JEDDAH, 13 October 2005 — A change is being contemplated in the rules for qualifying contestants to the International Indian School-Jeddah (IISJ) managing committee (MC) election.
“This follows a review of the existing charter and a new formula being drafted to enable more parents to qualify for the MC election,” Hifzur Rahman, consul (administration, press and information) at the Consulate General of India, said Tuesday.
The change in the charter is being considered since fewer than the required number of applications were received for the election when it was earlier scheduled, said Rahman, the consulate’s IISJ observer, who returns to New Delhi today at the end of his term spanning a little over three years.
The new charter schedule will be sent to Indian Ambassador M.O.H. Farook who after a review will forward it to the Ministry of Education for consideration. Rahman preferred not to disclose the change in the rules of qualification for the MC election pending its consideration by the MOE.
Rahman hoped that the election to the seven-member MC, which was due earlier in April, would be held after Ramadan.
The election had to be postponed, as it was the annual exam time for children. Non-receipt of adequate number of applications for the election is mentioned as another reason for the postponement.
“The observer’s role in the school is only of a supervisory nature. Only when the school is beset with problems that we oversee its affairs at the behest of the MOE,” he said.
Rahman arrived here on Sept. 15, 2002, and assumed charge as consul press and information. He was initially additionally in charge of Haj arrangements in Madinah.
In 2004 he was also made in charge of administration, which he handled for 10 months.
Earlier, in August 2003, he was made the consulate’s observer in the Western Province for Indian schools.
He has also been responsible for organizing cultural programs. He recalls highly successful mushairas that he organized and two qawwali programs.
