GOOD GOVERNANCE DAY (25th DECEMBER)
 

Commemorating the Birthday of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

 

“Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.”

 

Good Governance Day is observed annually on December 25th in India, to commemorate the birthday of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the day was established in 2014 to honour Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the people about the government’s commitment for providing a transparent and accountable administration in the country.

 

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician, extraordinary orator, and writer who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India. He was the first non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a 5-year term. He was a parliamentarian for four decades and was elected to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) two times and the Lok Sabha (Lower House) ten times. He was honoured with the ‘Bharat Ratna Award’, the highest civilian honour of India. His birthday is celebrated as the ‘Good Governance Day.'

 

The Wisdom School organized a school assembly for the Day. The assembly provided a deep insight about the significance of the Day and highlighted the great work and achievements of the legendary political leader, a wonderful poet and Bharat Ratna, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The insightful activities also covered the poems written by him. Each of his inspirational poems give strong life lessons to have a never say die attitude, to be truthful, to be strong, resilient and be optimistic in life. He said, “No people or situations can defeat an individual, not even the fear of death unless a person gives up from within and feels defeated.” 

 

The former Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee lived a complete life in terms of struggles, victories, pains, joys and sorrows with an attitude to keep moving on and never give up. Through the assembly, the fine characteristics and administration skills of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee were conveyed to the students by showing a power point presentation based on the life & poems of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. A senior student presented a fiery speech of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and another student recited the poem ‘Main Geet Naya Gaata Hoon’ left the whole auditorium mesmerized.

 

As 25th December is a holiday for Christmas, this assembly was conducted online on 24^th December.