Don’t thrust your wish list on children, Javed tells parents
Grandeur and glory mark impressive IISJ graduation ceremony
26 Feb 2018
Hassan Cheruppa
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Ahmed Javed, ambassador of India and patron of Indian schools in the Kingdom, urged parents not to thrust their wish list on their children. In a highly inspiring speech at the graduation ceremony of the outgoing 12 graders of International Indian school, Jeddah (IISJ), he advised parents to give their wards a breathing space and freedom to choose their future course of study in accordance with their aptitude after considering them that they are adults in this very globalized, totally wired and technology banked world.
Dressed in their silver-colored ceremonial gowns, a total of 530 graduates — 236 boys and 294 girls — marched forward in