IIPS honors girls on Annual Day

The annual function at the International Indian Public School (IIPS) in Riyadh honored girls during celebrations at the school’s auditorium.
General Supervisor at the Ministry of Education, Younes Dawood Younes, is convinced that girls can excel if they are given the chance.
“I urge parents and society to give them opportunities to stand out. Educate them and build their confidence,” Younes said.
Dawood Younes said that he was humbled by the numbers of outstanding students in all-round achievement.
“A concerted effort to attain wisdom and knowledge is required to excel in the competitive world we live in today.”
Ghazanfar Ali Khan, bureau chief at Arab News, called upon students to seek knowledge and wisdom.
“We are witnessing a negative response among students in our community regarding journalism and mass communication mediums,” said Khan.
“We have 895 channels and 85,000 periodicals, papers and publications overall in India. It is a huge sector with immense opportunity that students must explore for enormous career potential. The open field that is the media must be harvested by conducting periodic workshops to encourage participation in a sector that has yet to be developed,” he added.
A string of electrifying shows marked the occasion. Students from grade 9 and 10 staged a play entitled “Save the girl child” that addressed the plight of girls. Highlighting the real essence of womanhood, which lies in experiencing love as a mother, care as a sister and affection as a daughter, the play took a journey into girls’ hopes and despair through centuries of darkness and ignorance. The drama conveyed a message of acknowledgement and empowerment, raising issues of gender equality, early marriage, domestic labor, “eve-teasing” (an Indian euphemism for harassing or flirting with girls) and dowry and abuse by in-laws, which is seen as a violation of human rights.
IIPS also shared a moment of pride with the Special Care Center (SCC), an integral part of IIPS, with the integration of Hamza Kamili, an SCC student with cerebral palsy, to the mainstream as a full time student. Kamili went to secure 25/25 in his math test, proving he’s much better than many others. Under the guidance of Dr. Sadia Arjumand, SCC is an institute that provides rehabilitation training to children with various disabilities to become independent in life. Through the integration program, children are partially integrated into mainstream schooling for certain subjects and auxiliaries. Out of the 24 children in SCC, six children are now in the mainstream school. “This is our greatest achievement of the year,” said IIPS Principal K.M. Abdul Azeez.
The grand annual day celebration was attended by Moeedh Aydh Sarhan Al-Qahtani, ex-supervisor at the Ministry of Education, Shoukhath Parvez, principal of the school, Academics Director Salman Khalid, the IIPS Managing Committee’s Chairman Imtiyaz Ahmed together with panel members like Salman Khalid, George Tharakan, Mohammed Anwar, Nowshad M Yousuf and Izhaar H. Ansari.