Schools reopen on high note in Kolhapur, dy CM visits ZP school

Time of India

16-06-2025

Kolhapur: After a long summer break, schools across the region reopened on Monday with a festive atmosphere. Students were greeted with aarti, flower petals, chocolates, sweets, and schooling essentials.
Several schools also organized welcome rallies using decorated bullock carts and tractor trolleys. The corridors were adorned with rangolis, balloons, and music, creating a celebratory mood for the new academic year.
In Satara, deputy chief minister
Eknath Shinde
visited the Zilla Parishad (ZP) school at Kodoli village, where he interacted with students and handed out red roses and chocolates. "Learn with full concentration, take part in sports and other activities.
Create a proper balance between studies and sports," he told the students. Shinde was accompanied by MLA Mahesh Shinde and other administrative officials.
Under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme, an integrated education initiative, free textbooks were distributed to students in ZP, municipal, govt, and private-aided schools.
Kolhapur district alone houses 1,958 ZP schools with 1.52 lakh students. The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) runs 58 schools with 10,500 students, while 1,061 private schools cater to over 3.62 lakh students.
Sandip Patil, a teacher at a private school in Rajarampuri, said, "The preparations for school reopening started right from June 1 onwards for teachers. The students were welcomed to school on Monday morning by offering roses, sweets, and educational kits comprising a book, notebooks, and pen, pencil. Flower petals were showered over the first standard students as the seniors played musical instruments to welcome them.
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Dhawal Sawant, a class seven student, said, "Meeting my school friends once again after a gap of two months was the most interesting thing on the first day of school."