A Moment of Pride and Happiness
Congratulations letter from Hon'ble HRD Minister, Govt. of India, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani to Km. Tridipta Trishna, Cl-XII Arts Stream 2013-14 CBSE Topper of VKV Itanagar.
Congratulations letter from Hon'ble HRD Minister, Govt. of India, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani to Km. Tridipta Trishna, Cl-XII Arts Stream 2013-14 CBSE Topper of VKV Itanagar.
Directorate of Census department, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh conducted a one day Census data dissemination workshop for the students and Teachers of VKV, Itanagar on 18th Feb.2014.
Smt. Bharati Chanda, Joint Director for Census –Assam and Arunachal Pradesh took the class and explained the definition, objectives and uses of Census data for the progress of the country. She said, ‘Census is not merely a head counting, it gives valuable informations for planning and formulation of policies in 5-years plan and annual plan of Central and State Govts. It is also widely used by scholars, business people, industrialists, development workers and many more.
During her power point presentation she highlighted various data pertaining to Arunachal Pradesh. She appealed all the students, the future citizens of the nation to be aware about the importance of census and share the knowledge to their parents, brothers and sisters. Sri Utpal Sharma, Assistant Director of Census department was also present in the workshop. 80 students and teachers attended the workshop. All participants received certificates from the Department.
Shri J. Guruvayya, Senior Teacher Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Itanagar was honoured with the prestigious CBSE Teachers Award for 2013 in recognition of his valuable contribution in the field of education. He has been serving in various VKVs in Arunachal Pradesh for the last 34 years. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has given away the award in a colourful function at Manekshew Centre, New Delhi on the eve of Teachers’ Day.
The team comprising of Dr Toko Papu, Dental Surgeon; Sri Jonggam Pertin (Ex.VKV), District Community Mobilizer, Papumpare District and Miss Nabam Lucy ,ANM (Nurse) from District Health Society, Yupia conducted a Dental Health awareness class cum counselling session for the problems faced by adolecencents on 6th December 2K13.
Dr Toko Papu took a class on Oral hygiene, Dental care and Treatment. She explained how to prevent various health problems related to our teeth and gets the types of treatment needed for any dental problems/diseases. RCT (Root Canal Treatment), Auto treatment, treatment for crowding, RPD (Removable Partial Denture),FPD (Fixed Partial Denture),CD(Complete Denture) e.t.c were some of the points discussed in her class. She advised the students to avoid all sorts of addictive substances which are available in the market in various names such as Tiranga, Gudka, soft drinks such as pepsi, cococola. She also advised the students to avoid excess use of tea and coffee which would give yellowish colour to the teeth. Right type of tooth brushes (hard, medium, soft) and fluoride tooth paste should be chosen for preventing dental problems.
After the end of the class she gave counselling to some students who had got certain health problems.
A very informative Quiz Competition was also conducted for the participants and prizes were given to the winners. At the end of the session Sri Jonggam Pertin, District Community mobilizer also addressed the students by recalling his good old school days in VKV. He motivated the students to uphold the best education provided by VKVs in Arunachal Pradesh.
Total no. of students attended the programme: - 160 nos. (Classes IX & X).