Global Indian International School (GIIS), Noida celebrated their 9th Annual Day SANKALP virtually with the theme Udaan – One world, One dream. The event began with the welcoming of the guests and dignitaries who graced the occasion with their virtual presence. After seeking blessing from the Almighty, a virtual lamp lighting ceremony was conducted with everyone singing shlokas dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. 

The principal of the School, Mr. Ganesh Sharma addressed the audience and shared the annual report for the 2020-21 academic year in which he shared the highlights of the year inclusive of the sudden shift to the virtual mode and how the students, staff, and teachers of the school updated their technology game to suit the current scenario and emerge as the winner. He also shared his happiness on how teachers were trained in various technologies to make them digital savvy and utilizing the new techniques to impart education to the students in the best way possible. The achievements of the students and teachers over the year in various inter, intra, and international competitions were also shared with the audience. 

Ms. Vaishali Borde-National Co-scholastic and GMP Head, GIIS India, and Ms. Sunita Jaisingh-National Academic Head, GIIS India also graced the occasion with their presence. The chief guest for the event was Dr. Amrita Sinha, Professor, Thapar College of Engineering & Technology. 

 The acts and presentation were woven around the under-privileged children of the society who had excelled in various fields of society. All the CCA clubs had also done presentations based on the given theme of “Udaan- one world, one dream”.

 The enactment began with the presentation by the students of the Cooking without fire club, who had shown how children work in dhabas and restaurants to full fill their needs. This act involved the participation of the parents who depicted and performed their part to perfection. They portrayed the role of customers who visit the dhabas and restaurants. Through this act, the children even explained the importance of the many basic life skills and how every human, irrespective of their gender, should know them. 

 Another interesting feature of the presentation was the display of an advertisement at the end of every scene that again shared the importance of some good moral values or life skills.

 The next scene was of IT club presentation in which children explained the benefits of the digital world and how the current life has completely changed due to this digitization. It was followed by a presentation of yoga by the Fitness club students where they showed different moves and asanas to remain fit. The commercial breaks between the scenes were important fillers of the event in which the importance of various virtues like having home-cooked food, colors in life, etc. were highlighted. 

 The last scene for the day was presented by the students of the Dharohar club to show the virtual tour through google earth. It was then followed by a mime act presented by the students of the Public speaking club to lay emphasis on the ill-effects of child labour. 

 The annual day celebrations, besides giving the students an opportunity to imbibe good moral values, also helped them in developing innovative skills and creativity, confidence, and gain interest in cultural aspects. They also got a chance to exhibit various co-curricular skills developed during the academic session.