Taravati had a tough time handling younger daughter Jeevita (6), who was eager to look at the books and umbrella being given out on the first day of school. So, she got up early and readied herself along with her elder sister Nishmita.
Taravati, who resides 500 metres from the Government Higher Primary School in Babbukatte, brought her two daughters to the school by 9.30 a.m.
Around 10 a.m., the two girls and 110 other students, stood in a line outside the school compound. Taravati joined the other parents and teachers to welcome students into the school by showering petals and bursting crackers.
The older ones joined hands with seven tiny tots admitted to Class 1 to enter school. Following a grand reception, each of the student was given textbooks, notebooks and an umbrella.
Similar activities were also carried out in other government and aided-schools.
Notable among the programmes was the one done by Vidyaratna School in Kulai. Children dressed like butterflies and were brought in a procession and welcomed into the school premises.
The only sore point of the programme in Kulai was the management’s decision to make the children wait for more than an hour for local MLA Moiuddin Bawa, who failed to turn up for the event.
