18th October 2022

St. Teresa’s Institute of Education had organised an activity cum celebration, that is Vental activity Diya decoration and Diwali Celebration on 18th October 2022. The event was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Joan Lopes and Dr. Reshma Rodriges with the help of 4 students namely Nayana, karishma, Mrunal and Saniya. In all there were 54 attendees including 45 Students and 9 Staff members.

Objective of this Diya Decoration Vental activity and Diwali Celebration were to make us understand the significance of Diwali which was a celebration with the help of decorating the diya as a hands on learning experience, which has significance in celebration of Diwali.

The event was celebrated with great enthusiasm, where a group of students who were in charge of diya decoration vental activity, presented a beautiful presentation of their contribution of decorating diya with great interest. At the start they played an online game on Kahoot on the occasion of diwali. Later they showed a beautiful video on the diya making process by various people in India. After that, one of the students showed us the significance of Diya in Diwali. There was a self made video by the group showing how to decorate diyas. Students were assigned to decorate on diya and put some geotagged images on google classroom and were asked to submit diya to college after diwali vacation.

After a mesmerising vental activity presentation the group members then conducted a short assembly on the occasion of celebrating diwali. With prayer and motivational video of #GoLocal and buy from local vender also video on how we can celebrate diwali eco friendly, were such inspiring videos which made us all reflect upon. Lastly our respected principal Dr. Sr. Tanuja Waghmare addressed all the students with her enlightening words and the event ended with joy and happiness.