Christ Nagar International School

193 Nations, One Platform- To settle disputes by Peaceful means

Christ Nagar International School, Kaudiar, gave a platform to the student community in Thiruvananthapuram to gain a feel and knowledge of one of the august organisations in the world, by organising a Model UN General Assembly. The UN general Assembly is a platform where the nations of the world can express their concerns and voice their opinions and negotiate differences through peaceful discussions and mediations.

Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, former Minister of External Affairs and former Under Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information to the UN, the chief guest at the function, exhorted the student community to dream of reaching such high platforms that gives hope to the voiceless millions of the world. He stressed on the need for thinking from the other person’s perspective and the role of mediation in settling disputes and the relevance of the UN and the General Assembly in particular, with all its limitations and faults in giving hope to the distressed of the world.

After month long preparations of selection procedures and gruelling practice sessions, the students from various schools in the city put up a sterling performance at the Model Assembly. The President, the Under Secretary and the Secretary General posts were taken up by the toppers in the elocutions competition held to choose the candidates to represent the member nations. These selected went through a vigorous grooming process under the guidance of Mr. T.P. Srinivasan, I.F.S, former Indian Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia has also held the illustrious post of Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Vienna.

The 66^th UN General Assembly, 2012, was closely replicated in the Model UN General Assembly. The five permanent member nations and 10 non permanent member nations, represented by the selected and groomed students debated on ‘The Role of Mediation in the Settlement of Disputes’.193 member nations participated in the recently concluded UN General Assembly, in which President Barack Obama of USA and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India were distinguished speakers. The voting Procedure after the General Debate was also featured in the Model UN General Assembly.

The student speakers were judged on the basis of their performance and the first prize was won by Shanika Rajesh from Arya Central School who represented United Kingdom by a hairline margin from Dharini Suresh of St. Thomas Central School, who donned the cap of Secretary General. The third place went to Jyothis Padmanabhan from Christ Nagar ICSE School and represented France. The consolation prizes to the next best five performers went to Ambika B. Nair, (Under Secretary) from St. Thomas ICSE School, Neha N. (Portugal) from Christ Nagar Senior Secondary School, Gopika Gurudas(China) from Christ Nagar Senior Secondary School, Niranjana Prasanna Kumar, (President) from St. Thomas ICSE School and Sukanya S.S.(South Africa) from St. Mary’s Pattom. The judges, Mr. Sibi Kattampally, sub editor of Malayala Manorama and Prof. Shirley Stewart, Associate Professor, Mar Ivanios College were quite impressed by the students’ delivery of the speeches and the conduct throughout the Model UN General Assembly.

‘This was an altogether a different learning experience for me,’ said Indu Poornima S.V. from St. Thomas Central School.  ‘We learnt lessons of team work, thinking on the feet and co-operation through the week long preparations for the setting up of the  Model UN General Assembly’ beamed the students of Grade Xl of Christ Nagar International School who helped in replicating the General Assembly Hall to the minutest detail.

‘The feeling in the speeches make it clear that the students not only understand but also took to heart the intentions and values of the United Nations’ wrote T. Thomas Elliot, PhD, The Northwest School, Seattle, WA, USA, A Fulbright  Scholar on a teacher exchange programme.

‘To make the students responsible and resilient members of the global community, we ought to make them aware of international policies and affairs’ summed up Ms. Preetha B.S, Teacher-in-charge, the reason for setting up of the Model UN General Assembly.

The Principal of Christ Nagar International School, Rev. Fr. Josey, congratulated the teachers and the students of the school for working hard towards making this dream project a reality.

Rev Fr Kurien Chalangadi, Principal, Christ Nagar English Hr Sec School, Rev. Fr. Cyriac Kanayil, Principal, Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School and Rev. Fr. Robin Anandakattu, Bursar, Christ Nagar group of schools and Mr. Thomas Mani, Academic Coordinator were present on the occasion.

Congratulations … …. … …

Mrs Gleena Johny was selected to attend a 11 day course on British Literature in Norwich, UK from 15^th-26^th August. The course aims to train experienced teachers in techniques for exploiting and developing materials for the classroom derived from contemporary British literature, in the form of poetry and short stories.

British Council will cover the costs of the international airfare, accommodation, meals for the duration of the course and course fee.

Welcome to Christ Nagar International School

Christ Nagar International School was started in 2004 by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), fathers, an indigenous Catholic religious congregation of India. This congregation is the embodiment of the dreams and visions of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the great educational visionary of the 19th century and the founder of CMI congregation. CMI religious congregation is one among the biggest educational agencies in India which runs more than 400 schools and 35 colleges for higher education. In the city of Trivandrum, the CMI congregation has various institutions: Christ Hall Monastery, Christ Nagar IGCSE School, Christ Nagar ICSE School, Christ Nagar State School, Christ Nagar Kindergarten, Christ Nagar CBSE School (Thiruvallum) and Christ Nagar BEd. College (Thiruvallum). CNIS is the first CMI school to attain CIE status and the second in Kerala. CNIS has also received the candidate status of the International Baccalaureate. The academic ambience of this school and its serene setting induce the best from every student who comes to worship in this temple.

Honour for CNIS

The Christ Nagar International School (CNIS), Thiruvananthapuram attained the British Council’s prestigious International School Award (ISA). With this, CNIS will now be counted among the few ISA accredited Indian schools for their unique blend of Indian curriculum with the international standard education. This accreditation was awarded after the school proved its ongoing commitment to international education through stringent evaluation process on the basis of chosen projects given by the British Council.

Our Vision

Integrity, Excellence, Empathy

Our Mission

Christ Nagar International School aims at the holistic development of a student  with great emphasis on the Spiritual, Emotional, Intellectual and Physical Integrity so that the student can face this challenging world without fear. At CNIS this holistic development of an individual is attained through academic excellence, professional competence, personal, interpersonal and societal skills.

Values

• Faith in God
• Concern for Fellow Beings
• Moral Uprightness
• Social Responsibility
• Pursuit of Excellence
• Professional Competence
• Values in Practice