Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas Arunachal Pradesh Trust January Month Report

Utsarg Samaroh, 2014: It was a great experience for all the team members of VKVAPT to attend all the Utsarg Samaroh conducted in this year. The programme was designed in such a way that the participants get refining touch on the subject from carefully chosen resource persons , experience of living together in a well-planned daily routine, get such messages which would help them to consolidate the value education which they have been receiving as a part of the schooling for the last 10 years and experience  the program like Vande Mataram, in which, all pay floral tribute to Bharat Mata, witness the act of expressing gratitude to who  are contributing in one’s life etc  to create an everlasting impression in the minds of the participants. Shri Krishnakumar, Cluster in charge of Lohit and Tirap   and Sri Unnikrishnan, Education Officer, VKVAPT, Dibrugarh were along with me in all the venues.

Venue	Date	Boys	Girls	Total	Participating VKVs
Itanagar	14 to 16 Jan	88	91	179	Nirjuli, Oyan, Kuporijo, Yazali
Nirjuli	15 to 17 Jan	111	65	176	Itanagar, Banderdewa, Vivek Vihar, Sher
Roing	20 to 22 Jan	81	89	170	Roing, Sunpura, Amliang, Balijan
Tafrogam	24 to 26 Jan	48	102	150	Tafrogam, Seijosa, Nivedita Vihar, Ziro
Kharsang	29 to 31 Jan	91	92	183	Kharsang, Shergaon, Bana, Jirdin
Total		419	439	858

Dignitaries present in different venues:

Venue	Dignitaries
Itanagar	Dr Shalini Verma, IRS, Secretary of Social Justice and Empowerment and Women and Child Development, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh
		Nirjuli	Sri Sanjay Goel, Deputy Commissioner, Papum Pare District
Roing	Sri Laeta Umbrey, MLA, Roing and Sandeep Kumar, IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Lower Dibang Velley
Tafrogam	Sri Rajiv Takuk, Deputy Commissioner, Lohit and Ojing Rukbo, Labour Officer, Lohit
Kharsang	Shri N. Ngemu, Vibhag Pramukh, Tirap Vibhag., (EE, Electric Division, Miao)

Matrupooja: Matrupooja is another programme conducted for the Class X students. The students with lot of shradha wash the feet of their mothers and offer a simple pooja. The importance of Motherhood and the need of keeping everlasting values like Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharaya Devo Bhava, Rashtra Devo Bhava etc in life to lead a meaningful and joyful life is shared to the students and their parents.  It was quite emotional in witnessing the pooja and to listen to the sharing of the impact of the pooja by the students and the mothers after the poja.  I could attend the pooja in Roing, Sunpura, Tafrogam, Amliang, Kharsang, Itanagar and Banderdewa. The pooja in other places will be held in the month of February. Shri Krishnakumar Sir has conducted the pooja in lucid and effective way. The details of the participation are as follow:

Sl No	Name of the VKV	Total mother present on the occasion
1	Roing	76
2	Tafrogam	42
3	Sunpura	17
4	Amliang	17
5	Kharsang	47
6	Itanagar	69
7	Banderdewa	38
	Total	306

The details of the participation:
Inter VKVs Essay Writing Competition: Inter VKVs Essay writing Competition was conducted on 30th December, 2013 in all the VKVs. Well in advance, three topics of essays were assorted for preparation for each category.  First prize winner of each category of each school were evaluated centrally for Inter VKVs Result. Prizes were given for the school level winners. The result of the Inter VKVs Evaluation is as follow:

Group A: (Class
III to V)

Position	Name of the Student	Class	VKV
First	Km. Archisha U.K	IV	Oyan
Second	Kr. Nishanka Goswami	V	Nirjuli
Third	Kr.Shobit Dubey	V	Wessang

Group B: (Class
VI to VIII)

Position	Name of the Student	Class	VKV
First	Tadar Yaming	VIII	Nirjuli
Second	Km Roncha Tikhak	VIII	Tafrogam
Third	Kr Puspak Mishra	VIII	Wessang

Group C (Class IX
to XII)

Position	Name of the Student	Class	VKV
First	Km Simranjeet Kaur	XI	Nirjuli
Second	Km Dani Yamang	X	Nivedita Vihar
Third	Km Tanya Mena	XII	Roing

Cash prizes were given for the winners in the Inter VKVs level.
Result of Prajnya Vikash Quiz Declared: The result of the Prajnya Vikash Quiz, in which 7132 students participated, has been declared.  A summary of the result is given below:

Category	Position	Name of the student	VKV	Class
Sub Junior	First	Km. Gyammar Ania	Balijan	V
	First	Kr Sushil Kr Singh	Liromoba	IV
	Second	Kr Toko Jill	Joram	III
	Second	Kr Goyi Bole	Liromoba	III
	Third	Km Gyamar Cheku	Joram	III
	Consolation	Total 16 students
Junior	First	Km Nabam Yama	Joram	VII
	Second	Km Likha Ane	Joram	VII
	Third	Km Joram Nijum	Joram	VII
	Consolation	Total 4 students
Senior	First	Kr Bomnuk Don	Bana	X
	Second	Kr Yagyaj	Kuporijo	IX
	Third	Km Gyamar Nanu	Nirjuli	X
	Consolation	Total 4 students

Problem Solving Assessment Examination:  Students of Class IX, X and XI appeared in the Problem Solving Assessment Examination conducted by CBSE on 18 of January, 2014.

Visit of Inspection Team of NCTE for B.Ed College:  Two inspection committee members from NCTE namely Dr Bhagyadhar Mohanty and Dr B. H. Buam visited the proposed B.Ed College at Nirjuli, for inspection purpose on 28 January which will be started once the recognition is given.  Coming of the college will add to our endeavor to improve the educational scenario of the state.

Alert VKV students saved Zoo at Itanagar from wildfire:   The Class-IX Students of VKV, Chimpu,   garnered wide ovation by showing the presence of mind to inform the Zoo authority while detecting origin of wild fire occurred in the Biological Park at Itanagar on 29th January 2014 at about 10.00 am. The students were doing their project study on wild animals in the park along with their science Teacher, KK Subramanian. Timely information to the zoo authority saved a devastation that would have happened due to the fire engulfed on a very old tree. The leading dailies of Itanagar covered this exemplary act of our students.