A throwback to their childhood

Parents of TSWREIS students have a field day at ‘Halchal’

January 14, 2019 12:26 am | Updated 12:34 am IST - Hyderabad

Sportive spirit:  TSWREIS students cheer and take photographs as their parents enthusiastically take part in various competitions.

Sportive spirit: TSWREIS students cheer and take photographs as their parents enthusiastically take part in various competitions.

Parents of students studying in social welfare residential schools recalled their childhood days nostalgically and yearned for those good old days at the ‘Halchal’ programme conducted by the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS).

Parents from across Telangana enthusiastically took part in various competitions like tug of war, elocution, singing, dance, volley ball, kabaddi, debate, athletics, musical chair, apart from a host of other games.

Common platform

Manjula from Mahabubnagar and Rajanna from Nizamabad district said the Halchal programme brought thousands of parents to a common platform and this would help to strengthen parents’ network. The competitions were held at district, zonal and State level. The State-level competitions concluded on a colourful note at TSWR School Kammadanam in Mahabubnagar district on Sunday. TSWREIS Secretary R.S. Praveen Kumar said the competitions for parents will be held every year with a focus on creating awareness about positive and responsible parenting as parents are our important stakeholders. He thanked the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his support. Shadnagar MLA, Anjaiah Yadav and Karunakar, Director, SCDD gave away the prizes to the State-level winners.

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