Date - 13th October, 2022
Time – 08.45 am – 09.30 am
Venue – St. Teresa’s Institute of Education, Santacruz (W)

St. Teresa’s Institute of Education celebrated ‘Vachan Prerna Diwas’ on a large scale from 13th to 17th October, 2022. The program was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Shakuntala Nighot.

Principal Dr. Sr. Tanuja Waghmare, all teaching faculties and students of F.Y.B.Ed took active participation in the event by expressing their involvement and enthusiasm. The objective of the event was to remember and cherish our beloved 11th President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary, who strongly advocated ‘reading’ more as a necessity rather than just a mere hobby.

Vachan Prerna Diwas included multifarious activities namely

• Special theme based assembly
• Book Review competition
• Book Display
• Movie Screening
• Quiz Competition

The first event of all was the special theme based assembly. It included a prayer and hymn on knowledge and wisdom. It exhibited the life of Abdul Kalam, his book recommendations and importance of reading. The videos played and the quotes read made everyone recollect the contribution of Dr. Kalam. Principal and three more students gave their valuable feedback at the end of the assembly. The assembly lasted from 8.45am – 9.30 am.

The event encouraged everyone to read more books and impart more knowledge. It once again reminded us of what an inspiring human being Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM SIR was. The second event of the day was Book Review Competition where each student had to write a book review of their own choice of book that they handpicked from the N-list website. A generous number of days were allotted to the students to read their books thoroughly and make their critical analysis.

The third event was the October Special Themed Book Displays where the students were taken to the Library of St. Teresa’s Institute of Education at 2:00 pm. They had prepared displays of a beautiful collection of books on and by some of the greatest minds namely,

• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
• St Teresa Avila
• Mahatma Gandhi

The fourth event was Movie screening where an award winning movie ‘I am Kalam’ was uploaded on the Google Classroom for all the students to watch in the comforts of their home. The movie was picked so as to aspire and inspire all the students so that they can be the change in the society.

The last event of the day was a Quiz Competition which was held at 2:30 pm. The quiz was based on Dr. Kalam’s life and achievements, students were given a time of 20 minutes to solve the Google quiz and in the end 3 winners of the book review competition and 3 winners of the quiz would be announced later in the week. The day came to an end with surely many gains about reading and its benefits.

Vachan Prerana Din 2022 Quiz Winners

• 1st Prize
  Karishma Jain
  Menezes Angela Charles
  Saniya Stephen Colaso
  
• 2nd Prize
  Piyadath Dantis
  Virja Naidu

Winners of Book Review Competition 2022

• 1st Krisha Maniar
  (Gone is Gone: The story of a Man who wanted to do Housework)
• 2nd Natasha Peter Fernandes
  (Embrace on Brooklyn)
• 3rd Sharon D’Souza
  (The Colour Purple)