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The Chief Guest is lighting the lamp |
Rashtriya Ekta Divas was
celebrated in our school on 31st of October, 2014, on the occasion
of birth anniversary of
SardarVallabhbhai Patel , The Iron Man of India. The motto of the programme was
to foster national unity and integrity safety and security amongst all our
children in the schooling years so that every child appreciates these values in
their lives. To mark the celebration on Pan India basis, 350 centres were
selected all over India and of the 12 centres of Assam, Vivekananda Kendra
Vidyalaya, Dibrugarh is the only centre in upper Assam. Along with Vivekananda
Kendra Vidyalaya, Sampoorna Kendra Vidyalaya, Naliapool Bengali High School,
NandeswarChakrabortyHigh School and Shree
Agrasen Academy participated actively. The programme started at 9:30 a.m
and continued for five hours concluding at 2:30p.m.
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The debate competition. |
The Chief Guest Dr. Shristidhar Dutta, Retired professor & Head of the
Department of History; Dean and Faculty of Social Science , Rajiv Gandhi
University, Itanagar flagged off the
‘Run For Unity’. The main programme started
with mangalacharan. Address of welcome was by the Principal of the
school, Sri Ravindranath D. Savdeykar
followed by the felicitation of the Chief Guest. A small cultural programme was
organised by the students participating
school. The chief guest delivered the significance of the day Dr. Dutta focused
on the importance of National Unity and the relevance of SardarVallabhbhai Patel’s action and word in
uniting the people of India. The National Unity Day Pledge was taken by all the
students, teachers and parents.
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The poster making competition |
A Poster Making competition with the theme
‘Unity in Diversity’ and ‘Swach Bharat’ was organized. A Debate competition on
topic ‘television and Movies influence kids more than their parents and
teachers was also organized for students of classes 8 to 10.
ShriAmbarishBhattachrarjee, Teacher, Marwari Hindi High School, Dibrugarh, and
Teacher of Fine Arts, SaraswatiChitra Kala Niketan, Dibrugarh acted as judge in Poster Making competition.
Dr. RanjitSinha, Professor, Department of Political Science, Dibru College was
the speaker in the debate competition. Renowned judges like Smt. AnjuBorkotoky,
Subject Teacher, Department of English, Moran Higher Secondary School; Dr.
Jaswant Singh, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dibru College, Dibrugarh;
Smt. Indrani Dasgupta, Professor, Department of Education, M.D.K. Girls College,
Dibrugarh. 97 students participated in
the poster making competition and 18 students participated in the debate
competition.The participation of the students, irrespective of their boards was
encouraging, which showed their enthusiasm and sends an important message of
unity in sustaining any work. A total no. of 743 participants including staff,
parents and well-wishers graced the celebration. The Principal of the school
thanked all the participants for the success of the programme.
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