Chennai, Nov. 13 -- Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabakaran distributed cakes to schoolchildren at Chennai Middle School in Nungambakkam on Friday as part of Children's Day celebrations.

Addressing the gathering, Prabakaran said that cakes were being distributed to students of government schools across Tamil Nadu for the first time as part of the Children's Day celebrations. He thanked Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for initiating the programme.

"In the history of school education in Tamil Nadu, for the first time, cake is being distributed to all government school students. We should all thank our CM, your Mama, Anna Joseph Vijay, for this initiative to give cakes to students on Children's Day," he said.

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