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On occasion of the 23rd
April Children’s Festival, Islamabad PAKTURK
International Pre-School and Junior Section has
organized a unique function where elected students for
Principal, Vice Principal and Teachers posts have taken
over the symbolic responsibility of running the School.
Having been elected by their fellows as a result of an
election campaign, the students as Principal, Vice
Principals (Admin and Student Services), and Subject
Teachers assumed their duties for a whole school day
after a change-of-post ceremony in the morning. Mr
Ahmet Kester, Principal; Mrs Nisar Mubashir, Vice
Principal; and Mrs Ayse Ucar, Vice Principal
conferred their duties to the elected students on April
23, 2008.
The School Campus was decorated in a fitting
manner. Teachers elected from Classes 4-5 taught to
Classes 1-2 for the day and rather revolutionary, they
gave no homework for their students! On being asked the
reason, they maintained that it was an administrative
order.
Principal-elect Muhammad Tekaev of Class 5B
advised his students to get engaged in social activities
in support of academic work and mentioned that a healthy
mind would exist only in healthy body. He also
highlighted the importance of punctuality and
orderliness in establishing success as a tradition.
Vice Principal (Student Services) Beyza Nur Koken
of Class 4A assumed her day’s responsibility from Mrs
Ayse Ucar and in her inaugural speech, Ms Koken
maintained that she would provide the students with
opportunities for more edutainment to contribute to
quality academic work… Ms Aliza Gul of Class 4B,
Vice-Principal elect (Admin) assumed the duties from Mrs
Nisar Mubashir and in her inaugural speech Ms Gul
mentioned that till a second order, all home assignments
were null and void. Aliza Gul further encouraged
students to have fun and the least academic burden
within this week.
An exclusive art exhibition on occasion of the
Children’s Week had already been opened and students
whose works were elected by the Art Jury were awarded by
Muhammad Tekaev, Principal and Vice Principals, Beyza
Nur Koken and Aliza Gul.
23rd April Children’s Festival is a children’s
festival that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the
Turkish Republic, bestowed to Turkish children and that
has been celebrated among countries since 1979. The
first celebration of it was held on April 23rd, 1920,
when the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) was
proclaimed. Since this proclamation marked a new
beginning during the days of Turkish War of Independence
(1919-1922), this day was gifted to the future of
the Turkish nation, the children.
Since 1979, this Festival is organized so as to
improve the feelings of fraternity, love and friendship
among children and also to contribute to a world, where
they will live in peace.
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