BHUBANESWAR:
Tribal students from interior pockets of the state had their maiden
exposure to the glitz and glamour of city life as they watched a movie
at a multiplex and experienced ways of urban living.
For most of the 800-odd children, this was their first visit outside their village or district. The students from different schools under the ST and SC development department were in the city to participate in a three-day state-level children's festival 'Sargi Phul' that began here on Wednesday.
For Sukanti Sabar, a Class X student of Government High School of Nuapada district, it was a fascinating experience to watch a film at a theatre. "It is out of the world. I did not imagine that so many facilities, including cinema halls, restaurants, shops and even playing stations for children are available under one roof."
Manu Naik, a student from Suakathi in Keonjhar district, said, "We have a television in our school but we hardly watch movies. The film (Bhootnath Returns) was really good. I was thrilled even more as Amitabh Bachchan is my favourite actor."
It was unbridled fun and joy for the tribal children at Sargi Phul, with many coming from different sevashrams and ashram schools (residential schools for tribals) run by the department.
Inaugurating the festival, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said, "I hope this platform will help these children nourish their hidden talent. Our government is taking a number of steps to reach out to tribal students of the state." The festival is aimed at providing a platform to the children to showcase their talents, hone their skills and give exposure to something new, which they can pursue as a pastime or hobby, said secretary of SC and ST development department Surendra Kumar.
For children, a whole lot of activities have been organized, including creative writing, paper craft, creative games, fun in mathematics and science, terracotta, arts and painting, magic and karate.
Bijay Pradhan from Gajapati district said, "I was selected to join the festival because I paint well and also write stories. In the creative writing workshop I wrote a piece on my daily life and got to read a lot of books."
A science exhibition has also been organized where students showcased their innovations through different science projects on various themes, including homemade cold storage, automatic farm house, solar kitchen and hygienic air-conditioner, tree shifter, natural cold storage, smokeless chimney and so on. "I prepared a project on solar kitchen," said Mamina Santra of Government High School of Boriguma.
"The magic show was brilliant. I wish I could learn some tricks from the magician, so that I can charm my schoolmates back home," said Pradip Majhi, a student from Mayurbhanj.
Competitions on dance, music, archery, painting, quiz, and many other subjects were held. A mock parliament will be held on Sunday to create awareness about political process, official sources said.
About 150 teachers from tribal schools also came to the festival. "Not only children, even we learnt many things, which we would teach to children in schools. We learnt how to teach science and mathematics through games," said Mamata Sahu, a teacher
For most of the 800-odd children, this was their first visit outside their village or district. The students from different schools under the ST and SC development department were in the city to participate in a three-day state-level children's festival 'Sargi Phul' that began here on Wednesday.
For Sukanti Sabar, a Class X student of Government High School of Nuapada district, it was a fascinating experience to watch a film at a theatre. "It is out of the world. I did not imagine that so many facilities, including cinema halls, restaurants, shops and even playing stations for children are available under one roof."
Manu Naik, a student from Suakathi in Keonjhar district, said, "We have a television in our school but we hardly watch movies. The film (Bhootnath Returns) was really good. I was thrilled even more as Amitabh Bachchan is my favourite actor."
It was unbridled fun and joy for the tribal children at Sargi Phul, with many coming from different sevashrams and ashram schools (residential schools for tribals) run by the department.
Inaugurating the festival, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said, "I hope this platform will help these children nourish their hidden talent. Our government is taking a number of steps to reach out to tribal students of the state." The festival is aimed at providing a platform to the children to showcase their talents, hone their skills and give exposure to something new, which they can pursue as a pastime or hobby, said secretary of SC and ST development department Surendra Kumar.
For children, a whole lot of activities have been organized, including creative writing, paper craft, creative games, fun in mathematics and science, terracotta, arts and painting, magic and karate.
Bijay Pradhan from Gajapati district said, "I was selected to join the festival because I paint well and also write stories. In the creative writing workshop I wrote a piece on my daily life and got to read a lot of books."
A science exhibition has also been organized where students showcased their innovations through different science projects on various themes, including homemade cold storage, automatic farm house, solar kitchen and hygienic air-conditioner, tree shifter, natural cold storage, smokeless chimney and so on. "I prepared a project on solar kitchen," said Mamina Santra of Government High School of Boriguma.
"The magic show was brilliant. I wish I could learn some tricks from the magician, so that I can charm my schoolmates back home," said Pradip Majhi, a student from Mayurbhanj.
Competitions on dance, music, archery, painting, quiz, and many other subjects were held. A mock parliament will be held on Sunday to create awareness about political process, official sources said.
About 150 teachers from tribal schools also came to the festival. "Not only children, even we learnt many things, which we would teach to children in schools. We learnt how to teach science and mathematics through games," said Mamata Sahu, a teacher
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