The Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir of Gajapati Nagar here celebrated its sixteenth annual day in the school premises on Sunday. School president Brundaban Sabat chaired the meeting while the Programme Executive of Brahmapur Akashbani (AIR) Hrushikesh Panigrahi and District Project Coordinator of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Sudam Charan Mandal were the chief guest and guest of honour, respectively.
Hemant Kumar Dhar of RSS joined as the chief speaker. The key slogan of the students in the celebration was “Plant trees, save water and boycott polythene” to keep the environment clean and citizen-friendly. Dhar said the aim of Vidya Bharati is to develop such an education system in the country by which the youths who would passed out from this institution can believe in Hindutva, nationalism and love for the home country so as to free the millions of poor and distressed citizens from social evils and exploitations. Youths have a significant role to play in building a strong and prosperous India. The school headmaster introduced the guests. The students who excelled in different competitions were awarded prizes. After recitation of the national anthem, cultural programme “Sanskruteek Bichitra” was organised.