Basketball tournament
A district-level basketball tournament was conducted by V.S.K. Duraiswamy Nadar English Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi, in which four schools participated. Kshatriya Girls Higher Secondary School lifted the Sri A.S.C. Bose Trophy and P.S. Chidambaram Nadar Senior English School, Virudhunagar, won the Smt. Kanchana Bose Trophy. The tournament was inaugurated by J. Baskar. A. Santhan distributed the prizes.
Self-confidence camp
A camp on self-confidence was organised for students of Greenfields Nursery and Primary School, Watrap. Writer Aruppukottai Rajapandi, who was the resource person, spoke on how students could attain self-confidence so as to score high marks. Gurupackiam, correspondent, presided over the camp. The Principal Selvarani welcomed the gathering. Kathiresan, president, Kandar Sashti Festival Committee, also addressed the students.
Raksha Bandhan
To inculcate a sense of true love and affection in the minds of young children, Akshaya Academy, Palani, organised Raksha Bandhan. The chairman, Purushothaman, presided over the function.
Sangeetha of Standard VII spoke. The Senior Principal, Chandrasekaran, spoke. The girls chanted the mantras and tied rakhis on the wrists of their brothers.
Students honoured
A function to honour students who had scored above 450 marks in the public examinations was held at Christhuraja Matriculation School, Tiruppattur. The Parent-Teacher Association president Prem Kumar presided over the function. Sivaganga Oxford Matriculation School correspondent Shyamala and the school Academic Development Council president Parvathi presented the medals and prizes to the top rankers. Thanga Eswari of N.M. Government Girls Higher Secondary School, who had s cored centum in mathematics, science and social science subjects, was the star attraction. The top ranking students of Christhuraja School Manish Kumar, Mani Raj and Gopinath were also honoured.
S. Annamalai