Rashtriya Ekta Divas (National Unity Day) is observed every year on 31stOctober to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary. It not only commemorates the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the architect of national integration of independent India, but also re-affirms the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand threats to the unity, integrity and security of the Country. National Unity Day this year will follow the theme of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Accordingly, a national level Story Writing competition on the theme – "the contribution of paired State/Union Territory (UT) in India's Struggle for Freedom" is being launched by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. The competition aims to explore students' creative instincts and encourage them to write about the contributions of their paired states to India's struggle for freedom in accordance with the Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat (EBSB) matrix.
Themes for Story Writing Competition
"The contribution of paired State/Union Territory (UT) in India's Struggle for Freedom"
Activities
The Story Writing Competition at the National level will be under the following categories: -
Story on the contribution of paired State/UT in India's development since Azadi
Story on the life of scientists from the paired State/UT
Contribution of women from paired State/UT since Azadi
Story on the life of sports person, practitioners of performing arts from paired State/UT
How will I contribute to the progress of my country?
Story on the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: his contribution to national integration
Eligibility to participate: Students enrolled in Grade 6th to 12th
Category I - Class 6th to 8th
Category II - Class 9th to 12th
Word Limit: Within 600 words
Participation Guidelines
The Story writing competition is open for students of classes 6th to 12th studying in State Boards’ schools and schools under Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
Story should be submitted in a readable font of Hindi/English
Font size should be 12 for English and 14 for Hindi
Line spacing should be 1.15 only
Font Style should be Times New Roman in English and Unicode (Devanagari) in Hindi
The pairing matrix of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat campaign must be followed. The matrix is available at https://ekbharat.gov.in/Pages/About/ImplementationStrategy
Stories on students own State/UT shall not be considered
The final evaluation of entries will be done by persons authorized by NCERT.
Language
All the Stories must be written in English or Hindi. However, the participants may translate the title of their story in the language of their paired State/UT.
Important dates:
Date of commencement 31st October, 2021
Date of culmination 30th November, 2021
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