| Director & Corporate Manager |
Rev. Dr. D. Selvarajan |
0471-2224245, 2298273 |
Aim of Educational Ministry
The educational ministry of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara forms an integral
part of the mission of the diocese, i.e., to help to build up the Kingdom of
God here on earth. While striving for the academic excellence of our
students, the educational ministry lays special stress on creating the values
required for the Kingdom and on instilling in the students a deep sense of
commitment to the cause of the Kingdom.
It includes creating in the students
a strong sense of justice, equality, brotherhood and civic and moral values.
Hence, the diocesan ministry for education commits itself to use the various
informational, psychological and spiritual means to make the students future
activists for a better and more humane society.
For the achievement of our educational goals and also for the smooth
functioning of its various activities the Board of Education is constituted.
The Board's primary role is one of offering expert guidance to the
educational ministry in the diocese at various levels. It functions as a
resource team to advise on educational matters at all levels, i.e., primary,
secondary, collegiate, professional and technical.
The Board assists the three educational commissions at the Diocesan level:
- Commission for Training
- Commission for Education Promotion
- Commission for Corporate Management
The Board shall meet once in three months and give report to the Bishop. It helps to prepare the
yearly budgets, annual reports, guidelines to prepare policies regarding
appointments, maintenance and development of schools and to improve
the academic standards of the existing institutions.
i. Commission for Training
To propagate Christian values among the students the Commission for
training gives due importance for the activities of Kerala Catholic Students
League (KCSL) and management conducts moral classes for the students
to lead a Christian life. To imbibe Christian values among teachers, the
activities of the Catholic Teachers Guild is of great help. It is interested in
searching and identifying the most gifted children in the Diocese and give
them special attention and training.
ii. Commission for Education Promotion
The church being an agency that defines its identity in the commitment to
bring good news to the poor, the institutions run by it will reflect the
prevailing option of Christ for the poor, the downtrodden, the marginalized,
the oppressed and those handicapped in various ways. Hence, the
educational ministry of the diocese has also the role of a catalyst to involve
them all. While the state has claimed to achieve 100% literacy, we still
have areas in the diocese where it still remains a dream.
This commission is concerned with the overall educational development
of the Diocese. Parishes, which do not have educational institutions, should
receive special attention. It takes steps to improve the academic standards
of our children by starting guided study units, special tuition centres for
those who lay behind.
iii. Commission for Corporate Management
The Corporate Management of Latin Catholic Schools is the official wing
of the Catholic Diocese of Neyyattinkara to establish and manage schools
to impart quality education, which is based on Christian values. This
educational agency came into being in 1997 after the establishment of the
new Catholic Mission Diocese of Neyyattinkara in 1996.
This corporate
educational agency is presently running three higher secondary schools,
one high school, six upper primary schools and twenty lower primary
schools.
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