Mumbai sources have stated that a prominent school in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai will be renamed after late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his 87th birth anniversary on October 15. According to sources the school in Ghatkopar suburb run by the North Mumbai Welfare Society (NMWS) recently merged with the South Indian Education Society (SIES), Matunga, and shall now be known as "SIES Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial High School.
Accordingly SIES spokesperson K. A. Vishwanathan said "Kalam was the Principal Patron of SIES which he visited on several occasions and was also honored with the "SIES Life Time Achievements Award" and "Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati National Eminence Award".
Meanwhile Fadnavis will
be received by 87 school students along with a guard of honor to be presented
by the school NCC. Another group of 87 students will lead an oath to "make
India a most formidable nation in three decades from now". Furthermore
among the oldest educational institutions in Mumbai, the SIES has several
schools and colleges with student strength of around 25,000. The newly-merged
NMWS, Ghatkopar, has been in the education sector since 55 years with student
strength of 3,250.
