Celebrating the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
on 31st October, 2014 as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)
The Central Board of Secondary Education envisions an all-round development
of students. On the occasion of Sardar Patel’s Birth Anniversary, mass
activities across the country are planned involving students of all the
classes and all the boards on 31st October 2014. Activities will involve
collaborative effort to convey the message of importance of unity in sustaining
any work.
Why this mass activity?
This occasion provides us an opportunity to reaffirm the inherent strength
and resilience of our nation to withstand the actual and potential threats to
the unity, integrity and security of our country.
This event will convey the message of Unity, Safety and Security to all
school students. In this event, students across the country would carry this
message for further propagation. They will act as Unity, Safety, and Security
Ambassadors. The students will be able to appreciate the importance of the
synergistic effort leading them to appreciate that in human activities the
effect of joint effort is more than the sum total of the individual efforts.
About 350 Selected Centres will also be separately involved in spreading the
message by inviting students from their neighbourhood schools.
Activities: The following activities are to be organised:
Morning Assembly:
1. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Pledge: Students of all schools may be requested to
take Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Pledge.(Bilingual Copy enclosed – Annexure A)
2. Run for Unity: Students after undertaking the pledge may take lap/s of the
field or the sports ground to mark the Run for Unity. In this connection, the
fitness of students must be kept in mind.
3. In addition to the above CBSE has also appointed 250 Centre
Co-coordinators in schools across India. The list is uploaded on
www.cbseacademic.in and on the Facebook page. In each centre 400 – 500 students
from the neighbourhood schools will be collecting together on the 31stOctober
2014 for other mass activities.
- In every Centre the activities will focus on collectively making
posters, jingles, paintings, collage; team debates, etc. on such topics
which will involve joint planning and completion. Centre Coordinators may
also organize indigenous team games.
- Activities will also involve collaborative effort to convey the message
of importance of unity in sustaining any work such as keeping public places
clean.
- Themes on Unity and Integrity will be based on unifying languages,
rivers, customs, traditions and events such as festivals, National symbols,
connection between individual effort and national growth etc.
- The theme Safety and Security will be based on ideas such as
contribution of various constituents (which will have the story of courage,
valour and excellence), the importance of individual’s and group
contributions in national safety, ensuring safe environment for all, online
safety measures etc.
