Colourful reception to new school entrants

KOCHI: �Praveshanotsavam, the colourful reception accorded to children entering Class I on school reopening, marked the day across schools in the city and the rest of the district which reopened after two months of summer vacation on Tuesday.

The day turned out to be a painful experience for some as the feeling of being torn away from the comfort of their homes dominated over the grand reception accorded to them at the school.

At the same time, many others were ebullient on entering an altogether new environment and that too accompanied with a reception in which they were the centres of attraction.

The new entrants into the world of letters presented a mixed picture, with some smiling and others shedding tears.