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- Nadakkavu school was recently ranked as the country’s second-best in Education World India School Rankings 2019-20
Dubai, UAE: Faizal. E. Kottikollon and Shabana Faizal, co-founders of the Faizal & Shabana Foundation, were feted by the Indian business community in the UAE for their outstanding contribution to redefining the public education system in India. They were honoured for their path-breaking intervention in transforming the Nadakkavu Government Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode, in the Indian state of Kerala, as the country’s second-best government school.
At a ceremony held in Dubai, Faizal and Shabana received the honour from the chief guest of the function, Sunny Varkey, Founder of Varkey Foundation and GEMS Education. The event was attended by India’s Members of Parliament Binoy Viswam and P.V. Abdul Wahab as well as Dr. Azad Moopen, in addition to several senior business leaders from the Middle East.
Faizal E. Kottikollon, the Founder & Chairman of KEF Holdings, said: “Shabana and I, are honoured to receive the award, and thank the Organizing Committee for recognising our work with the Nadakkavu School in Kozhikode. We are pleased to have created this benchmark of excellence for education in India and will continue to drive our education engagement initiatives across the country as well as in other nations. I use this platform to highlight how important private and public partnerships are to create large scale and accelerated impact across various sectors.”
Faizal added that the public education system across the world plays the key role in ensuring that every child is provided with the opportunity to learn. In India alone, there are 1.2 million government schools to ensure inclusive and equitable education for all. “While governments are focusing on implementing primary education for all, there is also the need for support from the private sector. A collaborative and structured approach to public education is required, that brings together the government and the private sector to ensure schools transform into true learning centers and significantly impact the lives of students.”
This is exemplified in the Nadakkavu school model, which stands as a flagbearer of excellence in education in India and for setting new milestone in its educational support programmes in India. The Nadakkavu Model is now being replicated across 141 schools in Kerala, positively influencing over 300,000 students, and will eventually cover 1,000 government schools in the state.
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About Faizal & Shabana Foundation:
Founded in 2007 with the vision of ‘Giving to Create Impact,’ the Faizal & Shabana Foundation is the venture philanthropy and positive social impact initiative of KEF Holdings, a UAE-based enterprise that delivers innovative, sustainable, cost-effective and disruptive solutions across core sectors such as infrastructure, healthcare and technology. Through its sustainable programmes and positive interventions, the Foundation provides building blocks for people and communities to be empowered and build their own positive and happy future. Its aim is to serve as a catalyst towards building a more equitable, positive, happier and better tomorrow for all, for generations to come. Over the last 10 years, the Foundation has successfully launched sustainable initiatives and partnered with programmes across various sectors to positively impact the lives of people and the community in India and the Middle East.
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