SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT: 2024-25

 

As per the tradition, annual report is presented on the occasion of school annual day. Unfortunately, this year, I could not do so, due to cancellation of annual day post devastating flood on 28^th Sept, 2024 and the destruction suffered by school. As a result, I’m using the annual magazine to present the report.

Here Ipresent the annual report,which includes school activities and achievements during the academic year.

Academics

As you are aware, we give top priority to academics. Theschoolensures that students are given adequate academic inputs through classroom instruction, assignments, projects, practical work, laboratory activities, special classes, educational trips etc. Conducive learning environment is created for students to have blended, experiential, collaborative and deep learning.

Our motto is to make every student to perform to their full potential. We encourage students to compete with self and keep improving their performance. I would like to mention here that we are quite satisfied with the performance of our students during the academic year 2023-24. While performance of students in all classes are important, it’s a known fact that schools are judged on the basis of Board results of Class X/XII. Therefore, I would like to discuss the Board results first.

• Class XII Board Results
• Total number of students appeared – 171
• Out of186 students appeared 164 students scored 60% and above.
• Aagaman Tamrakar topped the course with 97.6% marks.
• 15 students scored above 90%. They are:

(aa)            AagamanTamrakar      –           97.6%

(ab)            Jaya Joshi                    –           95.8%

(ac)            Abhinav Belbase         –           95.4%

(ad)            Samarth Agrawal        –           94.8%

(ae)            Aarya Kr Das  –           94.4%

(af)            Aaditya Jha                 –           92.8%

(ag)            Sneha Sharma             –           92.8%

(ah)            Priyanshu Thapa          –           92.2%

(ai)             Swopnil Agrawal        –           92%

(aj)             Muskan Singla –           92%

(ak)            Nishta Jalan                 –           91.6%

(al)             Sukrish Shrestha         –           91.4%

(am)           Sakshi Agrawal           –           91.2%

(an)            Ravi Kr Poddar           –           91.2%

(ao)            Rishav Sedhain           –           90%

• Class X Board Results
• Total number of students appeared – 210
• Out of 210 students appeared 204 students scored 60 % and above.
• Abhik Khandelwal topped the course with 98% marks.
• 48 students scored above 90%. They are:

(aa)            Abhik Khandelwal      –           98%

(ab)            Eilis Maharjan             –           97.4%

(ac)            Trijya Pandey              –           96.8%

(ad)            Rizma Thapa               –           96.8%

(ae)            Sahaj Agrawal             –           96.2%

(af)            Dhanesh Saini             –           96.2%

(ag)            Saksham Poddar         –           95.6%

(ah)            Shiwali Shakya           –           95%

(ai)             AnshreeBaral              –           94.8%

(aj)             Saanvi Bansal              –           94.8%

(ak)            Bidushi Thapa             –           94.8%

(al)             Ishita Tuladhar            –           94.8%

(am)           Larina Shrestha           –           94.4%

(an)            Vanshika Chaudhary  –           94.4%

(ao)            Nenal Panthi               –           94.2%

(ap)            Md ShahwajMeraj      –           94%

(aq)            Naman Modi               –           94%

(ar)             Swadin Adhikari         –           93.8%

(as)            Trishna Gupta             –           93.6%

(at)             Shreya Gupta              –           93.6%

(au)            Shoaib Akhtar Ansari –           93.4%

(av)            Pranav Jaiswal             –           93.4%

(aw)           Aadhya Agrawal         –           93.4%

(ax)            Aryan Kr Jha               –           93.2%

(ay)            Muskan Ku Gupta      –           93.2%

(az)            Sakshi Jangir               –           92.8%

(ba)            AgrajKaphle                –           92.6%

(bb)            YoganshKhaitan         –           92.6%

(bc)            Ojashwi Shrestha        –           92.6%

(bd)           Swati Jain                    –           92.4%

(be)            Tanvi Agrawal –           92.4%

(bf)                        Archit Marwadi          –           92.4%

(bg)            Jishnu Sharma             –           92.4%

(bh)            Medhawi Adhikari      –           92.2%

(bi)             Shriju Shrestha            –           92.2%

(bj)             Gautam Pd Shah         –           92%

(bk)            Mayank Almal –           92%

(bk)            Iris Maharjan               –           91.8%

(bl)             Aaryab Luitel              –           91.6%

(bm)           SupriyaTimilsina         –           91.6%

(bn)            Ananya Jha                 –           91.6%

(bo)            Abhishek Kr Verma    –           91.2%

(bp)            Isha Yadav                  –           91%

(bq)            Md Ahtasham             –           91%

(br)            Ronak Khanal             –           91%

(bs)            Samriddhi Shahi         –           90.4%

(bt)            Aditi Kumari               –           90.4%

(bu)            Jenika Shrestha           –           90.2%

• Students performed quite well in their internal examinations as well and got promoted to next class. To encourage students to excel in internal exams, 13 students of classes VII – XI were given Certificate of Merit and a Cash award of Rs 5,000/- each for outstanding performance in academics.

I take this opportunity to complimentstudents for doingextremely well in academics. Special compliments to students who completed Class XII and secured admission in professional Colleges/Universities in Nepal, India and other foreign countries.

Co-curricular Activities

Throughvarious co-curricular activities,students are given opportunity to pursue their inborn skills and passion, ensuring their overall development.Activities undertaken in the school areDebate, Quiz, Group Discussion, Storytelling, Elocution, Spelling Bee, Poetry, Essay Writing, Music, Dance, Dramatics, Art &Craft, Leadership training, Club activities, Model UN, Field trips etc. Morning Assembly is utilized to expose students to public speaking, in addition to removingtheir stage fright. It is ensured that every student gets an opportunity to face the assembly once in a year,through news reading, thought for the day,article reading, presentation of papers, word of the day, self-introduction etc. Special achievements of students are announced in the assembly for positive reinforcement. Students are encouraged to publish articles, poems etcinlocal newspapers.

Co-curricular activities have been organized at the inter-house/school level. Students participatedin these activities with full enthusiasm to take their house and school to the top. It’s worth mentioning here that studentsbroughtmany laurels after competing at the interschool level.

• Following inter-house competitions were conducted at three levels – Junior, Middle and Senior.
• English Poetry Recitation – 9^th May, 2024
• Hindi Poetry Recitation – 30^thMay, 2024
• Nepali Poetry Recitation – 16^th May, 2024
• English/Nepali/Hindi Essay Writing – 20^th June, 2024
• Art Competition – 11^th July, 2024
• Song Competition – 24^th Jul, 2024
• Dance Competition – 8^th Aug, 2024
• English Play Competition – 22^nd Aug, 2024
• Inter-school English and Nepali Essay Writing Competitions were organized on 28^th Aug, 2024.
• Number of schools participated – 13
• Number of participants – 118
• MIS bagged 4 prizes out of 21 positions
• Prize winners of MIS – Resha Agarwal of X A secured First position in English Mid category, Tanvi Agrawal of XI D, Third in English Senior category, Rizma Thapa of XI A First in Nepali Senior category and Prashanna Bhattarai of X A, Third in Nepali Mid category.
• We conducted Inter-school Art Competition on 30^th Aug, 2024. Details are as under:
• Number of schools participated – 14
• Number of participants – 67
• The competition was judged by renowned artist Mr Sujan Chitrakar.
• MIS bagged 3 prizes out of 12 positions.
• Students of MIS bagging various prizes – Divya Neupane of X B secured First prize in Mid category, Apurba Das of X D, Consolation Prize in Mid category and Pranushma Maharjan of VIII E, Consolation in Junior category.
• Achievements of our students in various MUN events are as under:
• We organized Interschool MUN on 10-12 May, 2024 with participation of150 students from 8 prominent schools/colleges of the valley. Our students had put up a startling performance, bagging awards like Best Delegate, Outstanding Delegate, Best Reporter, Best Position Paper and Special Mention. They are Lakshya Choudhary of IX A, Dimpy Bansal of VII B, Niva Pradhan of XII B, Shekhar Khatri of VII A, Aarav Khator of IX B, Bipin Adhikari of IX C, Yashwant Saria of IX D, Malashree Magar of X E, Aaric Garg of IX A, Souryansh Karn of IX C, Sunaina Lama of X C, Dhruv Salunkhe of VIII A, Aslesha Agrawal of VIII C, Kabya Yadav of IX A, Lakshika Thakur of VIII A, Awantika Bhatta of XII B, Vaibhav Agarwal of IX B, Ronin Agrawal of IX E, Mayank Thakur of VII A, Mahima Sah of X C, Aadabya Neupane of VIII C and Kushagra Sharma of X E.
• In the LAI MUN organized at Universal Engineering & Science College on 21-23 Jun, 2024, Aditya Munshi of XII E, Yashwant Saria of IXD, Prakriti Pandey of XE, Yash Agrawal of XE and Ronin Agrawal of IXE made the school proud by winning Best Delegate and Commendations.
• In the Swostishree Gurukul MUN organized on 5-7 Jul, 2024, Aarush Chaudhary of VII A and Miyon Maharjan of X C were awarded for being the Best Reporter and for presenting the Best Position Paper.
• In the Rupy’s School MUN organized on 19-21 Jul, 2024, Biplav Adhikari of XII A and Him BallavKharel of XII B emerged Outstanding Delegate and Best Delegate respectively.
• In the Rato Bangala MUN organized on 2-4 Aug, 2024, Bipin Adhikari of IX C received Special Mention, representing DISEC Committee.
• In the Reliance Public MUN held on 15-17 Aug, 2024, Aslesha Agrawal of VIII C received Special Mention.
• LAI Diplomats Society Conference was held on 4-6 Oct, 2024, the school team consisting of Aryan Puranik of IX A, Samriddhi Shahi of XI B, Miyon Maharjan of X C, Aarav Pandey of X A andNischalDhital of X B made the school proud by winning awards like Best Delegate, High Commendation and Honourable Mention, in addition to emerging as the Best School Delegation. In addition, Lakshya Chaudhary of IX A was the Moderator for DISEC Committee.
• In the Extempore Competition organized by APF School Kirtipur, Komal Tulshan of IX C emerged the First Runner up.
• In the Inter-school Gazal Competition organized by DAV School on 1 Sept, 2024, Subhashish Singh Budhathoki of X F emerged third.
• Students of Classes V – XII participate in Science Olympiad conducted by SOF, India every year. While Riya Agrawal of XII D bagged third position in the Zone, two students received Certificate of Excellence and four students received Certificate of Merit.

Sports & Games

Students are encouraged to play games to improve their mental and physical stamina. The school has facility toplay six major games, namely Football, Basketball, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton and Table Tennis and it is mandatory for every student to pick up at least one major game while in school. Students are trained by the sports teachers in various games and made to compete at inter-house and inter-school level.Major achievements of students in sports & games are:

• Inter-house competitions were organized at three levels in Football, Basketball, Cricket, Badminton and Table tennis. Students competed at different levels to win points for their house, ultimately aiming at the Cock House.
• We organized inter-school mega tournament in May 2024 in Basketball, Football, Cricket, Table Tennis, Badminton and Chess. Boys and Girls teams of 7reputed schools participated. A total 550 players competed in the tournament. Winners were as under:
• Basketball (Boys):  Winners – Gyanodaya School& Runners up – Modern Indian School.
• Basketball (Girls): Winners – Chandbagh School& Runners up – Triyog School.
• Futsal (Boys): Winners – DAVSchool & Runners up – Modern Indian School.
• Table Tennis (Boys): Winners – DAV School& Runners up – Modern Indian School. In Senior Boys singles, Vaibhav Jain of IX E secured Runner up position.
• Table Tennis (Girls): Winners – Modern Indian School & Runners up – DAV School. At the individual level, Yashi Chirania of VII C of MIS emerged Runner up in the Junior section, while Shriju Shrestha came second at the Senior level.
• Cricket (Boys): Winners – DAV School & Runners up – Modern Indian School.
• Chess (Boys): Ashish Gupta of X C of MIS secured First position in both Senior and Junior category, while Saurav Parajuli of XII E secured Second position in Senior category.
• Chess (Girls): Priyasha Shrestha of X D of MIS emerged Second in the Senior category.
• Badminton (Junior Boys): Rayan Nath of IX B and Aayush Kushwaha of IX A of Modern Indian School emerged winner and runner up respectively.
• Badminton (Senior Boys): Prince Kr Sigh of XII B secured First position.
• Nijananda Thapa of VII F made the school proud by winning Gold Medal in the 7^th International Taekwondo Championship held on 26-28 Dec, 2023.
• Vaibhav Jain of IX E secured First position in the Junior Category of Stag Saroj’s Table Tennis tournament organized in May 2024.
• In the Interschool Chess tournament organized by Triyog School in Jul 2024, Ashish Gupta of X C secured Second position.
• In the Interschool Badminton tournament organized by Nepal Police School on 1-4 Aug, 2024, Pranika Adhikari of V A secured Third position in the U-11 Girls category.
• In the Inter-school basketball tournament organized by DAV School in Aug 2024, the Girls team emerged winners.
• In the Inter-school Football tournament organized by DAV School in Aug 2024, the Boys team emerged Runner up.
• In the Inter-school Badminton tournament organized by DAVSchool in Aug 2024, Rayan Nath of IX B, Shreejana Shrestha of IX B and Shradha Amol Salunkhe of X C secured Third prize in U-14 Boys, U-14 Girls and U-16 Girls category respectively.
• In the Interschool Table Tennis tournament organized by DAV School in Aug 2024, our Girls team secured Third position.
• Our young swimmer, Genesis KC of IX E bagged a total of 1 Gold, 8 Silver and 3 Bronze medals by participating in different Swimming Competitions namely Little Angels Swimming Championship, 8^th Lincoln Invitational Swim Championship, 2^nd NSA Cup Swimming Championship and GEMS Thunderbolts Cup 2024, held in the months of Sept/Oct 2024.

Other Activities

In addition to CCA and Sports & Games competitions, students participate in a score of activities for all round development, confidence building, development of leadership qualities, communication skills etc. It is also aimed at removing the boredom of continuous classroom instruction. Students participate in activities like social work, environmental activities, project work etc. Senior students and Students Council members mentor junior students through Club activities, Talk showsetc.

Modern Indian School has an effective Prefectural system. In addition to having two Class Monitors for every class, Students Councils for both Senior and Junior Wings are constituted every year through a rigorous selection process. Twenty appointees each are selected from Class XII/VI respectively as School/House appointees. They were given the badges and oath of secrecy and responsibility during the ceremonial Investiture ceremonies organized in the month of May, 2024. The Senior Investiture ceremony was presided over by Mr. Jit Jung Basnet, Member of Parliament and an alumnus of the school on 5^th May, 2024. Junior ceremony was presided over by Prasiddhi Shah, Miss Nepal International 2023 and an alumnus of the school on 6^th May, 2024.

Educational tours have been organized for all classes from KG to Class XII, in a graded manner, keeping in mind the students don’t go to the same location second time, during their stay in MIS. Junior students are taken to places of interest within the valley for one day trip while senior students undertake field trips like:

• Class VII went for 2 days trip to Nagarkot and Bhaktapur.
• Class VIII went for 2 days trip to Bandipur and Gorkha.
• Class IX will go for three days trip to Chitwan in December 2024.
• Class XI will undertake trekking in Pokhara and Australian Camp in Dec 2024.
• One team of Class XI will go on India tour during Winter break, covering Delhi, Goa and Kerala.
• Class XII will trek in general area Pokhara – Gandruk in December 2024.
• We are also planning to send students to NASA in March, 2025.

One day trekking has been organized for students of Class VI – XII, in which the entire class along with their teachers and Principal trek in general area Lakuri Bhajyang. While Class XII/IX completed their trekking, remaining would do their trekking in the coming months. It is aimed at the improvement of mental and physical stamina of students, expose them to the rural life of Nepal, create informal learning environment,interaction with teachers and above all to take them out of the classroom for one full day.

Social Service Club makes efforts to develop among students, empathy for the needy and social awareness. Students volunteered to extend a helping hand whenever a student or staff member faced financial crisis and made them feel that the school fraternity is with them. The Club has adopted Indryani Basic School, Kirtipur and is supporting its under privileged students academically and financially.The support extended this year includes warm clothes, stationery, sports goods, classroom items, back packs etc.

The school has established Innovation Lab to inculcate the sense of creativity, innovation and ideation among students. The Lab gives the opportunity to students to experiment and exhibit their inborn skills. Aim is to avoid rote learning and expose students to experiential/practical learning.

Modern Indian School has an experienced and competent faculty. Efforts are taken to keep them updated through departmental meetings, brain storming sessions, faculty meetings etc. Workshops are organized at regular interval by pooling in expertise within and by calling experts from outside.

It’s a matter of pride that the faculty is excelling in the field of their specialization. Mr. Naresh Rawal of the Sports Dept organized many international Table Tennis tournaments in the capacity of qualified International Umpire, including the Asian Championship in Kazakhstan in Oct 2024. Mr. Diprish Bajracharya won many prizes at the national level Badminton tournaments. Ms Sangita Rana won many national awards for music, including “Best  Singer Jury Award”.

Being an English medium school, we fully understand the importance of improving communication skills of students in English, both spoken and written.Keeping this in mind we had launched “Speak in English” campaign in 2017. Students themselves have been made stake holders in this drive through Students Council, Monitors, volunteers and Literary Club members. While we made good progress towards this goal, we need to do much more. I would like to request parents to encourage their wards to communicate in English and master the language, which is essential for them to do well in an English medium school, in addition to help them in their future life.

The system of “At Home” introduced for Class KG – VI in the year 2015 to bring together students, teachers, school and parentscontinued this year as well.This forum allows each and every student to showcase their talent on stage. We also award the best parents during this occasion.

To improve communication with parents and students, and also to make use of the modern media to enhance learning, we introduced class wise WhatsApp groups in 2019, in which students, teachers and parents of the class are members. The system is working very effectively with tangible improvement in the performance of students. The online learning platform through Google Suite introduced during the Covid lockdowns is still active. It is utilized effectively, whenever there areunexpected close downs. In addition, teachers are making use of the platform to organize special classes, from time to time.

In order to help underperforming students deprived of parental support, the school has a mentoring system, in which each teacher adopts one/two students. The system is working quite well and we are able to make huge difference in the upbringing of these needy students.

Teachers Day celebrated on 5^th September,every year reiterates the bond between students and teachers. The enthusiasm and spirit displayed by them to pay respect to their teachers is unparallel. It is this feeling that motivates the faculty to work for their students with more vigour.

Students are continuously motivated through awards and rewards. You will be happy to note that students have been awarded10 Trophies, 1482 Certificates, 317Medals and 571Book prizes this yearfor excelling in academics, CCA, sports & games, full attendance etc. Most of the awardshave already been given during the morning assembly. Selected awards will be given awayduring the award ceremony scheduled in Nov 2024.

I’m happy to inform you that students who passed out from the school are doing exceptionally well in different walks of life. Bishesh Joshi of 2019 batch made his alma mater proud by receiving four Gold Medals from the President of India for his outstanding performance in Bachelor of Law from NALSAR University of Law.

The school is committed to improve its infrastructure and to bring modernity to the classrooms. We have installed Smart Boards in 12 classrooms. We have plans to install smart boards in other classrooms in a phased manner. Futsal court commissioned in November 2023 has become a place of great attraction for all students.

We have a strong Alumni Association striving hard to keep the ex-students connected with the school. They carry out various humanitarian and social activities for the benefit of society and nation, in addition to reaching out to the school when in need.Every year the Association gives Cash awards to Board toppers to encourage the younger lot. During the recent floods, they were the first ones to reach out to their Alma mater with lunch packets for the entire staff engaged in the restoration work.

The school is grateful to our parents who stood by the school at all times. You have always been very prompt in your response and firmly believed that students will only do well when school, teachers and parents work together. I place it on record my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for your support and seek the same in future as well.

In the recent floods, the school suffered huge losses, both financially and at the functional level. Again, as in the past, the school community rose to the occasion with the “never say die” attitude to restore the school and make it functional within no time. One could see teachers and students joining hands to clean the offices, classrooms and other facilities, a rare sight few organizations can boast of. The Alumni Association members were there with pack lunch and parents came with drinking water. I as the Principal was moved by the spirit displayed by the entire fraternity. The collective strength of the Modernite family was on full display.

The school is the result of the vision of our Founder members who brought up this institution over 47 years and made it one of the best in Nepal. On behalf of the entire MIS fraternity I would like to thank them for theservice rendered to the community. I place it on record the support we receive from our Patron HE Mr. Naveen Srivastava and the Indian Embassy. I thank the esteemed faculty, administrative staff, Student Council membersand students for their support for the smooth functioning of the school.

The school is committed to live by the spirit of our motto, “Seek to perform your duty, Lay no claim to its fruits”. Students are reminded regularly to live by the ethos and strive hard and perform to their best potential.

Col Raju Peter, Retd

Principal