CBSE : Project Veer Gatha Edition 2

CBSE : Project Veer Gatha Edition 2

No.: CBSE/(ACAD)/JS(PMS)/2022

Circular No.: Acad-108/2022

All Heads of Institutions affiliated to CBSE

Subject: Project Veer Gatha Edition 2

Dear Principal,

Gallantry Awards have been instituted by the Government of India to honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces, other lawfully-constituted Forces and Civilians. These gallantry awards are announced twice in a year on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day.

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 Defence (MoD) that school students may be motivated to do projects/activities based on gallantry award winners. Accordingly, the first edition of Project Veer Gatha was organized from Aug 2021 to Jan 2022, for schools affiliated to CBSE and state boards. 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 12th August, 2022.

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The MoD in coordination with MoE has now decided to launch Project Veergatha Edition – 2 which is proposed to be culminated with the prize distribution ceremony in January, 2023.

Interdisciplinary and art-integrated activities like poem/essay/story/paragraph/painting / drawing, videos, may be considered as project activities for the students.

Topic & Categories:

Categories	Activity/ Entry in the form of the following:	Topic
Classes 3rd to 5th	Poem/Paragraph (150 words)/Story (150 words)/Painting/Drawing/Vi deo	(Gallantry Award winner) has instilled the values of courage, bravery and selflessness in me. I will inculcate them in my daily life by Or (ii) I will honour my role model (Gallantry Award winner)
Classes 6th to 8th	Poem/Essay (300 words) / Story (300 words) Painting/ Drawing / Video
Classes 9th to 10th	Poem/Essay (750 words) / Story (750 words) Painting/ Drawing / Video

Classes 11th to 12th	Poem/Essay (1000 words)/Story (1000 words) Painting / Drawing / Video*	by taking a pledge to Or (iii) If you are given an opportunity to live the life of (Gallantry Award Winner), what would you do? Or (iv) (Gallantry Award winner) has inspired to join the Armed Forces of India. I will join Armed Forces to
* For details, please refer to Annexure – II (FAQs)

Timeline for Conducting Activities by Schools affiliated to CBSE:

Dates	Activity to be done
16 September 2022	CBSE to issue notice to their respective schools.
13 September to 13 November 2022	Build-up of the event / coordination meetings / Orientation Programmes by field units / Organization of virtual / on-line / in-person sessions with gallantry awards winners by Field Units in collaboration with schools and CBSE Regional Offices.
6 October to 10 November 2022	Conduct of Activities at the School Level: Students will execute project activities under the overall supervision of the schools.
1 November to 22 November 2022	Schools to upload 01 best entry per category, a total of 04 from each school, at the CBSE Veergatha portal.
25 November to 10 December 2022	Evaluation of entries submitted by schools to be done at the regional level as per the Rubrics given in Annexure I. CBSE to finalise the number of entries at Regional Level. Genuineness and originality of the entry being given for the national level selection will need to be confirmed. The selected entries will be sent to the Committee for National level evaluation.
25 November to 10 December 2022	MoE to nominate a committee for national level evaluation at CBSE.
12 December to 30 December 2022	National Level Evaluation by committee nominated by MoE.
31 December 2022	Handing over the result to Ministry of Defence.
	Felicitation event for the winners

Registration at Gallantry Award Portal (GAP):

Schools will need to register all participating students at the Gallantry Award 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 will also be filled at the time of submission of entry at the CBSE/Veergatha portal. Further, all unique IDs will be sent to MoD.

Portal for Submission: CBSE Schools will submit one best entry from each category at the CBSE-Veer Gatha Project Portal at www.cbse.gov.in . Maximum 04 entries (one from each category) can be uploaded from one school.

Please note that the CBSE Veer Gatha Project Portal will be open for submission of entries from 1st November to 22nd November, 2022. Schools should not wait for the last date for submission of the best entries.

25 best entries, collectively from the participants at CBSE and My Gov Portals, will be selected for awards as per the following details:

Decision of the Evaluators / Jury shall be final and no further correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

Award:

i. 25 selected entries will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- by the Ministry of Defence.

ii. Each of the 25 winners will be invited for Republic Day Celebration at Delhi.

iii. All students whose entry is uploaded on the CBSE Veer Gatha portal will get an E- certificate of Participation.

Websites for Reference:

The following links can be referred  by schools:

i. Website www.gallantryawards.gov.in to know in detail about the brave-hearts.

ii. NCERT book on Param Vir Chakra Awardees at the link:  https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/publication/otherpublications/veergatha.pdf

For any query you can e-mail at [email protected].

You are requested to disseminate the information among the teachers, students and parents of your school and ensure maximum participation of students in this Project.

Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:

1. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18 Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi-16

2. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector-62, Institutional Area, Noida-201309

3. The Secretary, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.

4. The Secretary, Sainik Schools Society, Room No. 101, D-1 Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.

5. The Chairman, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan, N-1/9, Near Doordarshan Kendra, PO Sainik School Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odhisha-751005.

6. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110 054

7. The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh-160017

8. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim –737101

9. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar –791 111

10. The Director of Education, Govt. of A&N Islands, Port Blair – 744101

11. The Director of Education, S.I.E., CBSE Cell, VIP Road, Junglee Ghat, P.O. 744103, A&N Island

12. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector -3, Rohini, Delhi

13. The Additional Director General of Army Education, A –Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi-110001

14. The Secretary AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202, Shankar Vihar (Near APS), Delhi Cantt-110010

15. All Regional Directors/Regional Officers of CBSE with the request to send this circular to all the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions

16. All Joint Secretary/ Deputy Secretary/ Assistant Secretary/SPS / Analyst, CBSE

17. All Head(s)/ In-Charge(s), Centre of Excellence, CBSE

18. In charge IT Unit with the request to put this Circular on the CBSE Academic Website

19. In-Charge, Library

20. The Head (Media & Public Relations), CBSE

21. DS to Chairperson, CBSE

22. SPS to Secretary, CBSE

23. SPS to Director (Academics), CBSE

24. SPS to Director (Information Technology), CBSE

25. PPS to Controller of Examinations, CBSE

26. SPS to Director (Skill Education), CBSE

27. PPS to Director (Professional Examinations), CBSE

28. PS to Director (Training), CBSE

29. PPS to Director (CTET), CBSE

30. SPS to Director (EDUSAT), CBSE

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