As I stand in front of rows of boys and girls with fresh expectant faces in neat and clean uniform and pray that God should help them as they appear in the test of life, I am assailed by several questions. Have we done our best for them? How has our team worked? Have we made our students honest enough to face the world where there is a considerable loss of moral values? Where people all round them are telling lies and being dishonest. Have we made them strong enough to change the society in which cheating and planning another's downfall are all an acceptable form of behaviour? Have we been able to inculcate in them values that will protect them from the termites of corruption that is eating into our vital structure? The answer is, we are leaving no stones unturned in giving them good values.

Our education rests on the four pillars of education-knowledge, wisdom, eloquent speech and spiritual perception. These pillars are based upon the four building blocks of education-universal values, global understanding, excellence in all things and service to the world. At CMS, we impart education of three kinds- material, human and divine. Our constant endeavour is to make each child a gift of God to mankind and a pride of the human race. This kind of meaningful education makes CMS a unique and different institution. Our emphasis on peace education has enabled us to win the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. The herculean task to prepare our children to face the world can only be performed if parents, teachers and management work together. Thus I appeal to the parents and teachers that we must all walk hand in hand. Just like newly planted sapling needs a stick to help it grow straight and save it from scavengers, our children need us and our values to grow tall and straight.

Come, let us not falter and let them down. Be strong always, stand up for the right and the truth.

Ms  Manjit Batra
Principal
CMS Gomtinagar