<span style="color: #222222;">Over 600 school children will be the part of this's year Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. The children will represent cultural and colourful programmes on 71st Republic Day. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Organised by the Ministry of Defence, the programme comprises 3 folk dances of Gujarat, West Bengal and Rajasthan and one showcasing various Yoga postures. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">School children from three schools of Delhi and school children from Gujarat representing West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur, have been selected to participate in the parade.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' In the run-up to the celebrations, nealry 40 school children interacted with media in New Delhi today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Talking to AIR, Co-ordinator of the Programme and Assistant Director of Directorate of Education, Delhi, Rumi Johri said, the preparation for the programme is in full swing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She said, the school children have been selected after rigorous screening of children from 45 schools. </span><br />