With a view to aware school students with the Indian Constitution, a mammoth Constitution awareness examination was conducted at over 50 schools in the city on Wednesday under the aegis of the Shree Sadguru Dutt Dharmik Avem Parmarthik Trust.
Chairman of the trust Sharad S Pawar talking about the exam said that under the Constitution Awareness Programme, about 25,000 students, children from various city schools took part in the examination separately in their respective schools. The Constitution awareness examination is primarily aimed to test the awareness-level of school children and students about the Indian Constitution, he added.
Pawar further said the students who secured first and second positions in the examination were given away prizes by the Trustmanagement, while the remaining students were provided with certificates by the Trust for appearing in the examination. Since early morning on Wednesday large number of students started arriving in their respective schools, where prior to their examination, they were provided with question-answer sheets by the school management.
Prior to the examination, the volunteers and representatives of the Trust contacted teachers and principals of over 50 schools in the city and distributed small booklets on Indian Constitution among the school students so as to enable them understand the basics of Indian Constitution and its important preambles. Following a novel initiative of Trust about 15 lakh school children, students across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have so far appeared in the Constitution Awareness examination.
Talking about the novel initiative taken by the Trust, Bhaiyyu Maharaj the guiding force behind the Constitution awareness programme said even after 66 years of the country’s independence, majority of the countrymen in the country are not aware of the salient features of Indian Constitution. In order to become an ideal citizen of the country, knowledge of our Constitution is of paramount importance, he added.