Sonkatch
The Inaugural Ceremony of ‘Pioneer International School’ took place on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 at Sonkatch, Madhya Pradesh. The Inaugural of the school was done by Hon’ble Shri. P.C. Jain, Founder, ‘Pioneer Group’. Further the program was hosted by Mr. Anurag Tagde, Director, Administration, Pioneer Group.
He started the program by showing a small documentary on Sonkatch that covered major markets, temples and river view of the area. It was followed by a brief welcome note delivered by Hon’ble Dr. CA Prashant Jain, Executive Director, Pioneer Institute.
The program started with Ganesh Vandana which was performed by Vishal Gautam, a student of MBA II Semester and it was followed by the Lighting of Lamp by all dignitaries.
Our group heads inaugurated the Primary Section of ‘Pioneer International School’ and all the eminent guests were welcomed to the premises of Pioneer International School. A brief address was given by Hon’ble Shri. P.C. Jain Sir after which Hon’ble Dr.CA Prashant Jain gave a brief description of the story behind coming up with ‘Pioneer International School’ at Sonkatch.
Hon’ble Dr. CA Pramod Jain took over. He mentioned that quality education is necessary at ‘Tehseel’ level and the schooling of girls has become a big issue, particularly for people from rural areas. He said the overall development of a child is a group effort. He committed to open a facilitation center in the school shortly to address the problems of parents and to provide scholarship benefits to school children.
This was followed by a brief address by Hon’ble Mr. Akash Jain, Principal ‘Pioneer International School’.
Hon’ble Dr. Zamin Hussain, DG Rotary Club and renowned Senior Doctor of Sonkatch took the stage. In his speech, he said that if areas like education and health will fail, the society will drown. He mentioned the medical profession has become a business now a days. Education should be given free of cost and should focus on moral values. He said people have become self- centered because they only concentrate on themselves and that he is hopeful that children of ‘Pioneer International School’ will grow as good citizens besides holding good designations. He congratulated Pioneer Group for the initiative.
Further the program was addressed by Hon’ble Shri. Satyanarayan Lathi, who is a renowned Advocate of Sonkatch. He appreciated the step taken by Dr CA P.K. Jain for coming up with a school in rural area like Sonkatch. He emphasized that value education is the basic necessity of the hour and Pioneer International School is one of the school which has initiated to deliver the same for Sonkatch aspirants. He further added that there are many students in Sonkatch who are keen to learn and deserving also but the only issue is they are lacking with opportunities. Know I firmly believe that these budding talents will fly high and represent Sonkatch. Pioneer International School will act as a platform to bridge the gap.
It was followed by a brief address by Hon’ble Mr. Vijayshankar Trivedi. He highlighted that school plays an important role in the recognition of a person and many reputed personalities are known by their school. He wished Pioneer Group to grow and prosper in the near future.
The speech was followed by a floral welcome of HDFC, Deputy General Manager, Mr.Vinayak Parkhi and Ms. Kalki Raje from News 24 by Dr. CA Pramod Jain. Pioneer Group’s initiated a newspaper ‘Rashtriya Pioneer Pride’ which was then Inaugurated by the dignified guests and a small e-presentation of newspaper was shown.
The program moved on with the presentation by Hon’ble Dr CA. Prashant Jain on the Pioneer group. He highlighted the courses offered by Pioneer Institute and the past placements of students in renowned companies. He surprised the public present over there saying that ‘Pioneer International School’ will have bag less schooling and no homework will be given to the children. He mentioned about a remarkable feature of the school and also introduced a ‘Robot’ which signifies the use of modern technology used to teach and groom students. He said the focus of the school is on ‘behavioural education’, we promise to educate students by departing value based education.
After his presentation, Hon’ble Mrs. Anshu Jain inaugurated the website of ‘Pioneer International School’.
Further Hon’ble Mr. Akash Jain, Principal, Pioneer International School addressed the gathering. Mainly he pointed out the basic features of education system, which is care, commitment and creativity. According to him all three features should be present in an education system. After this he promised to fulfill the various commitments made by Pioneer International School. He also told there is lot of talent in Sonkatch but they don’t get right direction. Here is an open opportunity for them to get associated with Pioneer group and excel. He will try to support, care and give shape to the talents in right way.
The programme moved on by welcome of Hon’ble Dr Asha Mathur (Former IG Bhopal), she addressed the gathering and expressed her happiness on witnessing the auspicious occasion.
She started her address with the lines ‘ANDHAKAAR SE PRAKASH KE AUR’ people should think about it. She also focused on moral education and said schools are that place where children learn and develop good things. At the end she blessed all the efforts of team success and prayed for a promising future ahead.
In the end, felicitation ceremony of Hon’ble Mr S.C. Trivedi was witnessed to acknowledge his remarkable contribution towards Pioneer Group. He has served since past 20 years and for the same a Certificate of Excellence was given to him.
Finally the program ended with dinner and group photographs.