The 65th Indian Republic Day was marked yesterday by all Indian schools in Qatar. The Indian flag was hoisted at their premises and students presented cultural events depicting Indian freedom struggle and other landmark events from Indian history.
Bhavan’s Public School
The Republic Day was celebrated at Al Wakrah complex of Bhavan’s Public school by hoisting the Indian flag by A P Manikantan, Vice-President of the school. The Republic Day message was delivered by P N Babu Rajan, General Secretary and Vote of Thanks was proposed by Pushpa Rajan, Activities Cordinator.
Birla Public School
Birla Public School celebrated the day by hoisting the flag at 7am at the school premises. The tricolour was hoisted by C V Rappai, Chairman, in the presence of Governing Council members Dr Mohan Thomas and Gope Shahani, Principal A K Shrivsatava, Vice Principal George Edison, staff, students and parents. Rendition of the national anthem by the school band was the highlight of the day.
DPS-MIS
DPS-Modern Indian School celebrated the day with a special assembly conducted by students of the senior and junior wing. Chief Guest Hassan Chougule, President DPS-MIS, unfurled the Indian tricolour.
The inaugural speech by Nimra Siddiqui of VIII-H highlighted the significance of the day.
Principal Asna Nafees in her speech encouraged teachers to motivate students to serve the country by joining the armed forces and administrative services. A poem, epitomising the stature of India in the global arena, was recited by Aliya Habib Sange of IX-F.
Ideal Indian School
School President Dr Hassan Kunhi M P hoisted the national flag at the school premises. Principal Syed Shoukath Ali, heads of sections, staff and students joined the celebrations.
Students in their speeches reiterated their bond with their motherland and called on the youth to live up to the traditions of their country and work for its betterment. Crystal Fay D’ Souza of class X spoke in Hindi while Alhaj Ashraf from class X presented his thoughts in English. The school choir from Junior, Girls’ and Boys’ entertained the audience with patriotic songs.
Tarab Iqbal of class IX welcomed the gathering and Akash Gireesh of class XI proposed a vote of thanks.
MES
MES Indian School marked the day at the Open Air Auditorium of the school. Ceremonial parade, pageantry, procession, patriotic songs, dances and other cultural programmes were showcased to mark the importance of the day.
V V Mahmood, President, MES Governing Body and Chief Guest, hoisted the Indian flag on the occasion. The Scouts & Guides, members of Campus Care Force (CCF), students of Kindergarten, Junior, Boys, Girls and CBSE-i Sections carried Indian flags spreading the messages of love and peace.
Nidhi Radhakrishnan, Assistant Head Girl, welcomed the gathering while Chris Reggy, Assistant Head Boy, proposed vote of thanks. Aysha Sherin, Head Prefect compered the function.
K P Abdul Azeez, General Secretary, K P Abdul Hameed, President, IES Chittilappilly, P K Mohamed, Vice President, Hazmal Ismail, Director, Cultural and Co-Curricular Activities, MES Governing Board, A T Usman, member, MES Governing Body, other members of school management, A P Sasidharan, Principal, vice-principals and heads of sections, school officials, members of various socio-cultural organisations, parents, well-wishers, teachers and students attended the event. Gurpreet Bhalla, Head, Department of English, coordinated it.
Noble International School
The Republic Day was celebrated by Noble International School with the unfurling of the Indian flag by Chairman Husain Mohammed at the school premises in Abu Hamour.
Amrutha, Class V student, gave a speech in which she touched upon the history of India, the freedom struggle, attainment of independence, and the formation of the Indian Constitution.
All students — nearly 900 — made the tricolour flag formation to express their love for the motherland followed by a parade by the Scouts and Guides.
Barath Silvester, HR Coordinator of Noble Primary, delivered the welcome speech.
Officials of the nanagement committee Moideen and Faisal Parappil and Administrator Cinil Kumar also attended the function. Rashmi Iyengar proposed vote of thanks. Dhanya Linto, CCE Coordinator, moderated the programme.
Shantiniketan Indian School
Shantiniketan Indian School marked the day in the general assembly ground of its Barwa Campus.
The function began with prayer followed by a ceremonial parade and procession. K C Abdul Latheef, President of School Management Committee, who was the Chief Guest, extended his greetings. Centred on the theme ‘unity in diversity’, students presented a dance and procession representing the culture and traditions of different Indian states.
Principal Dr Subhash B Nair stressed the duties and responsibilities of students in the development of their country. Vice principals Shihabudheen Pulath and Manju Singh, Section Heads Dudley O Connor, Prabha Saji, Prabha Jayaprakash and Mehjabeen Hassan also attended. Salwa Jalaudheen, Assistant Head Girl, welcomed the gathering and Ahiyan Musthafa, Assistant Head Boy, proposed vote of thanks.
