The Delhi Public School (DPS), Raipur bid adieu to the two U.K. teachers, Richard Fulloway and Tiernan lean who were on a visit in the school since the month of July this year.
Aimed at exponential growth in imparting education the Global Way, a six month programme embodying social and cultural ethos was implemented for the British teachers who came from the U.K under the aegis of British Council’s project, ‘U.K. – Generation Next’ to corroborate with the students in honing their hidden potentials and prospective hunt for cross world education, a DPS press release stated here on Wednesday.
In persistence with this collaborative enterprise, a group of two teachers and a student from Germany joined the school in September to experience the Indian curriculum and culture.
Tanja Reisser Martin, Tabiya Piya and Maila Reisser are part of the team. The teachers will be teaching the students of the primary and the middle section while Maila, who has joined as a student will be learning with her Indian counterparts in class IX.
They are here for six months to augment the teaching of German language to the young students of DPS Raipur.
As time elapsed, the tenure of the U.K. teachers came to an end. Hence, they were accorded a warm farewell here. They were felicitated with floral tributes, presented with souvenirs and eulogised for silhouetting the students with great fervour by the Principal Raghunath Mukherjee.
He greeted the delegates in the morning assembly expliciting their phenomenal role in bringing about academic simulation of their country.
Mukherjee also appreciated their whole-hearted participation in events like Teachers’ Day, Childrens’ Day, dancing, games and activities, and as international Chair in MUN.
He even lauded the teachers for adopting them as family members and facilitating their stay. On their part, the delegates conveyed their experience as a memorable one, thanked the students and teachers for their amicability in enabling them learn the Hindi language and the Indian culture. Their firm belief that the school would reach pinnacles in imparting the global perspective while keeping their individuality alive was immensely applauded .
They were also congratulated by the Management Members, Pro Vice Chairman, Baldeo Singh Bhatia and Pukhraj Jain who expressed their affinity towards this exchange program by calling it the most educating experience that would enlighten young minds to yearn for thresholds that would help them too to explore their own potentials in serving the world.
Vijay Shah, the member of the Management Committee too agreed saying that the school is now looking forward for German lessons to be imparted to the children. At the same time, it also hopes to quench the inquisitiveness of the German delegates about Indian education system.
“The school endeavours to provide a parallel exposure to the present day learners in order to enable them view things from global perspective is being envisaged as an icing on the cake that will continue for many more years to come,” he added.