Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Jirdin celebrated UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD DAY today. Smt. Swetika Sachan, IAS Deputy Commissioner, West Siang District was the Chief Guest and Shri. K. Chandra Sekhar was the Guest of Honour for the programme. There were around 550(Five hundred fifty) people including parents, guardians, well wishers etc. who attended the programme.

The Chief Guest spoke on the importance of girl education and women empowerment. After listening to the school report of the previous year, she was impressed and congratulated the entire team of VKV Jirdin for rendering the service in the interior part of Arunachal Pradesh. She spoke regarding the gender discrimination prevailing in the society. She added that to eliminate this- education of women is more important. She advised the student community to focus on studies and utilize the opportunity purposefully in deriving moral based education by adopting the principles & teachings of Swami ji. She liked the cultural programmes presented by the children. And told our school as one of the best schools in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Guest of Honour Shri. K. Chandra Shekar expressed his gratitude to VKV for the invitation and appreciated the service done by VKV to the people of Arunachal Pradesh. He stressed on the saying of Vivekananda –“ Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached” by saying that as Swami ji was a very learned giant. Being students they too should follow his footsteps by proper utilization of the school library. He also said that for every individual student there is a goal and every individual has an infinite power.

Besides fifteen tourist from Spain and Italy attended the programme and appreciated the programme and hospitality shown to them. The programme was a success. Everything went smoothly and was winded up with “ Sarve Bhabantu