Language Movement veteran Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury, noted Tagore exponent Dr. Sanjida Khatun, artist Qayyum Chowdhury and Meer Barkat, president of Kanthsheelan, gave away the certificates among the students.

The programme began by remembering renowned cultural personality and activist Wahidul Haque, former principle of Kanthasheelan. Meer Barkat, in his speech reminisced Kanthasheelan's ties with noted personalities including Naren Biswas, Shamsur Rahaman and Wahidul Haque.

Claiming recitation as an "art", Dr. Sanjeeda Khatun said, "Recitation is not just reading something out loud. It demands a keen knowledge of the language. One has to feel the profound splendour of the words."

"A poet can also learn from a recitor and vice versa. Decades ago, in my time, we didn't experience such diverse application of recitation," said poet Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury.

After giving away the certificates to the students, artist Qayyum Chowdhury said that there is need of an educational institution to teach how words and sounds should be focused on in poetry recitation.

The programme ended with a chorus rendition of Anyorakam Raja by the students of Kanthasheelan. The presentation was directed by Md. Nasiruddin.