CBSE Invites Entries From 3rd to 12th Students On ‘Veer Gatha Project’ In Honour Of Brave hearts.
MoE- MoD Veer Gatha Project is open to all students of 3rd to 12th from schools across all States, Veer Gatha Project in the honour of Gallantry Award Winners for Students
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 bravehearts 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 |
| 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 for Veer Gatha Project :
| Categories | Activity/ Entry in the form of the following: |
| Classes 3rd to 5th | Poem/Paragraph (150 words)/Painting |
| 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) |
Timeline for Conducting Activities by Schools affiliated to CBSE:
| Dates | CBSE |
| 21st October to 20th November 2021. | 2021. Conduct of Activities at the School Level: Schools shall themselves conduct the activities on the above topics. |
| 1 st November to 30th November 2021 | 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:
| Classes | Entries to be selected |
| 3rd to 5th | 6 |
| 6th to 8th | 6 |
| 9th to 10th | 6 |
| 11th to 12th | 7 |
| Total | 25 |
Awards
i. 25 selected entries will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- by the Ministry of Defence.
ii. Each of the 25 winners will be invited for Republic Day Celebration at Delhi.
All students whose entry is uploaded on the CBSE Veer Gatha portal will get an E- certificate of Participation.
Websites for Reference:
The following links can be referred by schools: i. Website www.gallantryawards.gov.in to know in detail about the brave-hearts.
ii. 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.
