The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia Ukraine war cancelled the scheduled
Annual Regional Forum of Round Square at Armenia in April and rescheduled it to be hosted by Chittagong Grammar School Bangladesh from 11th to 13th November 2022. It brought Heads and Reps of 36 reputed Round Square Educational Institutions of South Asia and Gulf that congregated to learn and relearn the six pillars of Round Square in the true spirit of its ethos and philosophy.
The first day started with a warm welcome, one minute silence and prayer for Mr Rod Fraser, Late CEO of Round Square, Opening Ceremony, Keynote Speeches, Presentation by schools on best practices in their schools and long deliberations and discussions on pre and post COVID era. The second day kept everyone involved and engaged in Conference photograph, Introduction of new members, reflections on the past, how various stakeholders strive to address challenges and plug the gap, planning for the future of goals, organising and participation in Postcard Calls, workshops, sessions conferences, sharing of best practices in schools, forthcoming Symposium of Heads in London, Round Square International Conference at Kenya and Global Conferences by schools in region and abroad.
This Annual Regional Meeting was the perfect forum for reviewing principles, policies, strategies and approaches to build better alignment of Round Square activities in schools. The congregation had serious discussion to take actions to accelerate the pace of preparing students globally, giving wings to the vision of Kurt Hahn with further expansion and adoption of new trends in Round Square conferences and craft an ambitious reconstruction plan while working to design Round Square activities in school, promoting the spirit of Discovery Framework and IDEALS of Round Square. Overall it was a big learning experience with important take aways. RKK is indeed very privileged to enjoy the membership of Round Square that is enjoyed by only 250 schools worldwide.
