ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022

Namaste

My Pranams to the respected Dignitaries, Distinguished parents, staff, students and well-wishers .

EXCELLENCE IS PERSEVERANCE IN THE MIDST OF OBSTACLES.

What seemed like a temporary disruption in the world, has now become the new normal. We are now into the third year of living with the pandemic, and needless to say, our schools are yet again forced to adopt newer strategies to see that learning continues to happen at its best . The transition to online teaching and now to the hybrid mode of schooling, though not easy, has taught us that adapting and innovating continuously are the only ways forward.

Now the time has come to look back with gratitude at the year gone by and the plethora of activities that bridged the disconnect between the real and the virtual. I take great pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Eroor for the year 2021-2022.  

ACADEMICS

In the pursuit to discover excellence in the field of education, our endeavour to revitalize ancient values and reintegrate them to suit the changing needs of modern times, continue to live in word, thought and action.

100% result was secured by our twentieth batch of Std XII students in the SSCE 2021. Chinmay J Pai was the topper in the Science stream with 97.2% and Meenakshi M Chandra was the topper in the Commerce stream with 98%.Of the 153 students who appeared for the SSCE 2021, 16 of our students of Std XII secured A1 in all subjects with 150 distinctions and 3 first classes.

100% result was secured by the students of Std X in the SSE 2021. Pavithra R was the topper with 97.6%. 24  students secured A1 in all subjects with 135 Distinctions and 23 First classes.

 This year we have 163 students appearing for the SSCE 2022 and 160  appearing for the SSE 2022. We bestow our blessings and well wishes upon them.

“Integrity, insight and inclusiveness are the three essential qualities of leadership.

All members elected to the school parliament were sworn to uphold these values.  

The school council comprising the Captains and prefects of the  Houses   is headed by Senior Head Boy Mohit N, Senior Head Girl Adithi V and Senior Sports Captain  Mridula Manoj .

I am filled with joy and pride to inform you that our students drew accolades not only in academics but also in the fields of art, culture and sports.

In the Hall of Fame   ……we have ...

• Priansh Nair , a prodigy in the making —- who secured First place in the Great Indian Writers Challenge 2021 with Ruskin Bond. He has also got the third rank in Ernakulam District in the Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan Examination,conducted by Dept of Science and Technology and NCERT and has been selected for the State level Camp.
• Prisha Nair & Priansh Nair secured First prize in the presentation competition held in connection with International Day for Biological Diversity 2021 organized by WWF.
• Avyang Namboothiripad of Class I C got his second record in the India Book of Records and  Asia Book of Records as the ‘Youngest to create magic squares with given random numbers’.
• Sidharth Nair of Std I  has got his name approved by the India Book of records and Asia Book of Records under the title ‘ Maximum questions on periodic table answered by a kid’.
• Steve Rineesh of Std I  was selected as the  ‘ Fastest to recite the exponential powers of numbers blindfolded’ under India Book of Records 2021 and  Asia Book of Records.
• Nakshatra Menon of std VI   has come into the limelight with the publication of  two books that she has  authored.  Her first book is One Button Teddy and other stories and her second book is titled The Old Antique Vase and other short stories.
• Geetai Prashant Nandanwar secured the third position in the State level Yoga Championship in Traditional Yoga category and qualified for the national Level.
• Kashinath S Menon of Std X was awarded with ‘KARSHAKA PURASKARAM 2021-2022 by Tripunithura Nagarasabha Krishibhavan . He also won a cash prize in All Kerala Agri video challenge competition.
• Diya Menon won First Prize in the Status Video Making Competition conducted by KSCSTE-Malabar Botanical Garden & Institute for Plant Sciences, Kozhikode;
• Aryagayathri R has been elected as the Chairperson of Responsible Adolescence Programme- An initiative by MKMS in partnership with IMA and High Court of Kerala.
• Vignajith Menon of Std 2 rose to fame when his astonishing skill and passion for electronic gadgets came to limelight through an article on him that was published in Manorama News Online.
• Ms Priyadarshini Don Thomas,  won First Prize in the V-Samvad: 2021 Virtual Colloquium for school librarians organised by Vidyodaya School, Kochi

PATHBREAKERS

•  A special mention of  two of our 11 graders  who have dared to trod a different path with their creative talents, Sreehari Rajesh & Adithya Chandra Bose. Passionate about movie making, Sreehari Rajesh is  committed  to social causes that takes him well  beyond the boundaries of the school.
•  He has directed a full-length film titled 'Sthaayi', which throws light on  casteism and discrimination in the current society. The movie was released on an OTT platform on June 4. The movie got tremendous coverage in national media and also other regional language media.
• A Recent feather in his cap is  his short film titled 'NIHA',which showcases  the mafia who trap students through social media. The movie  aims at  spreading awareness among school students, parents and teachers.
•  Sreehari is also an active volunteer with the Nanma foundation, which is an initiative by Sir P. Vijayan IPS. The work includes food distribution during lockdown, vaccination camps, medicine distribution, etc. In fact, he was instrumental in initiating a vaccination drive at our school for the general public.
• Adithya Chandra Bose is yet another youngster who has exemplary talent in music and videography.
• An enthusiastic  percussionist, he plays eight different types of percussion instruments and has created an instrumental fusion music video titled "ENSEMBLE...",  which is  an amalgamation of both eastern and western instruments.

He has to his credit  a sci- fi short film titled "TERRA DUPLEX", depicting the journey of an astronaut(after his death).

He has also Composed and arranged an upcoming song which was rendered by the renowned playback singer Najim Arshad, titled "Ee Meghame".

He has also tried his hand at acting in a Short Film named "NIHA"

CO - SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES

Cultural

• Our students  participated in various inter-school cultural competitions bringing laurels to the school. For INSIGNIA 2K21, The Inter School Literary Fest, our school emerged as First Runners up.
• In BMUN organised by Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Girinagar, Varun V was adjudged as the Best Delegate and Laavanya Rajan was awarded the Outstanding Delegate prize.

Painting

•  K Akshatha  won the third prize in the National level Drawing Contest  in the age category 6-8.
• Parvathy P N of std V won  the first prize in inter School ART AND CRAFT competition in KRITI 2021, 
• Diya Jestin of std VI  won the First prize in All Kerala Online Live Painting Competition  conducted by Bhoomi - Online Art Education Centre..
• Mithra Gopala Krishnan and and Johnal Joby of Std  IX won the First  and Second prizes respectively  in  the Drawing Competition held  in connection with  GANDHI Jayanthi Week Celebration- “ENTE BAPPUJI”  

Sports

• Piyusha M P secured the Third position in YOGASANA championship under the age group 14-16 conducted by Yoga Association of Ernakulam.
• Priyanka Rajan of Std V bagged 35th position in Asian Youth Online Chess Championship 2021 organised by the  All India Chess Federation .
• Devapriya S Menon and Jovita P Joy of Std XI participated in the Kerala State  Kho Kho Championship held at Kozhikode
• Devapriya S Menon and  Jovita P Joy of std XI and Renuka  Manoj and  Diya Menon of Std  IX participated in Ernakulam District senior Kho Kho Championship and secured second position
• In Dr.Tony Daniel Memorial 65th Ernakulam Athletics Championships 2021, following are the prizes won by our students:

1.    In the U-14 Girls Category Long Jump  Sanjana Rajesh (Class 7)won the Second position

2.    In the U-14 Girls Category 600mt  Neha R Shenoy (class 7)won the First position.

3.    In the U-18 Girls Category 800mt   Jovita P Joy won the third position

• Nihan Hari  of std   III emerged as the Runner up in Under 9 State Level  Badminton Tournament held at  Palakkad  and  in Under 11 District Level  Badminton Tournament .
• Vaiga N S of  Std  III  won the Second Prize in Individual Kata in the 42^nd Ernakulam District Sub  Junior Championship

 EVENTS HOSTED BY OUR SCHOOL

      All the days of importance from the start of the year till date were celebrated online.

•  The Praveshanotsavam - Jyothirgamaya was held virtually to welcome the tiny tots to our temple of knowledge.
• Environment Day was celebrated. Projects have been undertaken on the Theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’. Dr.Sreeja K G, Environmentalist,recipient of excellence in research award 2016 was the Chief Guest.
• Yogacharya Varghese Vazhoor inaugurated the week-long celebrations ‘YOGOTSAV’ involving students, parents and staff members ’in connection with the seventh International Day of Yoga .
• As a part of the National Reading Day activities our school organised an interactive session for the students of our 7 schools with Sri T D Ramakrishnan, Novelist and the recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Vayalar Award together with a Story telling session by Smt.Sudha Chandran, who creates juvenile literature, for the students of std I & II.
• Merit Evening, ‘ANARGHA SAYAHNAM’, was hosted to felicitate the toppers of SSCE and SSE 2021. Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director IIT, Delhi was the Chief Guest.Our PTA sponsored the prizes on the occasion
• Our school hosted SVAPASYA 2k21: Inter School Tech Fest,

o   Prof. P J Narayanan, Director, IIIT Hyderabad was the chief guest.

• Our school was the host for the book release of Smt. Sudha Chandran’s ‘Snehakuppayam’ . It was a moment of pride to know that the short story by Parvana M A and the illustrations of our students Janette John, Adithya Varma, Sarga R Nath, Gayatri Rupeesh and Nandana Renjith were included in the   book.
• Our school, in association with #GadgetFreeHour observed a seven day challenge encouraging families to disconnect from gadgets and spend 10min every day with each other.
• Sri Sadbhavananda Maharaj, Adyaksha, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur addressed the students in connection with the National Youth Day. 

To mark the significance of the national, international and cultural days,several programmes and functions were organised  adding colour and vibrancy to the online and hybrid mode of teaching learning experience. Environment Day, International Yoga Day, Gurupoornima, Ramayana Week, Hiroshima Day, Independence Day, Republic Day, Teachers’ Day, Janmashtami, Gandhi Jayanthi, Founders Day, Hindi Day, Sanskrit Day, Children’s Day, Onam, Navaratri, Kerala Piravi, and Christmas were observed and celebrated in the most befitting manner.

NEW INITIATIVES

CYBER CLUB

• The inauguration of “Suraksha” - the Cyber Security Club, BVM Eroor and release of the logo  was done by Sri Dara, SI Cyberdome, Kochi.
•  Our school was  declared  a cyber smart school
• Webinars series  on “Social Networking and Fake Messages” by Dr. Priya P Sajan, C-DAC, TVM. and “Cyber Security for Child’s Safety” supported by DST, Govt. of India were conducted..

ORU BHOOMI ORU BHAVANAM

Oru Bhoomi, Oru Bhavanam’, an action-oriented initiative to steer up Green Homes, has been launched in our school by the Kerala chapter of the WWF-India.

BIRDS CLUB

As a  member of the Birds Club International, we have set VANA PRIYA in the school campus , a green initiative which  aims at fostering love for birds  and  to revive  nature and its ecosystem..

QUIZ CLUB

The Quiz Club hosted the National School Paryavaran Quiz by Paryavaran Sanrakshan Gatividhi (PSG), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment for all students of the school.

 ATAL TINKERING LAB

• Atal Tinkering Lab organised   sessions on Robotics Arduino circuit designing, Era of technology and Artificial Intelligence, SheCodes Innovation Program, Ekalavya Design Challenge 2021. Notable credits under the ATL include the following
• In the AWS Young Builders Challenge 2021,  Prisha Nair was selected in the ‘Top 100 Schools Category’, Ishani B Karun  secured First prize in the Virtual Science Exhibition conducted as part of Eureka Fest 2021 by Parama Bhattara Kendriya Vidyalayam, Ernakulam.
• MANAK 2021-22- Inspire Awards ,  one of the flagship programmes of DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, NIF- Shreya Shaju, of std VI was shortlisted and awarded Rs 10,000 to accomplish her project.

 STUDENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES AND WEBINAR SERIES 2021 - 2022

• We continue with The Newspaper in Education programme,the  Awakened Citizen programme (ACP), the IBM Skills Build programme,
• We have initiated a  comprehensive academic association programme with the Adi Sankara Institute of Engineering and Technology  ‘IDEATE TO INNOVATE ‘ to foster the 21^st century skills among the students at the secondary level .The programme is to promote mutual intellectual exchange between the students and faculty of Bhavan’s Eroor and ASIET .  

A string of webinars were conducted for the students, a few of them being:

1.  Time for Nature-Ecosystem Restoration By the renowned Environmentalist, Dr. Sreeja K G.

2.  Career Guidance Talk by Mr.Harikrishnan, Senior Education Consultant, Logic School of Management, and an alumnus of Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir Eroor.

3.    Awareness talk in connection with International Day Against Drug Abuse and              Trafficking by Sri C P Basheer, Sub Inspector of police . 

4.  A webinar -Art of Articulation was conducted by Uthra Vinod Menon & Karthika Sanjay, alumnae, BVM, Eroor

5.  A webinar Learn to Learn- From and Beyond Classrooms by Dr. N.M. Anoop Krishnan, Assistant Professor, IIT, Delhi and alumnus, BVM, Eroor

6.  Single Use Plastic An Awareness session in connection with Swachhatha week was conducted  by Sri. T M Venugopalan, Advisor - Pulp and paper section , FCCI.

7.   Role of Ayurveda in the treatment of covid 19 by Dr. C. K Shailaja, Chief Medical Officer, District Ayurveda Hospital.

8.  A webinar ‘Demystifying Rocket Science ‘was held by Dr. Abhilash Moni, Section Head, Advanced Inertial Systems, ISRO.

9.  In a Webinar conducted by Ms Pooja Menon, Director, India At the Social Investment Consultancy, our students were introduced to Sustainability Consulting and  the career opportunities in the field.

THE SPEAKERS CLUB

The Speakers Club, a vibrant, creative and innovative public speaking forum, continues to provide students with a perfect environment to hone  their speaking skills. Under the Club banner the following sessions were conducted

• 'Telling Better Stories' by Mr. Hari Sankar,TEDX speaker, entrepreneur and corporate trainer,  our alumnus.
• ‘Rise up, speak up’ by Nithin Suresh, Brand Manager , Malayala Manorama, Vice President-Education, Kottayam Toastmasters Club.

NDLI CLUB

NDLI Club organised the Reading Day celebrations which was  inaugurated by the eminent children's author Ms. Khyrunnisa.

 Ms. Deepa Raghu, a professional storyteller enthralled our little ones of grade I and II in the event “Once upon a time” and  a motivational session ‘Do It Differently’ was conducted by  Rani T Jacob,our faculty

NCC

We have 53 cadets enrolled in the NCC. The cadets attended the CATC Camp at St. Anns college, Angamaly. All NCC Cadets who appeared for B certificate examination, passed with A grade. 

RESOURCE ROOM AND COUNSELLING

Resource Room has been conducting one on one sessions for children with special needs through Google Meet. Online counselling sessions were provided at a convenient time for the students. 

TEACHER SUPPORT THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The Principal, Vice Principal and all the faculty members  attended numerous workshops on subject enrichment, skill development, online learning etc. conducted by CoE-CBSE, publishers and various organizations. Principal, Vice-Principal and senior teachers acted as resource persons for the CBSE CoE workshops and webinars.

Apart from these the following sessions were also conducted.

• An awareness session on ‘Treatment and Precautions to be taken during Covid 19 Pandemic’ organised by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kochi Kendra in association with Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, Ernakulam,
• A training programme on ‘Art and Science of Questioning’ by Sri. G Balasubramanian, Former Director (Academics) CBSE,
• A session on Postural Awareness Training organised by the Ernakulam Chapter of Indian Association of Physiotherapists.
• A webinar series for parents and teachers was initiated by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kochi kendra and Chaitram, an emotional support service of Ernakulam karayogam  by Dr. U Vivek, Psychiatrist, Renai Medicity
• A motivational talk by Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, a Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Sunrise Group of Hospitals, on how teachers can support students' mental health when the school reopens and the tips to help educators prepare for transition to physical classroom.

SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ADDITION AND FACILITIES

• Home Science Lab acquired a face lift with separate rooms for theory and practical sessions.
• An indoor Physical Education room was added to the school infrastructure
• All the classrooms in the school are equipped with wifi connectivity. 

CBSE INITIATIVES

Various activities initiated by the CBSE, like The Expression series, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat,  Jal Abhiyan, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav,  FIT INDIA Week celebration etc. were  observed in word and spirit. 

HOUSE AND CLUB ACTIVITIES

Keeping in view the importance of House activities, efforts were taken to conduct them virtually this academic year. Each activity was conceived and conducted with lot of eagerness and enthusiasm.

SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Our school takes care to help students recognise the different perspectives to build positive and diverse relationships and encourages them to respond to the needs and sufferings of others. Monthly provisions are provided to the Sneha Sadanam, Old age home, Tripunithura and to the four families we adopted at Pambadithazam.

The SMC & the PTA …continue to extend their help and support. The committee members are dedicated to the educational success, health and well-being of the students through strong family and community engagement, while remaining accountable to the principles of the school. We are truly indebted to them for their valuable efforts and untiring spirit to work collaboratively to aid the institution achieve greater heights.

PARENT TEACHER MEETING

Parent Teacher Meetings were conducted virtually for std I to XII. Parents extolled on the efforts for keeping the learners happily engaged through Virtual Classrooms and Online Assessments.

The PTA(2021-22) organised a few  webinars, like  ‘Managing our child’ for the parents by Ms. Sajitha Rasheed and CARE OF EYE DURING THE PANDEMIC. by  Dr Kala Baby Thottam, Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist and Chief Medical Officer ..

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Alumni have a strong sense of the mission of the institution from which they graduated, and are visibly supportive in a variety of tangible ways. Through webinars and speeches they continue to inspire the younger batch of students to realize their potential.

We, at Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir Eroor, firmly carry out our inherent heritage and culture to face the challenges of the fast-paced world. This report presents the achievements of the year gone by and at the same time sets the path for greater accomplishments in the years to come. We enjoyed the constant support from all our well-wishers and benefactors. 

May I thank the Chairman, Director, Academic Consultant, Education Officers and Research Wing Coordinator and the other members of the management committee, SMC and the PTA whose efforts to uphold the ideology of education has enabled the school to reach these heights. Teachers and the entire staff deserve applause for their tireless effort in implementing the route map of imparting quality education here. We remain grateful to all the parents for reposing their unparalleled trust in us which propels us to march ahead with greater commitment and enthusiasm.

 Thank you