The Chhattisgarh Government in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission and the Dantewada district administration in South Bastar will organise a district-level ‘Rangeela Baal Mahotsav’ on January 6, 7 and 8.
This is the 4th year of this initiative that comprises of competitions, motivational lectures, adventures and fun games for children. This event reaches out to approximately 25,000 children from the Bastar region, a press release issued here informed.
It also provides a platform for teachers to exchange best teaching practice by organizing competitions for them. Every year approximately 2500 teachers and the education Department Officials work in collaboration to make this event enjoyable for children.
The entire initiative is spread over 7 days. During the initial 4 days, children are selected at the cluster and block levels. Children who qualify at these levels are taken in approximately 25 buses during the last 3 days to celebrate the festival at the district level.
Apart from these competitions, there are also various gymnastics and martial arts performances, planetary astronomy workshops, caricature artists and gender neutral games such as water zorbing, paint ball, air gun, blow dart, rock climbing, flying fox, rope walk, net cricket, ATV bikes, go-karts, skagways, remote controlled cars and a hot air balloon free of cost for all the children. Souvenirs of the festival are also to be given to children as a memory of the festival.
Rangeela Baal Mahotsav is one of several initiatives to promote education, overall development, and nurturing immense talent of the young citizens of the district. It aims to enhance the ideology that education goes beyond the four walls of the classroom. Says Saurabh Kumar, District Collector Dantewada, “We are very excited about this initiative and the exposure it provides to the children in our region.”