Donation of School Material by IBL to Keats College Needy Students

The IBL Group has donated school material to Keats Needy students. The Presidnet of the PTA Mr.Soniah was invited to present the gifts to the students, in the presence of Mr.Tony, Mr.Mungly, Mrs.Ramasamy and Mr. Dhurmah.

Images: Miss Varouna Mihilall

Quiz Competition organised at Valentina Departmant

A Quiz competition was organised at each level from Form 1 to Upper 6 by the different section leaders namely Miss Appadu and Mr. Eddoo with the coordination of Mrs.Pursun, Miss Swaleha, Mr.Tayab and Miss Arjoon.

The Winners of the different candidates are:

Form 1 v/s Form 2
List of Winners are from Form 2 Blue: Seethanah, Lecoquin and Narain.

Form 4:
4C1 v\s 4C2
List of Winners are from 4C1 are: St-Flour, Gopeesing and Rumon.

Form 5
5C1 v/s 5G
The List of Winners are from form 5C1: Christine and Sevret.

Lower 6 v/s Upper 6
The list of Winners are students from Lower 6: Boyjonauth, Ramtohul and Sukkea (L'equipe Patol)

Quiz Competition is a very good means of revision for our students.

Forum Debate - Economics Dept

National Growth Strategy

"Preparing for a Perfect Storm" was the prime interest of the debate organised by the Head of Department, Mr.Koomar. The guests were: Dr.P.Jaddoo, Mr.George Chun Kit Kan, Mr.Pierre Dinan, Mr. Sebastien Molina-Munoz, Mrs. Lalita Nosib, Loius Amedee Darga, Sanjay Jagatsingh, Dr.Hon.Ramma K.SITHANEN (GCSK) and Hon. Kee Chong Li Kwong WING.

The Economics and Commercial Studies Department has held their sixth Forum Debate last Thursday 8th May 2013 at Keats College Girls’ Department in the gymnasium. The Forum began at 10a.m and ended at around 12.30.It is to be noted that students from several colleges have also attended this enriching forum namely Loreto College of Curepipe, Imperial College, Hindu Girls’ College, Sookdeo Bissoondoyal State College, Swami Vivekananda State College, St Aubin State College amongst others.

This annual forum debate was divided into two segments. Mr. R. Nemchand started the first one by a welcome speech, followed by speeches delivered by the Manager of Keats College, Mr Clement Wong Ah Sui and the Rector, Mr Tony Wong Ah Sui respectively.
It has become customary that each year this department pays tribute to a particular person and this year they’ve paid tribute to Mr Raffick Chatharoo. The latter had the opportunity to say a few words to both students and distinguished guests.

The second segment of this forum was carried on by the Head of Economics Department & Commercial Studies, Mr. J.Koomar This year Keats College had the immense pleasure of welcoming an eminent person, Honourable Kee Chong Li Kwong Wing as our Chief Guest. It is to be noted that Mr. Li Kwong Wing is presently serving as Member of the National Assembly..He has been able to deliver an expose on the following theme “Economic Growth Strategy for Mauritius” to broaden the knowledge of students as a whole.

Interestingly, question time was very interactive. Many questions have been asked from the audience and answered as well. The event came to an end with votes of thanks.
Special thanks firstly goes to all the staff of Economics & Commercial Studies Department, those who participated actively in this forum and Mr. Avish Ramgolam for the recording.


Article: Miss Lina BUNGAROO.

Image: Mr. Avish Ramgoolam

World Book Day - Inauguration Of Mauritiana Section

“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever” (Mart Farquhar Tupper)

For the last 49 years, the books have always been valued at the Keats College. This year International World Book Day and the Right of Authors have been celebrated with great pomp. On Thursday 2nd May, the Keats College Boys Department was majestically embellished with flags, balloons, flowers and a well set podium. Smart smiling students and Keats College staff members welcomed heartily our main guest of honor, Mr. Yvan Martial, a Mauritian writer, Director of Gazette des îles and a well known journalist. Rectors of neighboring schools, President and members of the Parent Teachers Association also joined us to pay a tribute to a priceless treasure, the Book. The arrival of our surprise guests, Mr Le Livre and Père Fouka was highly appreciated by all! Questions were set to the audience, followed of course by the valuable clues of Père Fouka and each good answer was of course rewarded!

The grand celebration of the International World Book Day and the Rights of Author was the best occasion for the Deputy Rector, Mr Mungly, to show his gratitude towards the school Manager, Mr Clément Wong. Personal sincere thanks were given to Mr Clément Wong for his great vision, help and support to work towards the progress of the Keats College, “pour construire et maintenir l’ edifice” as was rightly said by My Mungly. A certificate was given to Mr Clément by the Miss Korimboccuus, one of the sweet library officers of Keats College. Emphasis was also laid on personal learning by the introduction of a new class in the school, the Project Based Learning (PBL), where students are encouraged to make personal research work at the library and who are closely guided by some teachers, namely Mrs Belath,Miss Arjoon , Mr Eddoo and Mrs Médon.

The event was hosted by Mrs Anusha Pursun, the lady behind the organization of this great occasion. A slam on books was beautifully presented by Warren Dughole, a Form 1 student and all usual readers in the library were rewarded on that day, namely form 1, form 2 and form 3 students and Mr Bannarsee, a staff member, who encouraged all Keats family members to read regularly and reminded on the occasion that Manchester United was the best football team ever!

Another appreciated surprise was the presentation of our young writer Mr Ryan Seethanah, student of Form 2Blue, who presented his first book, The Haunted Island, a copy of which was gifted to Mr Clément Wong, Mr Mungly, Mr Yvan Martial and to the librarian officers. More rewards were awarded to the winners of the quiz competition which was organized to mark the celebration of The International World Book Day. The winners of quiz competition was the PATOLE Team, namely Ramtohul, Boyjonauth and Sukkea of Lower6, Sevret and Christine from Form 5C, Rumon,Gopeesingh and St Flour fom F4C1, Ryan, Yanice and Sharma from F1Blue.

Thursday 2nd May is indeed a great day to be remembered as it was also the grand inauguration of the Mauritiana Library at Keats College, bright project initiated by Miss Swaleha Korimboccus. Mr Yvan Martial honored the inauguration and he warmly presented Mauritian books as gifts to the school library. Mauritiana library, a precious wealth, where one can obtain Mauritian recipes, a looking at Mauritian Historry and enjoy various marvelous novels from Mauritian talented authors. It is indeed a must-look corner! Hats off to the team work of the two marvelous librarian officers of Keats Colllege, Mr Tayab and MISS Korimboccus, to make our library a little heaven!

Special thanks goes to Mrs Pursun, Mrs Moctee, Miss Swaleha, Mr Tayab and Mr Mungly for the great organisation of the event, Mrs Shaheen Madarun and her team for the decoration and costumes of Père Fouka and Mr Livre, PBL teachers, the catering team, the students and Keats Staff members for their participation in this magnificient event.

Article: Miss Drina Arjoon
Images: Mr.Avish Ramgoolam, Mr. David Johnson

Sports Day 2013 - Chamouny

Red clown, Blue Superman and Green Shrek paraded proudly with their respective team at the Chamouny Football playground on Tuesday 30th April to celebrate the Annual School Sports Day. Supporting shouts were echoed from everywhere to support the dynamic athletes who tried as hard as possible to win medals for their respective houses and the winners were the Red Team, followed by the Blue team, with a difference of only 11 marks! That was indeed a tough competition! Housemasters elected were Mr Johnson for the Green Team, Mr Ramgoolam for the Blue team and Mrs Nawosah for the Red team, who were accompanied with other teachers to make this event a colorful one. Sports Day at Keats College does not mean races for students only, but as we could witness, many of the college staff members were seen running on the playground to assure the good operation of the event, and specially Mrs Badhein, who made sure that rules were being respected! Hats off to this energetic lady!
A big bravo goes to the P.E Department and all the Keats College Staff members for this successful event which is considered as one of the most desirable and mostly awaited by the students.

Article: Miss Drina Arjoon
Images: Mr. Avish Ramgoolam