Port Blair, Dec 21: As part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav (AKAM), the Department of Posts (DoP), Ministry of Communication in association with the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has launched the Rs 75 Lakh Post Card Campaign’ for students of classes 4th to 12th of all schools affiliated to CBSE and State Boards. The last date for submission of entries has now been extended till Dec 31, 2021. Schools can upload 10 best selected post cards on the CBSE portal https://cbseit.in/cbse/2021/dak/index.aspx till 31.12.2021.
Students shall write a Post Card on any of the two topics – “Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle” and “My vision for India in 2047”. The Post Cards shall be available at the local Post Office of the respective schools. Department of Posts (DoP) shall put a rubber stamped address on each Post Card used in the Campaign. The Post Cards shall be addressed to the Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi–110 011. Local Postal Authorities and Schools shall coordinate for arranging the Post Cards for students and Schools/students can purchase the Postcards @ 50 paisa per Post Card.
School Heads shall arrange Post Cards for all students of the school through the local post office and will be required to coordinate with the local post office. The will organise the Post Card writing campaign in their respective schools on any of the days during the given dates of the campaign and conduct a screening of all the post cards written by students. School Heads will have to shortlist a maximum of 10 post cards with the best ideas, scan and upload the 10 post cards having the best ideas on the CBSE portal to be made available at the CBSE websites and hand over rest of all post cards to the local Postal Authorities, who shall send it to Nirman Bhawan Post Office, New Delhi through a Special Bag, the circular said.
Post Cards can be written in Hindi/English/any of the scheduled languages. For students of CBSE Schools located abroad, the DoP shall prepare packets containing the addressed Post Cards for each school and send them to the respective Missions abroad through Category ‘A’ Diplomatic Bags from Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, New Delhi. The bags shall be collected back from schools for transmission to India again through Category ‘A’ Diplomatic Bags. 320 Best post cards shall be selected from the CBSE Regions for the National Level Evaluation. These shall then be evaluated collectively with the best post cards received from the States and UTs. At the National Level, 75 best post cards will be selected. The list of 75 entries will be forwarded to DoP for participation in the final event to be held in the third or fourth week of January, 2022. For any query, one can e-mail at cbsepcc2021@gmail.com, read the circular urging Heads of affiliated Schools to disseminate the information among the teachers and ensure maximum participation of students in the project.
