Kohima, March 9 (MExN): The Directorate of School Education (DoSE) has notified that the celebration of the 75th year of India’s Independence-‘Azadika Amrut Mahotsav’ would commence 75 weeks prior to the Independence Day 2022 and will extend up to Independence Day 2023.
According the state DIPR, the launch of the celebration will be a 25-day event starting March 12, the anniversary of the launch of Dandi March and conclude on April 5 when the Dandi March was concluded. Prime Minister of India will launch the opening ceremony from Gujarat, it added.
As such, the DoSE has advised all schools functioning within Nagaland to organise the following events: one-hour conference/seminar/symposium/talk/webinar/presentation by students on the topic ‘Events leading to India’s independence from British rule and Role of various freedom fighters in it’; and essay competition or creative writing competition on the topic ‘Analysis of India’s struggle for independence – different schools of freedom movement from 1857 to 1947.’
The best performing students from each category at school level will be invited to take part in district/state level competitions to be held in the fourth week of March. District/State level participants will be given certificates of appreciation and best entries will be displayed on the state/school board websites, it said.
At the national level, NCERT will be organising creative writing on themes related to the movement for Independence of India and the vision for India in collaboration with MyGov on March 12 through the links available on https://ncert.nic.in/ and https://www.mygov.in/. All students who submit essay on the given link will get an online certificate of participation, it stated.
Further, video clips of the school contests may be posted on the social media platforms of the school by tagging the following: Twitter-@EduMinOfIndia/ Facebook-EduMinOfIndia / Instagram-eduminofindia.
