Consultative Process

Initial discussions for this plan were generated by a group of professionals including the senior officers of the OBU in mid 2016. Subsequent sessions conducted by other professional groups both locally and overseas added value to the initial ideas and further strengthened the commitment to continue with the initiative. This led to further brainstorming sessions conducted with other OBU Groups and these ideas and suggestions were fed into a core group established under the direct supervision of the OBU President. These discussions were enriched with ideas and proposals made by past principals, deputy principals and educational specialists. The entire process followed the model outlined in the diagram above.

Thereafter, with the blessings and the support of Old Boys’ Union a comprehensive workshop was held with the participation of the Principal and a few invited staff members and also with the participation of more than 150 Old Rajans. During this workshop, based on the ideas and suggestions collected up to that moment, a number of key thrust areas were identified, and sub groups were formed to work on each thrust area. With these subgroups, more workshops were held, and brain storming sessions were conducted to identify the priority needs of the School. The feedback from the Principal

and College staff was collected in another workshop and finally there was a collective agreement on eight thematic areas to be considered in developing projects for the Master Plan.

Each of these themes represent a critical area for the development of the school and the success of the overall plan depends on looking at these themes as inter-linked domains which cannot be treated in isolation. The success of one theme depends on how well the other themes are planned and executed.