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Reading Week Celebration

Youth Parliament

In order to inculcate reading habits in students
Reading Week was celebrated. CBSE celebrates the Reliance Foundation School Youth Parliament 2021 was organised virtually on Wednesday, 17 March 2021.
Reading week to mark the International Literacy
Day celebrated every year on 8th September. To The cast included Navya Chopra as the Speaker, Chaitanyaa Sachde as the Secretary General, Aanchal Rath as
celebrate this week, various activities were taken up the Prime Minister, Abhinav S. Thaker as the leader of the opposition (and writer of this report) and over 50
by the students. Students of classes 1-3 were asked other dedicated students. The selection process for the same was done democratically, with every single Member
to dress up as their favourite book character that of Parliament having a say in the matter, akin to real life.
they have read. The event took place on 18
The session began with the 'Saraswati vandana'. Our Principal Mr. Alok Katdare shared his views and
September 2020 on the virtual classroom. The
encouraged the students for taking initiatives like Youth Parliament. Dr. Mahesh Bhagwat, Head of Department
students of classes 1-3 dressed up as their favourite
book character and spoke for a minute stating their of Political Science at the renowned Mithibai College, Vile Parle was the Chief Guest.
favourite character and what they liked most about The session lasted for 1 hour and 24 minutes. Speeches were delivered by Dr. Bhagwat and the leadership team.
the book. Costume, use of different props and their
dialogues in the script made the activity very The session was divided into three phases: The question hour lasted for 15 minutes in total, with various
interesting. All the students enthusiastically members of the opposition questioning and interrogating the Minister regarding relevant matters. The
participated in the activity. This activity gave them presentation hour lasted for a total of 30 minutes, with two bills being presented namely, the Purvanchal Project
an opportunity to display their knowledge about Bill and the Women Empowerment Bill,
books in a very creative and innovative way. The
The Call to Attention Motion was perhaps the most exciting and definitely the most heated argument of the day.
effort taken by the students brought the characters
to life. Teachers played the role of facilitators in this Miss Shreya Rajeev, the anchor, said a few words of praise and then requested Dr Mahesh Bhagwat (The Chief
activity. It was aimed at inculcating a love for
Guest) and Mr. Radhakrishnan Mattiyil (The Head of Administration) to share their thoughts and insights.
reading for pleasure in the students from a young
age. Students enjoyed the activity which was quite They were full of praise and thoroughly appreciated the hard work of the students. Dr Bhagwat even went on to say that
visible from the way they prepared and presented the quality of the session was near unparalleled and the students of RFSKK were worthy competitors on any stage.
themselves.
Mr. Radhakrishnan Mattiyil (The Head of Administration) praised the students for staging a wonderful
discussion and hoped that they would do even better next time.

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