The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence is going to organise the grand finale of National School Band Competition 6.0 on 24-25 January 2025 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. This year 16 band teams from 13 States with 463 children have been shortlisted for the finale (list annexed) through State- and Zonal-level competitions. At the State-Level Competitions, 568 teams comprising 13,999 children participated; while at the Zonal Level, 84 teams comprising 2,337 children took part.
For the first time:
- Band Teams from three government schools have got the opportunity to participate in the Republic Day Parade.
- PM SHRI KGBV Patamda, Purbi Singhbum, Jharkhand school students will be giving their performance at the rostrum in front of the Presidential stage.
- Two band teams (Kendriya Vidyalaya and Government Sr. Sec. School West Point, Sikkim) will be performing at Vijay Chowk in the Republic Day Parade.
- In tandem with the “whole of Government approach”, initiative has been taken for training of PM SHRI school band teams by the band instructors/teams of Army Regimental Centres. Training has begun in 11 States/UTs and will commence shortly in the rest of the States/UTs. This is a step towards imparting holistic education to students of PM SHRI schools and developing them into well-rounded personalities.
The National Education Policy 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century and aims at large-scale transformational reforms in the education sector. In that direction, this program will not only instil a sense of patriotism and national pride but will also enhance the musical skills of the students and inculcate discipline among them. This initiative aims to rejuvenate the spirit of patriotism and unity amongst school students throughout the country and help in the furtherance of holistic education.
List of Participating Teams at the Grand Finale
| Sl. No. | State/UT | No. of Schools | Name and Address of the School | Category | |
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Andhra Pradesh | 1 | Monte CBSE School Kurnool, Pandipadu Village, Kallur Mandal-Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh | Pipe | Girls |
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Chhattisgarh | 1 | St. Xavier’s English Medium School, Pathalgaon, Chhattisgarh | Brass | Boys |
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Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Pinegrove School, Kuthar Road, Subathu, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh | Brass | Boys |
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Jharkhand | 1 | PM Shri KGBV Patamda, Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand | Pipe | Girls |
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Karnataka | 1 | PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 Belagavi Cantt, Karnataka | Pipe | Boys |
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Kerala | 1 | St Joseph’s Anglo Indian Girl’s Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode, Kerala | Brass | Girls |
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Madhya Pradesh | 1 | St. Joseph’s Convent Sr. Sec. School, Edgah hills, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | Brass | Girls |
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Maharashtra | 2 | Bhonsala Military School Girls, Nasik, Maharashtra | Pipe | Girls |
| RBP Military School Sports Academy Sangli, Maharashtra | Pipe | Boys | |||
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Rajasthan | 1 | Prince Lotus Valley Sikar, Rajasthan | Brass | Boys |
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Sikkim | 2 | Government Sr. Sec. School West Point, Gangtok, East Sikkim, Sikkim | Brass | Girls |
| North Sikkim Academy, Nangan (private CBSE affiliated), North Sikkim, Sikkim | Pipe | Boys | |||
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Tripura | 1 | St. Xaviers Higher Secondary School, Pathaliyaghat, Sepahijala, Tripura | Brass | Boys |
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Uttarakhand | 1 | Gayatri Vidyapeeth, Shantikunj, Haridwar, Uttarakhand | Brass | Girls |
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Uttar Pradesh | 2 | Shri Thakurdwara Balika Vidyalaya, Hapur Mod Tiraha, G.T Road, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | Pipe | Girls |
| City Montessori School, Kanpur Road Campus, Sec – D LDA Colony Kanpur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Pipe | Boys | |||
| Total | 13
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Original News Source: Press Information Bureau