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:

 

www.gallantryawards.gov.in

https://www.education.gov.in

www.cbse.gov.in

www.cbseacademic.nic.in

 

The Project need not be in the written form of a file. Interdisciplinary and art-integrated activities like Poem, Essay, Painting, Multi-Media Presentation (Enactment Video) etc. can be an activity to be done by individual students as a Project to participate.

Topic & Categories:

 

 

Classes 3rd to 5th Poem/Paragraph (150 words)/Painting 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…………    

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)  

 

 

21st October to 20th November Conduct of Activities at the School Level:    

2021. Schools shall   themselves conduct the    

activities on the above topics.    

1st November to 30th November As soon as the   conduct of   activity is    

2021 complete at the school level,    

Schools shall upload 01 best entry per    

category, a total of 04 from each school, at    

the CBSE Veer Gatha portal.  

 

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 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 2021 till 30th November 2021. Schools should not wait for the last date for submission of the best entries.

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

 

 

 

 

3rd to 5th 6    

6th to 8th 6    

9th to 10th 6    

11th to 12th 7    

Total 25  

 

 

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

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

 

 

 

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

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 cbsemodveergatha@gmail.com.

 

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.