Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Jirdin organized a one day camp of Personality Development on 31st October 2019. The camp started at 9.10 am with the arrival of the guests Captain Dr. Rahul (Dentist) in Army along with his colleague and the cluster in charge of Siang Sri Markar Padu. Inauguration of the camp was made with the lightening of the lamp by the chief guests. The welcome speech was given by Sri. Surajit Das, followed by the welcome song “Swagatam subha swagatam” which created a beautiful ambiance for a great start. The camp holds some motives for the upliftment of the young students so, Su. Kajal Neog Phukan delivered her speech on significance of the day where the ideology and philosophy of man-making and nation building were stressed and to be enthusiastic towards every work. The chief guests Captain Dr. Rahul presented his speech focusing on bearing a good personality along with this he motivated students to be energetic, practicising good exercise, good food habit. He also sang a song on request and had a jolly moment together. Then Sri. Marker Padu ji also talked with the students about how a personality should be, to be humble, polite in our way of conduct and to be kind towards other etc. Vote of thanks was given by the Smt. Pranita Ghosh to the guests for their valuable time and piece of advice and motivation to the young Students. The First Session started with the self introduction of the students followed by group division and leader making. Students were divided into four houses namely-
- Group 1: Kiran Bedi
- Group 2: Tenzing Norgay
- Group 3: Sarda Maa
- Group 4: Sister Nivedita.
After the division of groups, Shibir Geet “Desh Hame deta hai sab kuch…..” was lead and followed with the guidance of music teacher Su. Bageshree Kotoky. The second session started with the group discussion on the given topic: “COMPULSORY ATTENDENCE IN SCHOOL”—AGREE/DISAGREE, time limit was given 10 minutes, after discussion one student from respective group presented their point of discussion. And it was seen all the students took active participation in the discussion. The third session dealt with the documentary video of Vivekananda Rock Memorial based on Ek Bharat Vijai Bharat which was conducted by Su. Kingkinee Dutta, in the school computer laboratory. The documentary started with the brief introduction of Swami Vivekananda, Eknathji and the idea of man-making and nation building and 50 years celebration of VRM by Su. Kajal Neog Phukan. After the documentary session students were provided with healthy lunch. Post lunch session started with some brainstorming riddles in Hindi and English by Su. Rina Kumari. The fourth session dealt with Quiz, which was conducted by Sri. Surajit Das which had all total 9 round dealing with History, Mathematics, Sports and mixed question. The winner groups of Quiz Session are:
POSITION GROUP NAME POINTS
1st Position Kiran Bedi 32 points
2nd Position Sister Nivedita 25 points
3rd Position Sarda Maa 20 points
4th Position Tenzing Norgay 15 points
The Fifth Session was of Krida Yoga or Sanskar Varga which started with the prayer i.e. Shanti Path followed by Kendra drill, group formation, learning slogans, command and games such as ping-pong, broom and hockey and ended with the Shanti Mantra. This Sanskar Varga was volunteered by the students of class VIII of VKV Jirdin under the guidance of Yoga Instructor Smt. Yabom Digbak. After the successful conduct of all the five sessions the Prize distribution ceremony was organized to reward the winners from different schools with trophy and a certificate of participation to all the participants through the hands of Headmistress Su. Namita Medhi of VKV Jirdin (the host school). And at last there was a group photo session with all the teachers and the participants of the Personality Development camp. There were all total 63 participants from six different schools including the host school, namely:
Sl.No. Name of the School
- Ramakrishna Mission School Aalo
- Siyom Valley School, Pessing
- Government Higher Secondary School, Pessing
- Gumin Nagar Upper Primary School, Aalo
- Town Middle School, Aalo
- Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Jirdin
