Rohit Kumar
Port Blair, 26 November 2022
To inculcate the spirit of patriotism and unity among the school students, the Department of School Education and Literacy, MoE, GOI is organising Inter-School Band Competition (ISBC) throughout India. As part of this, the State Level Inter School Band Competition was organised by Samagra Shiksha, UT Mission A & N Islands on 25th November 2022, at Govt. Boys’ Sr. Sec. School to select the best school band both under the Boys and Girls categories.
Altogether 4 teams in the Boys and 3 teams in the Girls categories participated in the competition. The competition was judged by eminent Band masters from the Navy, Army and Police Departments. In the boys’ band troop, Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Port Blair stood first and Govt. Boys Sr. Sec. School, Port Blair and Nirmala Sr. Secondary School, Port Blair stood second and third respectively. In the Girls’ band troop, Govt. Girls Sr. Secondary School, Port Blair stood first and Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Port Blair and VKZPV, Port Mourt stood second and third respectively.
The Deputy Education Officer, Wimberlygunj, Mr. Gyansheel Dubey was the Chief Guest, he appreciated the artistic endeavours of the students and congratulated the winners of the competition and extended best wishes to the winners. He gave away the winning trophies along with the cash prize.
Earlier, Mr. R K Singh, State Project Officer, Samagra Shiksha briefed the gathering about State Level Inter-School Band Competition.