GUWAHATI, Aug 24 � The two-day reunion meet of former students of Kamrup Academy, the 83-year-old higher secondary school, got under way today with a programmed titled �Udjivita Tulika� by eminent artist Neel Pawan Baruah and Benu Mishra � both former students of the school.
Stressing the need for improving the vernacular-medium schools, especially the government-run ones, which have been on a downward slide of late, Baruah said that the reunion should be the starting point of a much-needed renaissance for the State�s educational spheres.
Tomorrow�s programmes include a naam-prasanga (synchronizing with Mahapurush Madhabdev Tithi), followed by flag-hoisting, smriti tarpan, swahid tarpan, plantation, collection of signatures of former teachers and students, etc.
Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, also a former student of the school, will later launch a website of the reunion event.
The convention will feature a nostalgic interaction between students and teachers, besides a felicitation programme for teachers.