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Bhanu Pratap Pant
Principal, Delhi World Public School, Ajmer

stablished in 2018 by the Delhi Designing a safe campus in the of the National and International
World Foundation, the CBSE- Covid-19 era Compendium (NIC).
Eaffiliated Delhi World Public With the Centre recently giving a Fostering internationalism and com-
School (DWPS), Ajmer has established nod for schools to open in a phased munity spirit amid the pandemic
an excellent statewide reputation manner, the school has implemented Under the British Council ISA proj-
within a short span of time through stringent health and safety measures ect, various activities were undertak-
the provision of holistic 21st century on campus to mitigate the spread of en by the school to promote interna-
education rooted in Indian values and the virus. “Safety of our students and tionalism and to reach out to the wider
culture to its 900 students. staff is the paramount concern of the global community. In all, seven proj-
Despite being a fairly new member school and we have left no stone un- ects have been selected and are slated
of the DWPS family, the commitment turned to ensure that there is a least to be completed by the students dur-
and excellent crisis management skills chance of catching the infection from ing the current academic year.
of the school management and staff the school. Everyone entering the Through various artistic perfor-
– led by principal Bhanu Pratap Pant school is checked at the gate for tem- mances such as dance, music and art
– came to the fore during the Covid-19 perature by thermal scanners and in and craft, DWPS teachers and stu-
prompted extended mass closure of case detected as having fever, is de- dents have been committed to spread
educational institutions. nied entry. Face masks has been made awareness in the larger community to
compulsory for all entering the school prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
Ensuring a holistic virtual learning campus. Hand sanitisers are provided Their videos have also been updated
experience to all and social distancing is manda- on the school’s social media page.
Since the announcement of the tory. Work spaces are sanitised daily
abrupt national lockdown in March and bags, stationery and ID cards of DWPS Ajmer online class
“Charity always begins at home.
this year, the school management students will be sanitised with the We lost one of our parents to Co-
and staff have been working tire- UV sanitiser machines. The SOPs fol- vid-19 and many parents because of
lessly to ensure learning continuity lowed in the school provide a safe and the lockdown have lost their jobs and
of students. Initially, the school ex- secure environment and have been are facing financial crises. We have
tensively leveraged its Next Learning highly appreciated by the parents been counselling them and offering
platform to ensure a seamless online too,” says Bhanu Pratap Pant. them assurance that no child will be
learning experience for students and A third-generation scion of a fam- removed from the school during this
thereafter, it started deploying the ily of illustrious teachers of Mayo Col- time. To ease parents’ financial bur-
Google Suite digital platform to en- lege Ajmer, Pant has a rich experience den, we have announced a substantial
sure holistic online learning. Through of close to three decades in teaching Covis-19 concession for all the stu-
Google Classroom and Google Meet, and school administration. He served dents,” says Bhanu Pratap Pant.
the school staff have not only been as a principal for over 14 years in the “The overwhelming response of
delivering academic content and ef- country’s top ranked residential and our students and parents has been
fectively assessing learning outcomes day schools before assuming office inspiring us to continue delivering
but have also conducted several co- as the founder-principal of DWPS, holistic education amid these testing
curricular activities such as dance, Ajmer in 2018. times through the concerted efforts of
music, elocution, Handwriting com- Pant is a recipient of the presti- the school staff and management. We
petition, French Quiz, Shloka and gious ‘Sarla Chopra National Award’ have come to believe adversity leads
Doha Recitation, Chota Chef, among for contribution in the field of educa- to the emergence of true champions!
others. tion and ‘Eminent Education Award’ ” he adds.
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