PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL EDUCATION :
ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI PRESENT : SRI S. SURESH KUMAR, IAS.,
Rc.No. ESE02-11021/207/2022-SCERT,dt:14/10/2022
Sub:- School Education – SCERT,AP – Veer Gatha Project Edition-2 – Certain instructions – Issued-Reg.
Read: From L S Changsan, Joint Secretary (Institutions), Ministry of – Education, Department of School Educational & Literacy, New Delhi, dated 13.09.2022
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The kind attention of all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District Educational Ofcers in the state is invited to the reference read above, wherein the Joint Secretary (Institutions), MoE, DSE&L, GoI has informed that to honour the acts of bravery and sacrifce of the ofcers / personnel of the Armed Forces, other lawfully constituted forces and civilians, gallantry awards are announced twice in a year on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day.
2. In order to disseminate the details of acts of bravery and the life stories of these brave-hearts among the students, it has been proposed by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that school students may be motivated to do projects/activities based on gallantry award winners.
3. Accordingly, the frst edition of project was organized from Aug 2021 to Jan 2022. In pursuance of the Veer Gatha the students undertook different projects on these gallantry award winners and the best projects were awarded nationally by MoD and Ministry of Education (MoE) on 12 Aug 2022.
4. Further the MoD in coordination with MoE has now decided to launch project Veer Gatha edition-2 which is proposed to be culminated with the prize distribution ceremony on January 2023
5. The project Veer Gatha edition-2 shall be organized as per the timelines mentioned in the Concept Note (copy enclosed) .The project will be opened for all the schools in all States and UTs . The Ministry of Defence, through feld formations of Army/navy/Airforce, will organize virtual /face-to-face awareness programmes /sessions of one hour duration for schools across the country. During these interactive sessions presentations will be made by the personnel of the armed forces on operation, battles resulting in conferment of awards. The service personnel will answer queries of students where the possible short videos /PPTs /documentaries /brochures and other resource material will be share with students.
6. As part of this project, the students can frame different projects such as poem / paragraph / story / drawing I video on gallantry award winners. The best project will be rewarded nationally by MoO on the forthcoming Republic Day. The submission by the students can be made in any of the 22 Scheduled languages and English.
7. Project Veer Gatha Edition-2 will be launched on CBSE IT platform (for CBSE schools) as well as MyGov Platform (for State Schools) for facilitating larger participation of students from all school Boards in the country.
8. Schools will need to register all participating students at the Gallantry Awards Portal of the MoD (https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in). A Unique ID will be given to all registered students. If a student’s entry is selected at the school level, the Unique ID of that student will also be flled at the time of submission of entry at the CBSE/MyGov portal. Further, all unique IDs will be sent to MoD. With regard to CBSE schools, information will be available on CBSE website and with regard to schools (other than CBSE), MyGov link will be shared separately
9. Therefore, all the District Educational Ofcers in the State are requested to disseminate the said information to all schools under all managements to encourage the schools/students for their larger participation. The MyGov link for uploading the entries to be submitted by schools is https://www.innovateindia.mygov.in/veer-gatha-project .
10. Sri. Dande Paul, Faculty SCERT (+91 94411 93548) has been nominated as state nodal person for the project and may be contacted for further details. The project details are annexed herewith.
