VKVAPT Latest News

The VKVs have completed forty years in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The preceding months saw the fervor of the celebration of the completion of forty years.  The celebration assumed entirely new significance due to the fact that the grand event was organized by the galaxy of alumni of the VKVs.  The celebration which was kick started on 11th September with a marathon was culminated with a three day mega program at Itanagar. The final program at IG Park was graced by the honorable President of India, Sri Ram Nath Kovind; Brigadier (Dr.) B.D. Mishra, Governor, Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Kiren Rijjiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Sri Pema Khandu, Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh, Mananeeya Balakrishnanji, All India Vice-President, Vivekananda Kendra  and host of other dignitaries.  All the dignitaries acknowledged and endorsed the contribution of VKVs in ‘Man making-Nation Building’ endeavor and ushering in quality education to this remote hilly state of India. The event proved to be an opportune moment for the former VKVians to revisit their glorious days at VKVs, relishing the nostalgic moments with the former teachers who thronged from various parts of the country, get thrilled by the band display and mega dance program by thousand plus students from VKVs. While commemoration the glorious legacy of VKVs, the celebration also has scripted a new chapter instilling new vigor to traverse the charted path.

Apart from the grand program of 40 years celebration, the preceding months were studded with many activities and celebrations.

Read more: Monthly Newsletter September to November 2017

State Level Inter School Bhagavad-Gita Chanting Competition 2017 was conducted on 30th November 2017 in Administrative Office, VKVAPT, Dibrugarh. The result follows..

Boys

Group C (class 6 – 8)
First -               VKV Roing
Second -           VKV Sher
Third -              VKV Yingkiong

Group D (class 9 & 10)
First -               VKV Roing
Second -           VKV Kharsang
Third -              VKV Banderdewa

Girls

Group C (class 6 – 8)
First -               VKV Tafrogam
Second -           VKV Jirdin
Third -              VKV Nivedita Vihar

Group D (class 9 & 10)
First -               VKV Tafrogam
Second -           VKV Jirdin
Third -              VKV Vivek Vihar

Read more: State Level Inter School Bhagavad-Gita Chanting Competition 2017

ITANAGAR, Nov 19: President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has praised the Vivekananda Kendra for commendable work in Arunachal Pradesh in the field of education. The President noted that the Vivekananda Kendra schools are a happy synthesis of traditional knowledge and values and of modern science and technology.

He was addressing the valedictory function of the completion of 40 years of the Vivekananda Kendra in Arunachal on Sunday.

Commending the services of the VKV with its motto of service to man is service to god towards promotion of quality education in the country in general and state in particular despite challenges, Kovind emphasized on maintaining its quality of education to bring about progress in the society.

The president further said that since 2001, the improved communication services in Arunachal Pradesh have changed the state’s development scenario.

The President observed that Arunachal was getting a face lift with the execution of the Trans-Arunachal Highway, road connectivity to remote interior areas, besides construction of advanced landing grounds at Pasighat, Mechukha, Ziro, Tuting and Walong, to facilitate connectivity to people living in remote areas.

Mentioning that the introduction of railway services from Itanagar to cities like Guwahati and construction of 500-bedded hospital cum Medical College at Naharlagun shows accelerated development in the state, he said that due to its huge hydro power potentials, Arunachal Pradesh can become the power house of the nation.

In his address, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Dr B D Mishra commended the Vivekananda Kendra’s mission of selfless service to society in the state in the fields of education and cleanliness, particularly in difficult areas, like Changlang, Tirap and Longding.

Read more: President Acknowledges VKVs Contribution

Cluster Level Principal Meets
Cluster level Principal meets were conducted in all the six clusters namely Tirap, Lohit, Kameng, Papum Pare, Siang and Subansiri during the month of July. Principals and Cluster- In-charges from the respective Clusters were present in the meetings. Sri P M Unnikrishnan, Education Officer was present in all the meetings. Smt Pratibha Kulkarni was present in VKV Kharsang venue and VKV Ziro venue. Sri R Krishna Kumar was present in VKV Kharsang venue. The meetings reviewed the activities conducted so far and the planning of respective schools. All the Principals shared good practices of the schools so that other schools also can adopt new practices. Action taken report of various previous meetings and visits of Kendra elders were discussed. Other details like staff position, reporting on the ongoing construction works, academic target setting, new evaluation pattern, monitoring strategies etc. were also discussed.

Annual Principal Meet

The Annual Principal Meet for the current session was convened from 21 to 23 July at VKVAPT, Dibrugarh. The meeting had the gracious presence of Dr Joram Begiji & Dr TejumPaduji, Trustees, Mananeeya Bhanudasji, General Secretary, VK Kanyakumari, Mananeeya Pravinji, Joint General Secretary, VK Kanyakumari and Secretary VKVAPT and DrSristidharDuttaji, a noted educationist and Administrative Committee member, VKVAPT.  All the Principals and the VKVAPT officials were present in the meeting.There were deliberations from Dr Tejum Padujiat the very beginning of the Meet and by Dr Joram Begiji at the concluding sessions on various aspects. Probodhan by Bhanuji on ‘Spiritual Development and Man making’ took everyone in a journey of spirituality and infused new vigor to carry on the punyakarya. Apart from these, there were discussion on new evaluation pattern, academic and activity calendar, Vivek Inspire, New Admission, Result analysis of various classes and Board examinations etc.

Read more: Monthly Newsletter July & August 2017

One day sadgamaya sibir was organized on dated 3rd of September 2017 inside the community hall of VKV Wessang. Fifty six students from different school of seppa and its adjacent areas were participated in this camp. Four sessions were conducted including topic related to Sister Nivedita, Personality Development, learning by playing and group discussion. The program was started with the lightning of lamp by Mitarani Gantayat, Principal, KGBV and Lakhinath Hindique, Principal, VKV Weassang, all the participants introduced themselves, On the first session, which was on Personality development were taken by Sri Pai Daweaji. He spoke at length about the ‘Purpose of Life’ which was very heart touching, he highlighted some of the points on how a person becomes happy by identifying the purpose by sharing various story. On the second session Principal VKV Wesaang, spoke briefly about the life of Sister Nivedita and the contribution she made for the upliftment of women in India. Then a session was conducted on playing by leaning and in this session all the participants were divided into four groups and played with each other. At the last session, some of the documentary films were shown to the participants and was explained by Mitarani Gantayat. The program was come to end by giving vote of thanks.

11th September 2017: Universal Brotherhood Day was celebrated with gaiety and traditional fervor; Students of VKV, KGBV & RMSA with Nyder Namlo members were included to participate in the grand celebration of Universal Brotherhood Day on 11th September 2017 at 10 am. The program was scheduled to commence at 10 o’clock.

Sri Mama Natung the parliamentary secretary (Panchayat, Rural Development, information & printing) Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh graced the occasion as the chief guest and Sri Robin Hissang, Principal Govt. model college, Seppa as a guest of honour.

The program began with the lighting of the lamp along with the invocation prayer followed by an introduction of resource guests and welcome to the gatherings by Sri Lakhi Nath Handique Principal VKV Wessang. Km. Smita Roy of class IX presented the Chicago speech. Next the speech was attributed by the guest of honour. He gave much importance to the real education and about Sanatana Dharma. Students performed many mixed cultural program. Next to it the speech was attributed by the chief guest. He also gave importance to the diversity of our Indian Culture and also focused on the massage of Swami Vivekananda. He appealed to the gatherings to accept the good things of all the Religions. The gatherings were nearly 1000 in numbers including parents, students, guests, Arun jyoti members, Zila Parisad members and nearby village people.

A good message of Swami Ji’s about Hindu Dharma and a theme of unity and diversity

through the cultural display passed to the gatherings.

Acharya Prashikshan Shibir at Kanyakumari
Acharya Prasikshan Shibir is an important event for the newly joined teachers to shape them as ideal Acharya. Every year all the new teachers from all the VKVs under Vivekananda Kendra attend the shibir at Kanyakumari. This year the APS was conducted from 1st April to 25th April in which 67 teachers from VKVAPT set up attended. As usual, APS 2017 also was designed to provide all the required inputs to become an ideal Acharya steeped in rich cultural understanding of the great Bharat and grand ideals of Vivekananda Kendra. All the sessions taken by Mananeeya Nivedita Didi, Balakrishnanji, Bhanudasji, Pravinji, Hanumant Raoji, Radha Didi, Rupeshji, Rebati Didi and S B Dixitji enriched all the participants greatly which will have everlasting impression not only on the profession but also on their life as well. In addition to hoan the skills required for the teaching profession there were microteaching classes by Sri P M Unnikrishnan, Education officer, VKVAPT, practice teaching, session on Psycho-social& legal issues taken by Sri Arvindji from NICIP, Bangalore. Sri R Krishna Kumar from VKVAPT also guided the participants. The shibir was full of other activities like Quiz competition, Group discussion, Bhajan practice, Kendra Varga, Sramadan, Kridyayoga etc. The wholehearted participation of all the participants has made the shibir a successful one. Sri Panchanan Tripathy, Principal, VKV Jairampur volunteered to be one among the organizing team from VKVAPT.

Recruitment Drive
A massive Recruitment drive for the teaching and non-teaching staff was conducted during the month of March, April and May.  In entire India, interviews were conducted in thirty plus places. It is a matter of great pleasure that many teachers and Principals of VKVs volunteered to conduct interview during the vacation.

Class X and XII Board Exam Result
The students of VKVs have performed extremely well in the Board exams of Class X and XII 2017. The following is the summary:

Read more: News Round-up April to June 2017

The Matri Puja conducted in the last part of the academic session in VKVs evokes a great feeling in the participants and once again affirms the significance of mother in anybody’s life.The role of mother in shaping the character of the child is paramount. In Mahabharata there is an interesting episode in which the mother’s clear vision of the role to be played by her child is reflected. The Pandavas were planning to have compromise to avoid any sort of war and requested Sri Krishna to carve a way out for the same. On knowing the same, Kunti, told very firmly “The time has come for which I a Kshatriya woman have given birth to my sons, as a Kshatriya they should see to it that Dharma prevails. For ensuring that Dharma prevails, they should fight for the good to eradicate adharma in the society.”Such type of firm conviction held by the mother will definitely steer their children in the right direction.

The academic session 2016-17 is in the fag end now. The year has gone very successfully with lot of activities in which students, staffs and the community at large have garnered lot of enrichments.

There were many activities conducted during the months February and March to share with all of you.

Conduct of Matri Puja

Matri Puja was conducted in all the Secondary and Higher Secondary schools in the month of February with enthusiasm and spirit. Matri Puja is one of the important programs for the students of Class X who are going to appear in the first public examination in their life. In this particular well organized program students express their deep devotion towards their mother by paad puja. Sri R Krishna Kumar from VKVAPT conducted Puja in maximum schools. Cluster-In-Charges were also present in the respective clusters. The significance of mother in everybody’s life was told before conducting the Puja.  Moved by the formal Puja, mothers and the students expressed their enriching experiences in highly ecstatic terms in all the venues.

Read more: News Round-up February & March 2017