STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: International Day of Families was celebrated at JK Public School (JKPS) Panjtirthi with gaiety.
Children dressed up as grandparents, father, mother, uncles, aunts and siblings. They enacted their roles in nuclear as well as joint families and also exhibited the benefits of sharing, caring and staying together.
Principal of JKPS Panjtirthi, Suman Banbah laid stress on the importance of restoring family values among students.
She conveyed that family is the real strength of an individual and it is really sad that we are really losing that sense day by day.
It is really important that the parents must realise the effect of their role in teaching family values to their kids, she added.
Various activities were organized for the tiny tots to realize and perceive the value of family in their life.
It enabled the students to recognize that the family provides a sense of belonging and a unique identity to them.
The students were asked to make family tree with their photographs and names pasted on it.
Jakiians sang a melodious song with the message that family is like branches on a tree, that grows in different directions yet the root remains the same.
The Principal added,” In today’s fast growing world, such activities revive and rekindle the importance of love and affection among the members of a family.”
She asked an array of questions to students about their role, duties and responsibilities towards their respective families.