KINGS WORLD TRUST FOR CHILDREN

Recovery From Pandemic

Through the leadership and motivation of Kings Schools teachers and management, there was a very quick response to the pandemic by the starting and conducting of online classes. These were well received by the parents who inspired their children to attend Zoom classes. There was an initial challenge in ensuring all students had access to tablets or smart phones but this was quickly overcome through the generosity of UK donors. All the students were excluded from school for over 600 days. The bursary students were provided with the necessary gadgets to attend the online classes. In the midst of all the financial crisis and lockdowns during the pandemic, the school made sure that no child was ever deprived of receiving their education. opened the school for all students. There are some t keep up with mainstream education as they did not follow online classes properly. A remedial programme is carried out for those children to enhance their academic levels. Now they are slowly returning back to a mainstream academic programme. So, it was a very challenging time, yet we managed to get through the difficult time with the help of the dedicated staff and supportive students and parents.

Testimonial From Charles

I’m Charles and I am an ex-student of Kings School Bursary programme. I’m here to share about my paths in my career life so far. Regarding my profession, I’m second officer at Merchant Navy. I started my career as a deck cadet (trainee officer) in the year 2013. After various competency exams and experience, I got promoted as Second officer. As a second officer, my primary responsibilities are eight hours of navigation watch on the Bridge. I’m really happy about my career. It’s really an amazing and interesting career, crossing the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Singapore Strait, English Channel, the famous Suez and Panama Canals etc, experiencing snowfall, ice, hot and humid, heavy rainfall, all type of weathers quite often at the oceans depending on the season. I really thank Colin uncle and Navamani uncle for all the help and support throughout my journey so far! I just don’t think I would have come this far without their help and support. I still have ladders to climb, I have got some more competency exams to become a First Officer and then Captain in command of a huge ship! Thank you for the opportunity!

Uma Maheshwari

Uma Maheshwari, who was supported through our Residential and Outreach programme, completed her General Nursing degree course. Further, she passed a government exam for the same, and got appointed as a Government Staff Nurse in Government Hospital, in North Tamilnadu. She recently got married and is leading a successful life and says, she is grateful to KWTC for what she is today.

Heritage Museum

Kings School opened the Tamil Heritage Gallery during the first week of September, 2022. Uncle Colin, the Chairman inaugurated the Heritage by cutting the palm ribbon. The purpose of this ancient gallery is to create an awareness among the students to know about our age old civilization, things used by our ancestors and how far the technologies have changed and developed today. The gallery has a lot of ancient collections and many contributions from Uncle Colin.

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