Students’ applauded
Mother’s Public School organised a felicitation ceremony, Glory 2017, to honour its students who performed commendably in the class X and XII CBSE examinations and also qualified for various engineering, medical, law and other entrance examinations. The principal addressed the gathering and congratulated the achievers and encouraged everyone to work hard to achieve their potential.
Merit rewarded
St Xavier’s High School, Kedargouri, organised a ceremony to felicitate meritorious students of classes X and XII who brought laurels to the school through their academic performances in the board examinations and other competitive examanitions this year. The meritorious students had a brief session with their juniors in school, and gave them tips on how to handle pressures of performance and be successful during the occasion.
Migrant labour
Migration information and Resource Center (MiRC) of Aide et Action has released a music video, Kids in Kilns, based on the lives of young migrant labourers.
This music video has captured the lives of these children to sensitise and mobilise attention for their welfare across the state. Kasturi Mohapatra, chairperson of the Odisha State Commission For Protection Of Child Rights, the chief guest at the event, released the music video. She said the child rights commission was sensitive towards the issue and would take up the issue in their interest.
The song is written, composed and sung by Abhishek Bhatta, a budding talent from Odisha, while the video has been directed by Chitta Ranjan Nanda, noted maker of documentary films on social issues.
Teachers’ meet
A “Save Schools, Save Education” rally and a teachers’ meeting was held in Mayurbhanj recently. The programme, hosted by the Mayurbhanj Shiksha Suraksha Manch in collaboration with the district unit of the Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association saw a large number of teachers from all over the district take part. A delegation of teachers’ representatives met district collector Surendra Kumar Meena and handed over a memorandum addressed to the chief minister and the school and mass education minister. The memorandum included a 17-point charter of demands.
Start-up event
The annual start-up competition of SAI International School was conducted on July 19. L.N. Gupta, additional chief secretary of the MSME department and the man behind the Odisha Startup Policy, graced the occasion as chief guest and judged the competition.
Thirty-seven entrepreneurial projects lined up at the Indraprastha auditorium where the students showcased bright and innovative ideas, reflecting their concern for rising pollution, public welfare and development of the smart city.
Gupta suggested identifying the best five projects of the school and registering them in the MSME portal for start-ups, which, if found feasible, would be connected with angel investors and given an opportunity to take part in the “Festival of Innovation” to be held later this year.
