'Spirit of the Republic Day' is a campaign to contextualize Republic Day Celebrations in schools.While the usual effort is to talk about the Republic Day Parade and do up the school…there are no activities, which connect school events to the adoption of the Constitution.
We aim to enroll schools in India to contextualize Republic Day celebrations by talking about the three Pillars of the Constitution i.e Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and at the same time talk about democracy.
Activity 1 - Three Pillars of Our Constitution
Schools are invited to join in this campaign by inviting local members of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary i.e a local elected M.P, MLA, councilor, a government Officer and a local judge. All the three will sit on a panel and interact with the school students. The three pillars will be contextualized for the school students in this manner.
Activity 2 - Celebrating Democracy
India is also the largest Democratic Republic. In the run up to 26th January, we invite schools to conduct democratic elections to student bodies in the school. Elections could be conducted for the posts of School Captain, House captains and student office bearers of Clubs like Eco club etc.
Activity 3 - ‘Class and School Constitution’
We invite schools to take part in a constitution building process. Students from each class would sit together and draw a ‘class constitution’, which would enunciate the powers of the class monitor, cleanliness incharge and others. The students would also deliberate on the rights and duties of a class citizen.On the same lines, a ‘school constitution’ would be created.‘Spirit of the Republic Day’ Competition
The above ideas are not the end…There could be hundreds of other interesting ways in which we could celebrate the Republic Day.
No…this competition is not about ideas but about action.If your school has some innovative idea to celebrate Republic Day…Do it. Yes…celebrate the Republic Day with your innovative idea and then send us the idea.
You can make a report on how you celebrated the Republic Day and send us a report.There will be national level showcase of these ideas, where they would be presented to the President of India and awards to be won.
To participate your school would have to implement at least one of the three activities above i.e Three Pillars of the Constitution, Celebrating Democracy and ‘School and Class Constitution’.
Send us a report along with your innovative ideas. The last date of submission is 5th February 2012.
For more details: Contact: Shankar Musafir, Campaign Coordinator, We the People – 26th January 2012 E-mail – smusafir@gmail.com Mobile - 9560604666
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