Mrs. Achamma Kuriakose

Principal

Today, the role of a school is not only to pursue academic excellence but also to motivate and empower its students to be life-long learners, critical thinkers, and productive members of an ever-changing global society. More than a decade back St. Mary’s School pledged to transform education. The school that is being run under the well-established “St. Mary’s Charitable and Educational Society” has earned its own position not only in capitals but across the Islands. At St. Mary’s we provide an atmosphere to our students for versatile development, where children are encouraged to channelize their potential in the pursuit of excellence. The talents, skills, and abilities of each student need to be identified, nurtured, and encouraged so that he/she is able to reach greater heights. Students need to be provided with a platform to think, express and exhibits their skills. It is necessary to empower them to negotiate several issues that confront them, with the teacher’s being a facilitator.

The school is striving hard to make the best possible efforts to inculcate strong values combining with academics and extra-curricular activities in the children. Converting every individual into a self-reliant and independent citizen, the school provides a combination of scholastic and co-scholastic activities.

No wonder, a student harnessed in such an atmosphere has every hope and possibility of becoming a responsible, balanced and a mature adult and its able to live in a to contribute and to shoulder responsibilities of the society of which he forms and integral part. Children need a supportive environment at home and at school. They need to set goals, within their reach until they gain confidence and determination. They should re-examine their priorities, set clean goal and make specific plans to achieve what they desire. Focusing on specific goals, helps them move forward purposefully in life. They would, thus, have the pleasure of watching their dreams into reality.

At St. Mary’s our approach to learning is child centric and encouraging activity based learning and inculcating a scientific temper and a spirit of free enquiry. In our curriculum the student is the primary focus and each child is involved in the learning process. We are constantly improving our teaching methodology so that it turns learning into combination of classroom study, research and scientific discovery.

While academic excellence is our major thrust, the school is also devoted to prepare the students for life, groom them to face the challenges of tomorrow, and encourage them to be socially relevant. Our aim is to ensure that the children grow to their full potential, while constantly being groomed to pass out as men and women competent to bear responsibility in all walks of life.

The parents are the most strengthening power in moulding the future of children. Their constant support empowers us to do more and more. I pay my gratitude to them for their faith in us.

I am confident enough that the St. Marians will make themselves stronger day by day, adding a new leaf to the grandeur of the school.