Students receive cakes as Children’s Day gift

TIRUNELVELI The students of government and government-aided schools celebrated Children’s Day on Friday with cakes sponsored by the Tamil Nadu Government. As Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced that the Children’s Day in the government and the government-aided schools would be celebrated with cakes from this year onwards, cakes in attractive packs printed with the Chief Minister’s autograph and his motto, ‘All is well; Be confident’, were given to the jubilant students.

Accompanied by Corporation Commissioner K. Priya and Chief Educational Officer Sivakumar, District Collector Anand Mohan handed over the cakes to the students of Kallanai Corporation Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Tirunelveli Town. Most of the children, after enjoying the cake, were seen keeping the wrappers inside their bags with the ‘Children’s Day’ greeting card.

In Tirunelveli district, 1,50,423 students of government and government-aided schools and 9,124 teachers and non-teaching staff were given cakes. “The absentees will receive their cakes as they attend the class on the next working day,” said Mr.