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Constitution Day

Reliance foundation school celebrated Constitution Day on Thursday, 26 November 2020. On November 26,
1949 — the Constituent Assembly of India adopted our Constitution. Since 2015, this day has been observed as
the Constitution Day of India, also known as Samvidhan Divas. The Constitution came into effect two months
later, on January 26, 1950 — celebrated as Republic Day. This day is therefore celebrated as Constitution Day to
commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.

As part of the celebrations, a number of activities were conducted in order to commemorate and promote the
values and principles embedded in our Constitution. An important part of the celebrations was the reading out of
the Preamble of the Constitution which was done in every class after the daily morning prayers. The teacher read
out the Preamble and the students solemnly repeated it. The specific terms used in the Preamble such as justice,
Library Week Celebrations liberty, equality and fraternity were explained by the teacher. Thereafter, the students were shown a video on how

the constitution was prepared, its history and background which highlighted the principles and values of our
constitution. A group discussion on the constitutional values and fundamental principles of the Indian
The library at Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane celebrated its sixth library week celebrations from 14 Constitution was also held. The students participated in this event with enthusiasm and keen interest. The staff
September 2020 to 9 September 2020. It is an annual commemoration to mark the importance of reading and also read Preamble and received the certificates from mygov.in.
commemorate International Literacy Day falls on 8th September. The school hosted the reading week in a
virtual environment in MST classrooms. The objective of this weekly celebration was to celebrate books, explore
various books and reading facets and see how books can become a source of creative engagement for students.
Various activities were thus designed which enthused students to look at books beyond just a source of reading.
Two sets of activities were finalised for all classes, one to be conducted by the library teacher and one to be
conducted by the class teacher/subject teacher. This celebration also coincided with Bhashayi Sangam
celebration in the school and hence some activities were based on second languages (other than English) and
were conducted by language teachers.

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