Like Reads: 28 FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Dear Parents, Staff and Students, greetings from Faith Academy family.Having confidence in God’s promise expressed by Apostle Paul in Phil 4:19 that, ” And My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” we set out to meet all the challenges of 2023-2024. It is true that the catastrophic effect of covid in terms of health and finance has not mitigated yet. But our faith in God’s promise we were able to meet all our needs. The year 2023 2024 threw up a plethora of challenges for the students and the school. The global warming was felt in the school too! To name one, the unprecedented heat that shot up, the mercury beyond 52 degrees Celsius in the Capital made classrooms miserable for the students despite having enough ceiling fans. In a way, the fans were useless as they too were blowing down hot air. Finally, we came to a conventional solution, which was, to fit air conditioners in most of the rooms. So this initial phase was completed within a couple of months. Eleven class rooms were fitted with air conditioners that were moved from the Massey Hall. The two air conditioners with two ton capacity were moved from basement to Massey Hall. This could only partially solve the problem. We are faced with another severe summer in the coming year and before that sets in, we have to fit in air conditioners in all the classrooms. The Management has approved the proposal subject to availability of funds and the work is on to keep the deadline as May 2025. This enormous financial burden cannot be borne by the school alone. There is a recurring expenditure of electricity bills to be paid every month as well. We will soon communicate this to you so that together we can solve the problem and make our classrooms student friendly. Even the courts have pronounced that the cost of Air Conditioning can be borne by the parents as well.As we were planning another issue came up, if we fix so many air conditioners, the present sanctioned strength will not be sufficient. It has to be upgraded from 114 KW to 650 KW. The BSES wants a separate transformer to be erected in the campus to do the job. This is another expenditure which the school has to make.So, dear Parents, we seek your co-operation this year in this one time investment for the benefit of our dear children to make the school fully air conditioned. No doubt, this step will increase the quality of education as students and teachers can wade through the scorching heat without their studies being affected. The additional expenditure needs to be shared by the school and the parents. I hope you will co- operate with us for the benefit of your own children. Therefore, 2025, is packed with plans to improve the class room situation in summer.The other area to be focused is improving the performance of students in the Board Examinations. This requires systematic teaching, testing and following up with the students. This initiative has already been done. Now, all weak students are identified in the tests and given separate coaching classes to improve their performance. We hope this will bring a better result in the coming exams.Mere studies will not meet the all-round personality development of a child. Co- curricular activities especially sports will prepare a child to face the day to day challenges in the present day world. Our sports field was used for the first time to hold a week long Sports Meet. We had seen real competition and sportsman spirit in the performance of the students in the sports meet. We plan to make it a annual affair so that sports gets its due place in the life of a child. I would like to thank God for His grace and protection upon all our children. The present day world is evil. The children need protection at home and at school. We have taken extra measures in school to give full protection to our children. But, we know that a small lapse could land children in problems.Therefore, it is our appeal to you dear Parents to give a secure environment at home to your children and we will ensure a secure environment in school. We thank you for all your co-operation. S. RobertDirectorFaith Academy Schools and Projects
