Jammu:Devyanshi Bakshi, a student of Class 10th from Jammu Sanskriti School Kathua, has brought laurels to
the school and to the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir by clinching the Prize of Excellence in the
Rhetorics: The Young Orators Championship which was organised during the CBSE Adolescent Summit
on Life Skills, Mental Health, Safety and Well-Being 2022 at the venue National Bal Bhavan, Delhi
between 15th to 17th December 2022. For the championship, the young orator had to compete against her
veterans. She was pitted against over 300 elite schools pan India and yet secured the First position among
her peers. Drawing strength from her conviction to perform stupendously, she spoke on the topic
“Thought is the mind, knowledge – the sail and body – the vessel: Let us walk it together” and left the
amphitheatre volleying rounds of salutes and applauding her to the echo. Miss Sonam Sharma, PGT
Psychology, JSS Kathua witnessing the event had prompted, “They were in awe of her! She had
outperformed her seniors!” For her meticulousness, the young Sanskritian was awarded with the Gold
medal and the Prize of Excellence by the honourable Rama Sharma, Public Relations Officer, CBSE,
Delhi.
CBSE had organised this national Summit with an aim to create a forum and open up a dialogue between
various affiliated schools pan India and also to establish models of mental well-being and life skills in the
curriculum under NEP 2020. There was also the objective: the need for a simultaneous dialogue and
educational intervention in the perusal of empowerment of the young and the adolescents of the country.
Such a forum was marshalled to effectively facilitate the participating schools with measures to manage,
administer and direct the shifting paradigm in the pedagogy with aims to improve the adaptability and
flexibility of the curriculum. Speaking on the triumphant, the Principal JSS Kathua Mili R. Sumbria
congratulated the Sanskritian for her determination and spell-bounding ability to express, to visualise, her
oration and her articulation. “Young Sanskritian had outmatched her competition.” was her plaudit. She
even extended her commendation to the child’s mentors namely Miss Sonam Sharma, PGT Psychology
and Mr. R C Avhinash Sharma, PGT English and the young Sanskritian’s parents for trusting their ward
to their care. The event was overall a successful one. Withal the school’s commitment to provide for its
budding talents has been realised and the school will stay committed to ensure many new avenues in
coming times as it has a responsibility to care and provide for the children trusted to its care and ensure
they would soar to new heights.