Essays

The 14th November is called the Children's Day. On this day Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was born. He was the first Prime Minister of free India. He had a great love for children. They too loved him greatly and called him 'Chacha Nehru'. The Children' Day is celebrated on 14^th November as a mark of his love for children. It is celebrated all over India.

In our school, it was celebrated with great enthusiasm. On 12th November the student's representatives had a meeting with the Principal. It was decided that the children will run the school from Top to Bottom on 14th November. Only the clerk office will be maintained by the original persons. The school representatives invited the names from the students to work in different capacities. All was decided a day earlier. The posts of the Principal and Vice Principal were handled by senior class students. The Principal held the meeting of his staff a day earlier and instructed to keep watch on the students so that the discipline of the school might not be disturbed.

Next morning, a student who was acting as a peon rang the bell. All the students went to their classes. The acting staff and acting Principal were in different dress. The acting class teachers went to their respective classes and took the roll call. At the second bell, the students came out of their classes and began to move to the morning assembly. Another student acting as physical education teacher successfully Conducted the assembly. As usual morning prayer was recited and a student read out the news. Then the acting Principal gave some important instructions to the students. The physical education teacher, then, asked the students to do some exercises. The students, then, moved to their classes in a line.

All the subjects teachers took their classes. It was amazing to see that the students were cooperating them fully. The

subject teachers were taking the classes confidently. Some of them were imitating their old subject teachers. This imitation made their lesson more interesting. Occasionally, the acting Principal used to take rounds to check any mischief committed by students. The original staff was free for the whole day.

The school closed as usual at 3.30 p.m. It was very remarkable to see that the students were moving towards the gate in a disciplined manner. The Principal and other teachers congratulated the acting staff for their good show. It became the talk of the town. No untoward happening took place.