Veer Gatha Project in the honour of Gallantry Award Winners

To honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/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.

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 Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, is organising the Veer Gatha Project from 21st October to 20th November 2021. The Project shall be open for all schools in all states and Union Territories including all schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

As part of Veer Gatha Project, the students can frame different projects on gallantry award winners and the best project will be awarded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Education (MoE) on the forthcoming Republic Day i.e. on 26th January, 2022.

In this connection, it has been decided that for CBSE Schools, the Veer Gatha Project may be launched on CBSE IT platform and for State Schools on MyGov platform for facilitating larger participation of students from all School Boards in the country. The links for these platforms will be communicated separately. Detailed instructions/schedules are available on the website of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Ministry of Education (MoE) as well as CBSE which can be accessed at the following:

i. www.gallantryawards.gov.in

ii. https://www.education.gov.in

iii. www.cbse.gov.in

iv. www.cbseacademic.nic.in

Categories	Activity/ Entry in the form of the following:
Classes 3rd to 5th	Poem/Paragraph (150 words)/Painting
Classes 6th to 8th	Poem/Paragraph (300 words)/Painting/ Multi Media Presentation (Enactment Video)
Classes 9th to 10th	Poem/Essay (750 words)/Painting/ Multi Media Presentation (Enactment Video)
Classes 11th to 12th	Poem/Essay (1000 words)/Painting/ Multi Media Presentation (Enactment Video)

The students may write the project in Hindi or English or in any of the 22 Indian scheduled languages.

 

TOPIC

If I had been…………….

(Name of the Gallantry Award Winner),

what would I have done for my nation?

Or

______________

(Name of the Gallantry Award Winner)

motivates me to…………

21st October to 20th November 2021. 2021. Conduct of Activities at the School Level: Schools shall themselves conduct the activities on the above topics.

1 st November to 30th November 2021 Schools shall upload 01 best entry per category, a total of 04 from each school, at the CBSE Veer Gatha portal.

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.

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