ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25

JAI GNANA GURU DEV

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream leads the goal..

On behalf of the management, staff and students of Gnana Vidya Mandir School, Keelakattuvilai. I cordially welcome our Chief Guest Dr. C.SYLENDRA BABU,IPS, Former DGP, Head of Police Force, TamilNadu, Guest of honour, Thavathiru. Swami Padmendra, President, Tamilnadu Vallalar Peravai,Nagercoil and Chairman Mr. S. Rajadurai ,Secretary Mrs. Poongothai , ,Correspondent . Mrs. Rajaramya , Deputy Correspondent Mr. Manikandan_and School Management Committee of GVM. I also welcome the other invited dignitaries and all parents to this occasion that is our School’s Annual Function NAVARASA - 2024. My hearty welcome to one and all. I would like to thank you all for responding to our invitation and gracing this occasion.

There is always a podium laid for every individual
To dream! To desire! To determine! To decide their destiny.
GVM is one of the best in discovering every approach as a flair to bloom into vibrant colors. With the immense blessings of the almighty , and great saying
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”
I hereby present our 12th Annual Report for the year 2024-25.
The year 2024-2025 was marked with many events and success stories. This can be attributed to the dedication and team spirit of the members of the management, staff and students. Established in 2013 Gnana Vidya Mandir School has been preparing the future of our children.We focus on supporting all students to reach their potential academically, socially and emotionally..

Academics:

Achieving academic excellence is at the heart of endeavour of all educators and academic institutions. Gnana Vidya Mandir serves as an education model that nurtures the students achievements through holistic reform of education promote optimism and inspire students to take education as the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world . I am very proud to say that we are blessed with, a team of well qualified, learned and empathetic teachers with a desire to share the love for their subject with the students.

Academic Achievements:

"Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners”.
I feel honored to mention that, we had 100% results for the academic year of 2023-2024 in both Class X and XII.. Also our students got admitted in IIT (Chennai), top Medical colleges & Engineering Colleges in India and Abroad for their higher studies. . We have committed proactive 48 teachers to help each child to reach their potential. I am very proud to say that we are blessed with, a team of well qualified, learned and empathetic teachers with a desire to share the love for their subject with the students.

SPORTS:

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best, if you are not; keep on trying.”
Sports games and physical fitness occupy a place of importance in our curriculum. We are committed to providing a holistic education experience and our new turf playground is a significant step towards achieving this goal. We look forward to see our students strive in sports and beyond.
Our students participated in different sports competitions and won medals, certificates and trophies.
22 students of our school won district prizes in the Taekwondo Competition held by Taekwondo Association. They received trophy and medals. 7 students of our school won distict level prizes in Yoga and 8 students in Silambam and 3 students in skating won the prizes conducted by Dakshin Sahodaya School Complex.. We are hosting Taekwondo Tournament on 23 November 2024. Around 25 schools and 450 studnets will participate in this event.

SCHOOL HOUSES:

“Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from unity” The students of the school are divided into 4 different houses Hoysalas, Satavahanas, Rastraguptas, Mauryas.. Each house is managed by Student Council Members and House Captains. The house on duty performs its duty of conducting the day to day activities, competitions in systematic and disciplined manner.

Co - curricular Activities:

“Sow an act and you reap a habit, sow a habit and you reap a character”.
CCA in our school helps our students to develop relationship skills and everlasting friendship where they learn to work collaborately.
House wise and inter school competitions were conducted throughout the year in Nath recitation , drawing and painting, English extempore, Cooking without fire , general quiz, Best out of Waste, Essay Writing, Debate ,Hindi Skit,English skit,Tamil Skit, File Making, Hand Painting,Button Art, Collage making,Story Telling, Solo Dance , Singing,, etc.
Various activities like colors day, fruit & vegetable day, flower day, poetry recitation were organized to enhance the teaching and learning process in the Tiny Tots.

Extra Curricular activities:

• Apart from these Extra curricular activities like chess, Taekwondo, Silambam, Archery, Yoga, Skating, Robotics,Keyboard and Dance are also conducting every Thursdays to develop the skill in various methods.
• Various clubs are introduced for skill development and to generate inquisitiveness and interest and encourage students to bring out creativity.

Celebrations:

Various events are celebrated with a lot of vigour and fun. Graduation day, Yoga day,Independence day and Investiture Ceremony was celebrated with great honour and patriotism. On Teachers day the children have performed various programmes for teachers. We celebrated Grand Parents day to bring happiness among the Grand Parents various games and activities were organized .. To show the love and affection towards the students on November 14 various competitions were organized for the children and winners have been awarded with Prizes.
Besides these, a lot of CBSE events were also conducted, such as Swacch Bharat Abhiyan,Rashtriya Ekta Divas, Mahatama Gandhi series expression, Arybhatta ganit challenge, Brich Math,Fit India Movement etc

Health & Hygiene :

Good health of students is a primary concern of school.
As 6 monthly routine health checkup program is organized by the school to assure right consultation and treatment.
A training program of Yoga for 45 minutes is regularly going on in our school for students and teachers..

Adventure trips, Visits and Excursions…

To make the children more active and independent field trips have been organized to help students gain firsthand knowledge and augment their academic learning transacted beyond the confines of a class room, in joyful company of friends.

• Assembly: School begins everyday with Assembly, which is held theme-based and turn-wise by all the classes. This offers a regular opportunity to every child to perform before the entire school. Regular sessions include- Prayer, Pledge, Thought for the Day, Word of the Day, News, and other Special concepts.
• Library: Our library aims to provide the highest quality to basic communication skills (R, W, S, L) Our Library has been enriched with subscriptions for more number of newspapers, magazines, Educational periodicals and acquisition of a large number of books in fiction and in all school subjects.
• Computer: Apart from teaching computer knowledge also important for each and every student in the competitive era so the management have installed 25 computers for all the classes.
• PTA meetings were arranged periodically to inform the parents about their child’s performance we cherish and thank all the parents for their cooperation and their constructive suggestion in our Endeavour of imparting quality education.

Teachers Enhancement Programs:

“Teachers are also learners.” Staying updated is the key to success in any field, especially, in education. Our teachers constantly strive to stay updated by attending workshops & various training Programs. Our teachers also attended workshops conducted by CBSE , Dakshin Sahodaya School Complex, OXFORD, Classklap publishers.

Student Achievement Programs:

To ensure that our students are equipped to face any challenge, we have focused on few Student Enrichment programs are as follows:

1. Pscygological awareness program for Parents and students.
2. Health Awareness program for Parents and Students.
3. Lectures by Invited Parents.
4. Career Counselling to join NEET for Classes IX to XII.
5. Subject training program for grade XII students.
6. We conducted SAFAL (Structured Assessment For Analyzing Learning) Exam aligns with NEP 2020 to reduce exam fear.
7. The SilverZone Olympiad examination aims to promote a deeper understanding of subjects and their real-world applications among students.
8. ANTHE examination aims to recognize and reward meritorious students from Class VII to XII., which is renowned for its success in preparing students for competitive exams like NEET, JEE, and other medical and engineering entrance exams .

School Improvement Programs:

Constant improvement is the key to success. In this endeavour, we have introduced a few infrastructural and other developments:

1. Auditorium
2. Escalator
3. PA System
4. CCTVs in all locations

FUTURE PLANS:

We are very excited to promote our school”s mission.We planned to introduce

• Constructing new Auditorium cum Exam hall behind the school building.
• Artificial Intelligence to students of grade X to XII can enhance their learning experience and prepare them for emerging technologies,
• Vast computer lab occupying 100 computers in a room to develop the technological level of students.
• Planned to construct Swimming pool to develop the physical activities and to protect themselves from disaster.
• To build play way school for kids to develop the pschycomotor activities.

Our Chairman Mr. Rajadurai have been ensuring the rapid acceleration in the growth of our school by providing us support to create an enviable campus infrastructure and by employing competent manpower.

Conclusion:

To conclude, this year, we all took more collective step towards our vision, and while one step was taken, many more are to go, and it is certainly achievable. I take this opportunity to thank today’s chief guest and guest of honour whose generous presence for the program.. I would also like to express my grateful thanks to our President Sir who always support us in all aspects and he is the back bone of our school system and all our higher authorities, the parent community ,teachers and students whose whole-hearted cooperation has enabled us to complete all our tasks successfully. Last but not least I conclude my Annual Report with a small quote

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.”

Thank u Thank u one and all.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT!