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Written By: Observer Staff
Article Date: Jul 15, 2008 - 8:15:25 AM
The Indian Embassy School organized its Library Week celebration from July 5-9 to celebrate and encourage reading among school children since books are treasure houses of knowledge.
The Library Week Celebration was formally inaugurated by Mr. Al Migdad Mojally. In his inaugural speech, he rightly pointed out that books are really a great source of knowledge and experiences transmitted by writers. Dr. G. Manulal, the School Principal, in his Presidential Speech, mentioned the importance of using a well-stocked library to improving the skills of reading and writing.
He went on to add that a person interested in reading will never have a moment to waste and that an appreciation of reading should be sown right from infancy and nurtured at school. He concluded by urging the students to develop the habit of choosing useful books from the library. Mr. Pratap Rana, the Staff Secretary, said that books are windows to the world and encouraged the importance of selecting good books.
The Guest of Honor presented gifts to the teachers and the students who were selected as the best users of the library for the academic year 2007-08. The students who were selected as the best users of library were Najat Mohammad (Class IX), Sweta R. (Class VI) and Hannah Jacinth (Class VI) and the teachers were Mr. Sunny Mani and Mr. Prathap Rana. On this occasion the school also brought out the Vol.II , Edn I of the hand written magazine named ‘The Dawn, which the school provides as an extra platform in addition to the School Annual Magazine “The Mirror” to our budding talents to show their literary and artistic talents .
The Indian Embassy School conducted a variety of competitions for its students from kindergarten to higher secondary classes during Library Week. The competitions included, ‘Review of a book’, ‘Story telling’, ‘Essay writing’, ‘News reading’, ‘Elocution’, ‘Recitation’, ‘Action song’ etc. Hundreds of students enthusiastically participated in these events and they made the Library Week celebration a meaningful one.
These competitions helped the students to use the books in the library in a better and effective manner. Various topics were also wisely selected for these competitions like ‘Reading can not be replaced’, ‘Conference a ready man but reading maketh a perfect man’, ‘E-Media affects reading’ etc.
The closing ceremony of the Indian Embassy School Library Week celebration was conducted in the school auditorium on the 9th of July. Mr. Zaid Ali al-Alaya’a, the Chief Editor of the Yemen Observer was the Guest of Honor. Dr. G. Manulal, Principal of the School, was the President of the function and distributed certificates for all the winners of different competitions. Master Manu Antony, the School Leader, delivered the felicitation speech in which he mentioned that reading can not be replaced and it is an inseparable part of a student’s life. The program was concluded with the National Anthem.