Students of the municipal corporation schools in the city celebrated Children’s Day in a grand manner at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium here on Tuesday.
Students representing various schools pepped up the gathering with colourful dances and other cultural performances.
Addressing the students, Minister Kollu Ravindra congratulated the civic body for organising such a grand event for the sake of municipal schools students.
He said that the State government had introduced several schemes for the welfare of children and most of them had brought a change in the lives of those going to government schools.
Mr. Ravindra appreciated the municipal administration department for introducing foundation courses on a par with corporate institutions for municipal school students.
Mayor Koneru Sridhar said that the municipal school students had the unique distinction of scoring top marks as well as excelling in cultural and sporting activities which was not possible for corporate school students. Later, those who won the inter-school competitions were given prizes.
At the Nextgen School in Gurunanak Nagar, students from kindergarten to 8th Class had a colourful day participating in a series of events and cultural activities. While the students of LKG to second class recited rhymes and rendered songs, the primary school students performed cultural activities like dances and skits.
The Rainbow Children’s Hospital also celebrated children’s day and its 18th foundation day.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. S. Ram Prasad, the clinical director, called upon parents to keep children away from smart phones and other gadgets that had been distracting them. “It is important to take personal care which makes your child grow well physically and mentally,” said Dr. Raju, paediatrician.
Digital classrooms
Under the A.P. Janmabhoomi, an initiative of the State government, 26 digital classrooms were inaugurated in four districts — Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and Prakasam — on Tuesday. The initiative is led by Jayaram Komati, Special Representative for North America NRIs. In the past one year, over 1,500 schools were digitised under the initiative. At Gannavaram, NRI donor Ashok Babu Kolla inaugurated the digital classroom of the ZPHS.
Infants adopted
In the presence of Minister for Women Empowerment and Child Welfare P. Sunita, two couples, including one from the US, were given infants whom they had adopted through the Central Adoption Resource Authority.
