kumar of grade
9 secured 2nd position globally.

(b)In the SIF organized Kuwait Children’s Science Congress
(KCSC) IES participated this year with the sole purpose of
exhibiting the scientific temper that we kindle in the minds of
our children and fielded teams in the junior category and in the
senior category. The researched projects of our students were
on display among several others from the 20 Indian schools in
Kuwait. Our junior team comprising of Aditya Arun Kartha and
Siddharth Sudheer of grade 7 under the guidance of Ms.
Kavitha Raechel won A+ grade in Junior Category for their novel
project Novel Organic Ferti Pellet (NOFP) from household
kitchen waste as a sustainable plant growth. They will represent

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the Kuwait at the National Children’s Science Congress to be
held in India
In the senior category our team comprising of Sandeep Muthiah
Suresh of grade 11 won A grade for the project - Program on
social distance defaulters. Under the guidance of his teachers
Ms. Reny Linton Ms. Tuney Eldo of the Physics department.

(c) In the sixth edition of the Sastra Prathiba contest organized by
SIF Kuwait, IES bagged 4 out of the 7 sastra prathiba titles.
Naiga Jithin Das of grade 5, Manha Anees of grade 7, Fida Ancy
of grade 8 and Nevin Noji Vaidyan of grade 9 are the IES
Sastraprathbas. For the fifth consecutive time IES received the
prestigious Acharya J.C. Bose trophy for the incredible
performance of our students in the sastra prathiba contest.

(d)Shreya Varsha Arun and Vishnu Balram represented school for
CAUSA SCIENTIFICA – Virtual lab station was an interschool
competition proffered by the global edge school, Hyderabad.
Shreya Varsha was adjudged as Young Scientist of the year.
Vishnu was selected for final 12 best presentation

(e) The proud Bhavanites, Vishnu Balram and Vaishnavi Rajesh
Pai of grade 11, IES have brought laurels to their school by
honing their scientific acumen. They excelled in ‘supernova -
the science quiz’, the international quiz competition conducted
by the physics chamber, in collaboration with Rotary Cochin
international.

(f) Quest -2020 - Indian Education School celebrate the World
Science Day by organizing a Science Exhibition ‘QUEST -2020’
on virtual platform on 10th November 2020.students of Grades
3-11 participated in the exhibition. The theme: Science for and
with society

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MUN : IES introduced MUN to the students of Indian Schools in
Kuwait and today the craze for MUN among the Indian school
children has grown by leaps and bounds. Our students participated
with great enthusiasm in several national and international MUNs
during this pandemic period and excelled.

(a) IES created history at the MUN organized by the GD GOENKA
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SURAT from 27th to 29th August
2021.The delegation of IES Kuwait comprised of 15 immensely
talented delegates. IES team was awarded with the ‘Best
delegation’ title a feat achieved by them for the first time ever in
an MUN organized outside Kuwait.

(b) Lakshmi Sahiti - Best Delegate Fida Ancy- Best Delegate
(United Nations Human Rights Council - UNHRC), Adrian Peter
and Ashutosh -Best Delegate (IPL Auction House-4) Viswesh.R
received Special Mention and Joshua Dennis -High
commendation.

(c) BMUN or Bhavans Model United Nations is an interschool
Model UN competition organized by Indian Education School,
Kuwait. It is an educational simulation in which students take
on the roles of diplomats and deliberate on real world issues.
This year also we conducted the event with same Zeal and
enthusiasm. Around 6 schools participated in the event. Best
Delegation Award was secured by Delhi Public School, Kuwait.
IES Kuwait received Honourable Mention: Delegate of OPEC
Srihari- IES and the 2nd Runner-up trophy: Delegate of Melinda
Gates Foundation Lakshmi Sahiti – IES

Projects:

(a) Vann Mitra Award 2021 - Vasudha International – A Quest for
Sustainable Development’ conducted by City Montessori
School, Rajendra Nagar, Lucknow, in collaboration with the
United Nations Information Center (UNIC) for India and Bhutan
on 13 and 14 December 2021. The team Climate Trackers
consisting of Aaron Anil Thomas of 9D, Kevin Prince of 9 D,
Kiran Varghese of 9E and M. Mujtaba Ali of 9E bagged the
elevated Vann Mitra Award 2021. The Competition was

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conducted at 3 levels. 15 local teams from the state of Uttar
Pradesh participated at local level, 12 schools from various
Indian states partook at the national and 12 schools from
different countries took part at the international level.

(b)The global social leaders, global goals competition (2021),
United Kingdom: The team Climate Trackers who represented
our school in Global Social Leaders Competition 2021 secured
"Sustainability Award 2021" in the GSL meet. The team
included KEVIN PRINCE, KIRAN VERGHESE CHERIAN, AARON
ANIL THOMAS, MUJTABA ALI.

Workshops and Career Counseling: We believe in sharpening our
tools periodically and for this we invite people local and from India to
train our staff and students to keep abreast with the latest
happenings in the world of academics.

(a) A two-day workshop organized by BVB Kochi Kendra for the
principals and vice principals on the topic “Pedagogical
Leadership” was attended by the Vice Principals of the middle
and senior sections.

(b) A workshop on ECE was organized by the BVB Kochi Kendra
for three days for primary and primary teachers keeping in view
of the NEP 2020. It was attended by the Vice Principal of the
primary and Kindergarten along with the HoDs of primary and
Kindergarten teachers.

(c) HoD English of the primary section attended a two-day
workshop on ECE Leadership and Management conducted by
BVB Kochi Kendra.

(d)Teachers from Kindergarten to Senior secondary attended a
workshop on AI conducted by CBSE.

(e) Principal of IES conducted training programs for the teachers
on topics such as salient features of NEP, MCQ testing items for
term and evaluation.

(f) CBSE center of excellence Delhi had invited the principal of IES
to conduct a CBP for 200 principals of Delhi West and East in
July 2021.

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(g) Business Talk a unique initiative of the Commerce faculty had
the Founder and Chairman of BVB Middle East Mr. N.K
Ramachandran Menon and former IES student and a self-made
business entrepreneur Mr. Shawn Abraham shared their
success stories with the grade 11 and 12 Commerce students.

(h) Sessions on Managing examination stress for the students of
classes X and XII was organized by the Psychology department.

(i) Students and parents of grade 12 were informed of the various
career counseling programs organized by reputed international
universities and the changes in the admission policy.

CULTURAL AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

(a) Founder’s day: Like every year, we celebrated the Founder’s day
of our school but this year it was in a special way as we had to stage
it on a virtual platform. The theme Kritanjali – gratitude to the nature,
parents and teachers.

(b) Literary achievements: Education and competition are two
universal ingredients of all human cultures and it is not surprising
that education and competition are intimately related. Competitions
play a role in motivating students to perform and excel and offer a lot
more reward than just the winning prize. Competitions offer a chance
for participants to gain substantial experience, showcase skills,
analyze and evaluate outcomes and uncover personal aptitude.

Debates:

(i) IES Won Prizes in Brothers J.G Masterson and Brother C.J
Bergin Interschool Debate Competition
The young debaters of IES, Kuwait, put in an impressive
performance at ‘Brothers J.G Masterson and Brother C.J
Bergin Interschool Debate’ that was organised by St. George’s
College, Barlowganj, Mussoorie, India. In the preliminary
rounds, Jerome John Thomas bagged the Best Speaker Award
and Srihari Badrinarayanan was selected as the ‘Most
Promising Speaker’. The team reached the semi-final and
Lakshmi Sahiti was the Overall Best Speaker in the Semifinal.

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Jerome John Thomas was the Overall Best Speaker in the
competition.

(ii) Once Again IES Stood from the Rest in ‘Spin - A - Yarn'
Indiansinkwait.com, conducted yet another ‘Spin - A - Yarn'
Contest on October 6, 2021. The sibling duo of IES, Reyna
Mary John of grade 10 and Reine Mary John of grade 6 won
the Third Prizes in their respective categories.

(iii) IES Joins Anthology of Poems-Around the World
organized by DPS Gurgaon, India.
Anthology of poems Around the World is organized by DPS
Gurgaon India with an aim to fulfil some aspects of
Sustainable Development Goal 4- The Education Goal, Target
4-7 Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship. The anthology is a culmination of the concerted
collaboration across 13 countries, 21 schools,29 teachers and
93 young poets. From IES the poems of Manha Anees Shina,
Reine Mary John, Nakshatra Neeraja Binu and Reine Mary
John were selected.

(iv) IES garners gorgeous prizes in the Zenith Podar Pan
Asia Interschool Fest organized by Lilavathbai Podar High
School, India.
IES has won the many Prizes in Zenith Podar Pan Asia
Interschool Fest which was conducted on 29,30, and 31 of
October 2021. It is worth mentioning that, around 60 schools
across the world have participated in this mega event and we
could bag the Overall 1st Runner Up position in the Zen plus
Category along with 15 individual prizes.

(v) First Prize in Speaking Titans National Level
Interschool Competitions ‘Synergy 21’
Fida Ancy of 9A has made us all proud by winning the First
Prize in Speaking Titans (English) National Level Inter School
Competitions Synergy’21 organised by the Alpha Art and

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Science College Porur, Chennai on 22 October ’21, in which
her talent as a speaker has won you a cash award of Rs.2000
and a certificate of appreciation.

(vi) Bhavans Indian Education School, Kuwait, virtually hosted
‘Litera 2021’, a literary extravaganza featuring an array of
online and offline literary competitions, under the aegis of the
Departments of English, French, Hindi and Sanskrit, on June
12, 2021.The Chief Guest for the day was Dr. Navniit Gandhi,
a freelance writer, counsellor and trainer based in Kuwait

(vii) The Students actively took part in the VISHWA HINDI
DIWAS CELEBRATION – 2021-22 conducted by BVB BHAVANS
MIDDLE EAST In the Hindi Recitation Competition (हास्य कविता)
TRISHA RAO KUNDAPUR of grade 6 won the 1st Position. In
the Hindi Advertisement Presentation (विज्ञापन प्रस्तुतीकरण)
PRATIKSHA BYNDOOR of grade 7 won the 1st Position.

(viii) Ramanujan Mathematics Scholarship was conducted by
Counting well. For its International Edition, it invited CBSE-
affiliated Schools in the Middle East, Bhutan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Nepal to participate. From our school, almost
200 students participated, and there were 102 prize-winners. 5
of our students cleared the test earning a Platinum Scholarship
for themselves, whereas the number of prize-winners for Gold,
Silver and Bronze categories were 21, 30 and 47, respectively.

(ix) BRICK Mathematics Contest is an international online
Mathematics competition that brings together children from 7
countries. The main aim of the competition is to develop
students’ logic skills and broaden their minds. It is an
interactive competition packed with unique, practical tasks
designed to develop logical reasoning. From IES more than 50
students participated and 31 students were declared winners.

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From Literary achievements to Art: As an educator, I see Arts as
a supreme way for students to express themselves, be creative,
relieve stress and just enjoy themselves. Arts, both performing and
visual, are part of our humanity. They are what make each one of
us a human. IES is blessed to have an extraordinarily strong art
education right from the kindergarten level and we have the finest
artists at all levels in our school who have dominated in all the
inter-school events for a decade now.

(a) Vaika Jithin Das won the first prize in Chitram art contest. Fida
Ancy won 2nd prize in Chitram Art contest. She also won 4th prize
in Kuwait Times art contest.

(b) Jalaluddin won 3rd prize in the Niram children’s art contest and
the school was awarded a trophy for being the 3rd best school.

(c) In the Balakalamela contest IES bagged the overall champions
trophy.

(d)Frontline Heroes of Kuwait ‘Student Art Competition’ organized
by Kuwait Times Fida Ancy of grade 9A won the 4th Prize in
category 12-14.

(e) First Prize in the Instrumental (Solo) National Level Inter School
Competitions Synergy’21 - Megha Vinil of 11 C a singer and a
violinist with her exceptional talent has have won the First Prize
in the Instrumental (Solo) National Level Inter School
Competitions Synergy’21 organized by the Alpha Art and Science
College Porur, Chennai on 22 October ’21, in which her talent as
a violinist has won her a cash award of Rs. 2000 and a certificate
of appreciation.

(f) Inter-School Music Competition 2021-22 hosted by Fahaheel Al-
Watanieh Indian Private School - Kuwait.
Solo Singing - First Prize - Jayden Daniel Stanley
Duet Singing - Third Prize -Jayden Daniel Stanley & Irin Joby
Beatboxing - First Prize - Joshua Premjith

(g) Iskon Heritage Fest (DUBAI EXPO) - Arundhati Jayadevan of 6C
represented the Iskon Heritage Fest and performed
Bharatanatyam representing Tamil Nadu at Expo 2021 Dubai
and won the third place for classical dance.

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(h) Syed Hur Ali of 6D with his exceptional artistic skills and
creativity has won the First Prize in the Inter School Best out of
Waste Video making Contest based on the theme ‘Recycle, Reuse
and Reduce’ organized by IIK.

(i) Collage Competition: A Collage competition on the topic ‘Impact
of Covid-19 in Indian Industries’ were organized by the Bhavans
Middle East. Dated: Entries were accepted from 13th June till
19th June 2021. Participants: Commerce Students of class 11
and 12. IES students Jesty Siby and Aimee Siby of Class 11
received second and third position respectively.

Our primary kids have won number of prizes by taking part in
the Creo International Nehru World school organized literary
events. The awardees are Nia Elizabeth grade 3, Lakshana
Balaji grade 2, Ayaan Hareesh grade 1, ANAGHA SURAJ
GRADE 4, DEVNA SUDHA LAL GRADE 4 , DHYUTHI MANU
GRADE 4, AVANTHIKA BALAJI and RIDDHIMAAN GRADE 2.

Quizzing:

(a) IES bagged the third edition of BISQ organized by Bhavans
Bahrain Indian School. The intellectual trio of team IES
comprising Reine Mary John, Shreyansh Awasthi and Rohith
Soni bagged the first position and the coveted cash prize of USD
1000.

(b) To commemorate the Ramanujan’s birth anniversary, math
department organized a quiz contest for students of grades 5 –
12.

SPORT and GAMES: A healthy nation is always a wealthy nation.
Therefore, it is necessary to put emphasis on sports. One can think
of a healthy mind only in a healthy body. Both physical and mental
wellbeing are the prerequisites of great achievements in man’s life.
Pandemic or no pandemic, IES encourages sports and games. We
were the first school in the GCC to have conducted virtual sports
meet. No wonder, our kids excel in sports and games.

(a) IES Online Inter-House Chess Tournament was organized by
Dept of Physical Education on 23 September 2021.

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(b)Fit India Freedom Run was Organized by Dept of Physical
Education between 1st and 2nd October 2021.More than
hundred students were participated and A Fit Bhavanite Award
was presented to the student participants for the same.

(c) Middle East Inter School Online Chess Tournament 2021 was
organized by Gems Millennium School, Sharjah On 11 October
2022. Under 15 (Boys) Ashutosh Bhat - Third position and
Under 15 (Girls) Samhita Kolluri - Fourth position Overall 54
schools took part in this mega GCC chess tournament. IES
secured 9th Position in Girls and 10th Position in Boys.

(d)Junior Badminton Tournament was organized by i-Mash
Badminton Academy Kuwait on Oct 2021. Our students exceled
as always.
Under 9 Girls (Singles) Winner - Olivia James Runners-up -
Hafa Sajid. Under 11 Boys (Singles) Winner - Liyan Fen Titto
Under 13 Boys (Doubles) Chris James/Liyan Fen Titto. Under
15 Girls (Singles) Winner - Neha Susan Biju Under 15 Girls
(Doubles) Runners-up - Neha Susan Biju/Sumitra Murugaiyan
Under 17 Girls (Singles) Winner - Neha Susan Biju
Runner up - Sumitra Murugaiyan Under 17 Boys Avaneeshwar
Veeraprathaban runner up.

(e) Sports day: IES organized First Ever Hybrid Sports Meet 2021
on 13 November 2021. Mr. Shyam Sundar – The Alumni 2014-
2015 university badminton champion and playing for the state
was honored as a Chief Guest and made the ceremony special.

Celebrations: IES believes in celebrating all the national and
international events that add value to the student community at
large.

(a) Earth Day (April 22nd) Guest speaker – Mrs Suma Raveendran
a remedial teacher and counsellor and is one of the member in
the Toy Making unit in a Arts and Science College in India which
had a mention in Prime minister’s Mann Ki bath program.

(b)World No Tobacco Day (31st May) on the topic Topic: Commit to
Quit - Guest speaker was Dr. Akhil Krishnakumar who spoke

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about the harmful effects of tobacco and its products to the
students of class 9.
(c) World Environment day was celebrated on June 5, 2021- Guest
speaker was Dr. Chidambaram, Research scientist of KISR who
addressed the students of class 7 and 8 on the topic: Ecosystem
restoration.
(d)On account of international yoga day, a one-day workshop on
Health and Happiness` by Mr. Radhakrishnan Govinda &
Mrs.Nita Radhakrishnan (Former parent of IES-Kuwait), was
coordinated by Dept of Physical Education on 18 June 2021.
(e) A seminar on Eco bricks – A solution to plastic pollution was
conducted by a NGO for the students of grades 6 to 8. Our guest
of the day Mr. Madhukar Varshney - Joint Secretary of RISE
Foundation (NGO) and Mr. Munish Kundra – Member, RISE
Foundation demonstrated making eco bricks and how they are
used now in the world today.
(f) International Science Day celebrated on (10th November)
World Science Day is celebrated on 10th November every year
that highlights the significant role of science in society and the
need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging
scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and
relevance of science in our daily lives.
(g) On 11th November we celebrated the National Education Day
and impressed upon our children the contribution of Maulana
Azad in establishing the ‘Education Foundation’ in India.
(h)World Aids Day (December 1st): World AIDS Day is observed
annually on 01 December since1988 in order to create
awareness among the public on AIDS - a disease caused by the
HIV. The theme of the World AIDS Day 2021 is ‘End inequalities,
End AIDS.’ WHO and its partners strive to shine a light on the
drastic disparities in accessing the essential medical services to
AIDS patients across the globe.
(i) Primary section of IES celebrated Earth Day, Environment Day,
and observed nutrition week.
(j) Our new initiatives: Meet the expert and Bharat Ek Khoj: A
unique initiative IES primary section is to invite prominent

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personalities from various walks of life and address the kids
under the meet the expert sessions. With the intent of educating
our children about nutrients and healthy eating habits, the
Science department of Indian Education School, arranged a
session on the topic, “You Are What You Eat”. This session is a
part of ‘Meet the Expert’ series for the students at our school.
Ms. Niranjana Rajendran, a proficient nutritionist from India
addressed the students of Grades 4 and 5. On May 6, 2021, Mr.
Utkarsh the Director of Engineering and Management, Bucolic
Kailash Agritech and FMCG Pvt. Ltd., Manipal addressed the
students of Grade 11 on the topic: How technology help us to
Maintain sustainability of Planet.
(k)Bharat Ek Khoj. Dr Muneer spoke on Ayurveda and its
importance and Dr. Jyoti Rohilla Rana, a prominent professor
from Banaras Hindu University spoke on the topic Harappan
Civilization (January 8,2022).

Collaborative learning programs:

(a) COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM WITH THE UNICENT
SCHOOL KOMPALLY, HYDERABAD. Students selected from
Kindergarten, primary and middle school took part in this
unique initiative of IES and UNICENT School Hyderabad for the
second year.

(b)Collaborative learning with EDIFY School, Nagpur (16th
December) Students of grade 5 had an interesting interactive
session with students in India. The topic of collaborative
learning is Endangered Species of India, England, Netherland
and Kuwait. Ananya Vadana , Abhijith, Meghna , Haridathan
and Dhwani Santhi Nair participated in the program . Ms.
Kavitha and Ms. Thushara guided the students for the same.

(c) IES primary grade 3 and 4 students are currently engaged in a
collaborative study on implementing SDG goals with their
counter parts from GEMS Millennium school Sharjah.

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To our parents my message is that our aim is to instil in our students
the resilience and moral character to overcome the challenges and
become lifelong learners. There is an old Chinese saying, “give a seed
to a potter and you shall have a Bonsai”, meaning that student learn
rather than just studying and memorizing. It is immensely gratifying
to see how wonderfully the children flower and blossom under the
care of all their teachers and mentors here at our school. Our
endeavor was and will continue to be to work for the social, academic,
cultural, and intellectual development of our children so that they
are prepared for life, for work and for global citizenship.

For my staff, let me quote Steve Jobs, he said, and I quote, “Our work
is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly
satisfied, is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to
do a great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet,
keep looking. DON’T SETTLE. As with all matters of the heart, you
will know when you find it”.

Before I close, I should like to express deep gratitude to the Sponsor,
our founder and chairman Bhavans Middle East, The Vice Chairman
the Director Bhavans Middle East for their continued support and
guidance at all times. I am thankful to my colleagues from the
teaching and administrative wings for their teamwork and
understanding. I am thankful to the fellow principals of BVB Middle
East schools for their support and cooperation. I sincerely appreciate
the help we all get from the bright youngsters of the student
parliament and the team of school prefects. I would like to thank the
officials from the Ministry of Private Education for their support and
guidance. Finally, I would like to thank immensely the members of
the press who have always encouraged us with fantastic coverage of
our school events.

I thank everyone for listening to me this morning ….God Bless our
school.

T.Premkumar

Principal

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