RET. COL. TEJENDERPAL TYAGI, A WAR VETERAN WAS RECENTLY INVITED TO THE SCHOOL TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS OF CLASS XI AND XII IN THE ASSEMBLY. COL. TYAGI HAD SERVED THE COUNTRY DURING THE INDO-PAK WAR AND HAD ALSO BEEN HONOURED WITH A VEER CHAKRA.
COL. TYAGI SHARED HIS EXPERIENCES ON THE ERA OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY. THROUGH HIS SPEECH, HE INSTILLED A FEELING OF NATIONALISM AMONG THE STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO BECOME SINCERE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY. HE TOOK THE STUDENTS DOWN THE MEMORY LANE , AND SPOKE ABOUT INDIA ’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE . HE ENLIGHTENED THE STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THE NATION.
THE STUDENTS WERE HIGHLY BENEFITED BY THE LECTURE.
THE SCHOOL CELEBRATED THE 61ST INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY WITH GREAT FERVOUR. MR. O.P. BHUTANI (RETIRED I.P.S. OFFICER), PRESENTLY THE ADVISOR, THE CHILD EDUCATION SOCIETY WAS THE CHIEF GUEST ON THE OCCASION.
THE CULTURAL PROGRAMME PUT UP BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MIDDLE DEPARTMENT WAS HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. THE PROGRAMME BEGAN WITH THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA BASED ON RABINDRA SANGEET. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE ‘INVOCATION’.
AFTER THE LAMP LIGHTING CEREMONY, A BIHU DANCE TITLED ‘RUPOHI AKHAM’ WAS PRESENTED. THE STUDENTS OF CLASS VI TO VII SANG A PATRIOTIC SONG TITLED ‘HUM BACCHE BHARAT KI’.
THE SIX YEARS AND THREE YEARS 100% ATTENDANCE AWARDEES WERE GIVEN CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES. THE DANCE DRAMA ‘AZAADI’ SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM IN ONE’S LIFE. THE TINY TOTS OF THE MONTESSORI STAGED THEIR DANCE TITLED ‘HUM KAL KA BHARATI HAIN’. THEIR INNOCENCE AND CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE AUDIENCE.
THE PRINCIPAL GAVE THE VOTE OF THANKS AND PROGRAMME CAME TO AN END WITH THE NATIONAL SONG.