The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
Ludhiana, October 20
Students and teachers from 27 government, aided and private schools falling in the Ludhiana East sub-division took part in competitions organised by the District Education Department at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Millerganj, here today.
Contests for chart making were held in the morning session in which 52 students from 26 schools took part. Six topics for chart making were given on the spot and the students were told to prepare one coloured chart on any of those topics in one hour. The six topics included External combustion engine, Structure of the eye, Animal/plant cell, Blast furnace, Preparation of methane and Solar cooker.
In the contest, Akanksha from BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School won the first prize. The second prize went to Lovleen from Government High School, Pawa village, and third prize was won by Mandeep Kaur from Government High School, Ramgarh.
The judges for the contest were Ms Kusum Lata from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University campus; Ms Varinder from Government Senior Secondary School, Hassanpur, Mr Om Prakash from Government Senior Secondary School, Kamalpur; and Mr Gurdeep Singh from Government Senior Secondary School, Aliwal.
In quiz competition, students from 27 schools participated and each team was represented by two members. Three rounds were held in the contest, one each for physics, chemistry and biology. There were simple questions based on topics related to fermentation, inertia, earths rotation, revolution, chemical formulas and reactions.
Of the 27 teams, seven failed to answer any question and eight teams got one mark each. Finally the team of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School that had won seven points was declared first. For the second and third position, there was a tie among three teams. These were Government Model Senior Secondary School, Millerganj, Government High School, Ramgarh, and Government Senior Secondary School, Buteri village. Three rounds were again held for them in which Buteri school was declared second and Millerganj school stood third.
Later, contests for extempore and teaching aids were held for the teachers. Eight teachers took part in extempore competition for which the various topics included digestive system, depletion of ozone layer and others related to science. The contests were supervised Mr Varinder Sharma, District Science Supervisor.