Children's Day celebrated at Tengnoupal
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, November 14 2014 :
Joining the Nation wide celebration of Children's Day, St Peter's School, Tengnoupal in Chandel district also celebrated the Children's Day at its school premises today with S Tongpao Mate, Executive Member (CAF & PD, Art and Culture) ADC Chandel as the chief guest.
The celebration was also graced by L Kiran Kumar Singh, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Tengnoupal and John Thangkholen Mate, Chief of Tengnoupal as the guest of honour and functional president respectively.
Apart from encouraging speeches delivered by the dignitaries, spectacular choreography, cultural dances, action songs and fancy dress were also exhibited by the young students of the school during the celebration.
S Tongpao Mate said that Children's Day is not just a day to celebrate with fun and frolic but to renew our commitment towards the welfare of the children as well as to teach them to follow the foot prints of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
And it is an occasion to imbibe the qualities of childhood, he added.
The executive member further said that the development of a Nation lies in the hands of today's children as they are the responsible citizens of tomorrow.
"So, we must imbibe the values of good character and discipline, sense of order, cleanliness besides providing them a good education", he added.
He further maintained that there are several cases of child abuse and violation of Child Rights in every part of the country.
A lot of children are also deprived of their rights to get education, good health care, healthy food, protection and safe shelter, he added.
He said, "If we continue to deprive the rights of these children, the future of our Nation is bleak and how can our Nation be developed" .
While appealing all to respect the rights of the children, S Tongpao Mate appealed to give love and care to those children, who are ill, abused and homeless on the occasion of Children's Day.