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| Lawrence Public School celebrates Annual Sports Day | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 3: Lawrence Public School, Jammu celebrated its Annual Sports Day "Khelostav 2018-19. Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma today who was the chief guest on the occasion
On his arrival, the Chief Guest released the tricolor balloons in the open sky followed by lighting of the Olympic light with the Olympic torch. Chairman Lawrence Public School, WgCdr MM Joshi and Founder Principal, Shakuntla Joshi welcomed the guests by presenting bouquets while Headmaster of Lawrence Public School, Shivani Joshi presented the welcome address.
As a tradition of the school, the sports day program started with the Ganesh Vandana performed by Students. The event witnessed an opulence of sports activities like 200 mtr race, 100 mtr race, 70 mtr race, 50 mtr race, Javelin Throw, Discuss Throw and Shot-put. Students in huge numbers also participated in Mass Yoga, PT Drill in addition to Aerobics, Taekwondo and Zumba. The students also presented a colourful bonanza of cultural items to make this sporting event more entertaining. Meritorious students in various fields of Sports and Games were felicitated with medals by the dignitaries.
Speaking on the occasion he said that Schools must focus on all-round education to meet the challenges of the world.
The Advisor said that skills and competencies in todays' time have different requirements than it used to be earlier. "We must realize the fact that when we are nurturing a child in school, we are nurturing the future of the nation," he said.
On the occasion, I G P Armed, Danesh Rana and Ex-MLA, Devendra Singh Rana were the Guest of Honors besides Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma and Maj Gen K C Padha were the special guests.
During his address, the Advisor made a special mention of UN Sustainable Development Goal for Quality Education and talked about the social responsibility of the private schools in accomplishing this goal. He asked the School administration to explore and expand other competencies and integrate new courses.
IGP Danesh Rana, in his address motivated the students to participate in sports and extracurricular activities. He advised the students to sweat it out in the field than be hooked to indoor electronic gadgets.
Ex-MLA, Devender Singh Rana while conveying his best wishes to the students, staff & management appreciated that apart from promoting strong academic, talent and skill development amongst children the school is also providing a platform which encourages the wholesome participation in the extracurricular sports activities to ensure the overall wellbeing of students. |
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