Children’s Day marked with distribution of cakes and greeting cards in Kanniyakumari and Thoothukudi

NAGERCOIL Tourism Minister S. Rajesh Kumar participated in the children’s celebration held at Government Model Higher Secondary School in Thuckalay on Friday and distributed cakes to the students. Kanniyakumari district Collector M. Prathap, district monitoring officer T.

Prabhushankar and Padmanabhapuram MLA R. Chellaswamy were present at the event. Addressing the students, Mr. Rajesh Kumar said that in Kanniyakumari district a total 1,23,211 cakes have been distributed to students, teachers and non-teaching staff of 795 government and aided schools in the district.

Greeting cards, however, were provided only to government and aided school students in the district. Highlighting the quality of education imparted in government schools, he urged the students to respect the teachers. In Thoothukudi, Collector Vishu Mahajan and district monitoring officer K.V. Muralidharan participated in the Children’s Day event held at Thoothukudi Corporation Middle School in Toovipuram and distributed cakes and greeting cards to the students.