All four campuses of Olive International School (OIS) zeroed in at the sprawling Umm Salal Ali campus on December 8 and 9 to celebrate “Olivenite” – the school’s 4th Annual Day with significant dignitaries and over 4,000 people which included 2,170 students of this fastest growing school in Qatar.
The large, supportive and enthusiastic audience was treated with an impressive line-up of events. On December 8, along with our dynamic Board Members; the first day of “Olivenite” was graced by dignitaries that included Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani, Director, Um Salal Municipality as the Chief Guest, CK Krishnan, Chief of Wholesale Banking, Doha Bank as the Guest of Honor and Lt Muteb Ali Al Qahtani, Hussain Qassim, Faisal Al Hudawi, from Juvenile Dept, Ministry of Interior as the special guests.
On December 9, the second day was graced by our esteemed Chief Guest of the day, His Excellency P Kumaran, Ambassador of India to Qatar. Capt Fazal Saleh Ahmed, MOI as Guest of Honor, TV Saeed Hudawi – Head, Dept of Islamic Studies, YobeState University, Lt Mubarak Shareedah Al Mutlaq and Dr Bahahudeen from MOI as the special guests.
“Olivenite” commenced with humble prayers offered to the Lord Almighty for His perpetual blessings and compassion; traditional ‘lighting of the lamp’ parallel with the School Choir rendering a devotional melody to invoke the choicest sanctifications of the ever-present Almighty.
As part of the formal agenda, Vice-Principal, Geetha Somashekaran, welcomed the gathering and OIS Principal, Jacob KM articulately presenting the school Annual Report. Additionally, inspirational speeches were delivered by the Chief Guest Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani and Guest of Honour CK Krishnan on December 8 and P Kumaran on December 9; OIS Board Member Juttas Paul led the felicitation ceremony of the Chief Guests on Day one and two.
The Chief Guest, His Excellency in his speech congratulated the efforts of the management, staff and students that has been put in,as he was astonished to see such a tremendous growth of OIS in such a short span of time.
“Education is a key to open a child’s future” he quoted and said overall challenge for any institution is to make a child feel enjoyable while learning than while playing. In conclusion, he advised the gathering to urge children to work hard to lead a balanced life, not too much play not too much hard work.
