Question

Imagine that you are a compere of ‘Reading Day Programmes’ at your school to mark the birth anniversary of Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Prepare a script for the same with the help of the following points.

• Introduction.
• Importance of the Day.
• Reading for pleasure and profit.
• Speech by your principal.
• Different activities and felicitation of winners.
• Vote of thanks

Answer 1

Good morning everyone. I, Riya Mehta, warmly welcome you to our school’s ‘Reading Day program’, organised to honour the legacy of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Introduction-

Before we begin today’s program, let me tell you a little about the man behind this inspiration. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India and is popularly known as the Missile man of India. He was also the recipient of India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. His hard work and will-power made him so special despite coming from a humble background. He strived hard for his goals and worked towards every success that he ever dreamt of. He transformed India into a better nation. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was fond of children, and had a heart of gold.

He said, “You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.” Reading is a powerful tool of change. And so to stand by Abdul Kalam’s words, let’s begin today’s Reading day program.

Importance of the day/Reading for pleasure and profit-

I believe all of us present today love reading; be a newspaper column or a good book and if not, it’s never to late. Reading is the best hobby to inculcate. A book has the power to transform your life. It enhances one’s vocabulary and fluency along with giving a treasure of knowledge. It helps build positivity and helps with self-improvement. Reading helps in increasing your attention span, and helps to mould your personality. Reading also helps develop professional skills, taking your career and professional life higher.

Principal speech-

Now, I’d now like to call upon the stage, a well-respected personality who needs no introduction, our honourable principal to share a few inspiring words and thoughts about this day with us all. (Principal’s speech) Thank you for your motivating words ma’am. We are lucky to have you as our principal.

Different activities-

Let’s go ahead with our competitions for today. We start with the elocution competition. Each participant is given 3 minutes to speak on the allotted topic. I request all the participants to assemble at the back of the stage. The instructions will be provided by the respective class teachers. I wish all the best to each participant. (Elocution competition) Next we have the debate competition. Request all the students who have registered their names to assemble back-stage. Each team will be given three constructive speeches and three rebuttals. Wishing luck to all the teams. May the best team win. (Debate competition)

Felicitation-

We now commence with the felicitation ceremony of today’s event. I request our English Head, Mr. Arora to come forward and felicitate the participants and winners for their collective and honest efforts. (Felicitation event)

Vote of thanks-

As we come towards the end of today’s celebration, I would like to extend my gratitude to our Principal, Teachers and to the audience for making today a huge success. Thank you.