The Indian School Muscat’s Alumni (ISMA), raised Omani Rial seven thousand (OMR 7,000 or roughly USD18,250) sufficient enough to sponsor fifty (50) students in scholarships, more than three times the total number of scholarships given last year.
The school alumni made their debut kindle program last year, issuing out a total of sixteen (16) scholarships to Muscat’s students who require financial assistance.
The president of ISMA reminded the students who received the scholarship to make good use of the kind gesture and for higher educational achievements. The president advised the students to replicate the tradition the alumni have initiated when they are in a position to do so.
In the ISMA President’s words;
As alumni of ISM, we all have the responsibility in preserving value and inspiring excellence with the school we all cherish. We want to ensure that children continue to receive a quality education in ISM, irrespective of their economic stature.
State scholarships have decreased substantially
Students who benefited from the scholarship were chosen based on two essential criteria; their financial capability and academic performance. Beneficiaries must have good academic records with the school and a proven financial inability.
During the ceremony where the cheque was issued to the student council members, ISMA committee members called on the other old students of the school to buy-in into the kindle initiative as a means of payback to the school.
One of the executive team members, Chethan Mallya, remarked that sponsorship of the deserving students inspires all the alumni to pitch in and help out in every way possible. The alumni expressed gratitude to all who made the scholarship a reality for the students.
Previously, ISMA also raised more than Omani Rial five thousand (OMR5000) through a charity cricket match for the same purpose.
In other countries, there have been cuts in scholarships and private personalities had to pitch in to support students in the pursuit of courses in universities. In Alaska alone, two thousand five hundred scholarships were discontinued.
The more prestigious the school, the harder it is to get a merit scholarship because they have lower acceptance rates, higher yields, and more top students. Lower ranked schools tend to give more merit scholarships because they want to attract more top students. Thus, the alumni of schools could do well to sponsor students.
